Early NZ missionary Thomas Kendall arrived in London in 1820 with the Ngāpuhi Rangatira Hongi Hika. He would return to Aotearoa a year later with the first ever written dictionary of Te Reo Māori, a newly won clerical collar ...and more than 300 muskets. [Radio New Zealand, Season 8, Episode 7, Monday 09 September 2024, 05:00]

The Best of RNZ's Podcasts. The shady, controversial and sometimes downright villainous characters of NZ history. Join William Ray as he explores history through the lens of Kiwi dirtbags in NZ's most awarded podcast. Presented and produced by William Ray. Credits — William Ray, Presenter and Producer; William Saunders, Audio Engineer; Phil Benge, Audio Engineer; Marc Chesterman, Audio Engineer; Steve Burridge, Audio Engineer; Tim Watkin, Executive Producer.

In 1937, 800 Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.

Dawn Service Live at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park with Susie Ferguson.

Thirteen former All Blacks died in WWI. All Blacks at War brings their stories to life through military historian Dr. Chris Pugsley, ONZM, and former All Black Andrew Mehrtens. MNZM. Mehrts travels the Western Front, grave to grave. Along the way, he connects with others who also have connections to these men: be they schools in NZ, former All Blacks playing in France, or a town that was liberated by Kiwi soldiers in WWI and has never forgotten. All Blacks at War was produced by Homegrown TV and will be released on Anzac Day 2024. ANZAC DAY | APRIL 25. Former All Black Andrew Mehrtens, MNZM shares the story of the 13 All Blacks killed in WWI. We hear about the dire circumstances they faced from renowned military historian Dr. Chris… Series Classification: PG (Parental Guidance) | Produced for RNZ & TVNZ by Homegrown TV. Travelling the Western Front, grave to grave, former All Black Andrew Mehrtens shares the story of the 13 All Blacks, killed in WW I. Watch on TVNZ 1 at midday.

ANZAC Day on RNZ National features live coverage of the dawn service at Pukeahu National War Memorial, followed by a programme of interviews and discussion, hosted by Mark Leishman and Bryan Crump between 8 - 11am, then returning to Pukeahu for further coverage of events.

Fighting for King and Country was a calling and an honour, so much so that some fresh-faced young men with glory in their eyes lied about their age and set sail across international waters. Thanks and credits: Transcript and archival audio supplied by Nga Taonga Sound and Vision. Images from the Alexander Turnbull Library Collection Web Content: Emma Hart Additional voices and readings: ‘Bright letter from Gus’ read by: Adrian Mackenzie as Mr W.A. Harte and Jono Regan as Sergeant W.A Gustafson; Voice of naval officer - Howard Sly.

Julian Wilcox presents a compelling mix of current affairs investigations, human interest and arts and culture stories. Made with the support of NZ on Air and Te Māngai Pāho. What do 27% of NZers all have in common? They were born overseas. Here Now is about the journeys people make to New Zealand, their identities and perspectives, all of which shape their life here. Here Now was previously titled Voices and is produced and presented by Kadambari Raghukumar. In 2023 Voices won three bronze awards at the NZ Podcast Awards and was a finalist in Best Weekly Factual category in the NZ Radio Awards.

It's 1943. The Allies are determined to break Hitler's grip on occupied Europe, and plan to launch an all-out assault on Sicily; but they face an impossible challenge - how to protect the invasion force from potential annihilation. It falls to two remarkable intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu and Charles Cholmondeley to dream the most inspired and improbable disinformation strategy of the war - centred on the most unlikely of secret agents: a dead man. Operation Mincemeat is the extraordinary and true story of an idea that hoped to turn the tide for the Allies - taking impossibly high risks, defying logic, and testing the nerves of its creators to breaking point.

The Best of RNZ's Podcasts. 2023 NZ PODCAST AWARDS - PODCAST OF THE YEAR (GOLD). The shady, controversial and sometimes downright villainous characters of New Zealand history, presented by William Ray. Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament. The House is produced for RNZ with funding from Parliament’s Office of the Clerk. RNZ’s The House – journalism focussed on parliamentary legislation, issues and insights – is made with funding from Parliament’s Office of the Clerk.

In the throes of World War II, Captain Maude Garrett joins the all-male crew of a B-17 bomber with a top-secret package. Caught off guard by the presence of a woman on a military flight, the crew tests Maude's every move. Just as her quick wit is winning them over, strange happenings and holes in her backstory incite paranoia surrounding her true mission. But this crew has more to fear -- lurking in the shadows, something sinister is tearing at the heart of the plane. Trapped between an oncoming air ambush and an evil lurking within, Maude must push beyond her limits to save the hapless crew and protect her mysterious cargo.

A beautiful portrait of everyday Gazan citizens, leading meaningful lives beyond the rubble of perennial conflict.

Delia (Cortellesi) lives in a working-class community in Rome in the late 1940s - a city divided between the positive thrust of liberation and the miseries of the war that has just ended - with her domineering husband, Ivano (Valerio Mastandrea), their three children, and father-in-law. She rises above the daily challenges of family life; has a best friend with whom to share moments of levity, and dreams for her daughter Marcella to one day have a better life. Delia accepts her fate - the good with the bad - until one day a mysterious letter arrives.

How far would you go to defend the idea of an open press? In December 2021 Dmitry Muratov is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He is the editor-in-chief of Russia’s only independent newspaper, Novaya Gazeta. Since he founded Novaya six of his journalists have been murdered, after their reports displeased the state. This documentary is the extraordinary story of a man who risks everything to preserve freedom of speech in Russia.

The Best of RNZ's Podcasts. 2023 NZ PODCAST AWARDS - PODCAST OF THE YEAR (GOLD). The shady, controversial and sometimes downright villainous characters of New Zealand history, presented by William Ray. Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament. The House is produced for RNZ with funding from Parliament’s Office of the Clerk. RNZ’s The House – journalism focussed on parliamentary legislation, issues and insights – is made with funding from Parliament’s Office of the Clerk.

New Zealand in the 1830s is a Maori world, dominated by tribal wars. Seeking redemption from a dark past, lay preacher Thomas Munro is on board a trading vessel heading to the newly established town of Epworth, a British settlement in that far corner of the world. When the ship anchors for repairs, Munro finds himself caught up in a battle between Maori tribes. He witnesses the slaughter of innocents, and with a bloody war now inevitable, he must decide what role he will play and whether his faith is real or of any value.

One day, four bomb sites, two emergency hospital stops with Gaza’s Civil Defence under Israeli bombardment. On day 22 of the war on Gaza, the Civil Defence is under enormous pressure as the Israeli bombardment intensifies. These first responders know that every mission could be their last. But until then, their humanity drives them. Join them on their rescue missions over one brutal day as they face life or death moral dilemmas. Dodging bombs, racing injured people to hospitals, digging children out of rubble – and then heading back out to do it all again, bomb after bomb – this raw and distressing film bears witness to those on the front line, saving lives in Gaza. Published on Monday 6 November 2023. Classification: G-CV

Geopolitics expert Peter Zeihan tells Guyon what New Zealand needs to do right now if it wants to survive the end of globalisation, why China's days are numbered, and who's going to win the US election. [Wednesday 19 June 2024]

Julian Wilcox presents a compelling mix of current affairs investigations, human interest and arts and culture stories. Made with the support of NZ on Air and Te Māngai Pāho. What do 27% of NZers all have in common? They were born overseas. Here Now is about the journeys people make to New Zealand, their identities and perspectives, all of which shape their life here. Here Now was previously titled Voices and is produced and presented by Kadambari Raghukumar. In 2023 Voices won three bronze awards at the NZ Podcast Awards and was a finalist in Best Weekly Factual category in the NZ Radio Awards.

Tonight on The Hui, we air a special Anzac episode where we find out how much rangatahi really know about their tupuna who went off to war. Also, Minister for Veterans Chris Penk appears live in studio. [Monday 22 April 2024]

The Best of RNZ's Podcasts. 2023 NZ PODCAST AWARDS - PODCAST OF THE YEAR (GOLD). The shady, controversial and sometimes downright villainous characters of New Zealand history, presented by William Ray. Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament. The House is produced for RNZ with funding from Parliament’s Office of the Clerk. RNZ’s The House – journalism focussed on parliamentary legislation, issues and insights – is made with funding from Parliament’s Office of the Clerk.

D-Day: 80 Years Of Defending Democracy; Interview With Actor Tom Hanks; Interview With Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Charles Q. Brown; Interview With D-Day Veteran Jake Larson; Interview With NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Christopher Cavoli; Witness To Nazi Atrocities. Aired 11a-12p ET.

The heroic and tragic stories behind Major Walter Downs Piiti Wordley's secret WW2 photos and diary of the NZ 28th Māori Battalion life in WW2.

The emotional journey of the last man standing, Sir Robert Gillies, to fulfil his wish that his mokopuna walk in the footsteps of the 28th Maori battalion eighty years on.

Summer 1939, 17 days before WWII, influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. An English teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem and Miller gets the job six days later, trying to find out what happened.

Coverage from ANZAC Cove in Gallipoli.

Julian Wilcox presents a compelling mix of current affairs investigations, human interest and arts and culture stories. Made with the support of NZ on Air and Te Māngai Pāho. What do 27% of NZers all have in common? They were born overseas. Here Now is about the journeys people make to New Zealand, their identities and perspectives, all of which shape their life here. Here Now was previously titled Voices and is produced and presented by Kadambari Raghukumar. In 2023 Voices won three bronze awards at the NZ Podcast Awards and was a finalist in Best Weekly Factual category in the NZ Radio Awards.

The Best of RNZ's Podcasts. Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament. The House is produced for RNZ with funding from Parliament’s Office of the Clerk. RNZ’s The House – journalism focussed on parliamentary legislation, issues and insights – is made with funding from Parliament’s Office of the Clerk. Join The Detail team six days a week as they make sense of the big stories with the country’s best journalists and experts. Produced by Newsroom for RNZ, and made possible by NZ on Air. Listen on RNZ National at 7pm Monday-Thursday during The Panel. Winner, Best News and Current Affairs podcast, NZ Radio and Podcast Awards 2024. The inside and personal story of the key moments from sporting history.

101 East reveals how WWII left the Solomon Islands with a deadly legacy of unexploded bombs and other ammunition left behind by US and Japanese forces.

In the fifties, young Alice leaves her native Swiss mountains for the sunny and vibrant shores of Beirut. She falls madly in love with Joseph, a quirky astrophysicist intent on sending the first Lebanese national into space. Alice quickly fits in among his relatives, but after years of bliss, the civil war threatens their Garden of Eden

In 1837 the Colonial Office in London began opening up the entire territory of Australia for sale and the great squatting age began.

Presented by Mihingaarangi Forbes and featuring Dr Vincent O’Malley alongside esteemed iwi historians Rahui Papa, Brad Totorewa, Tom Roa, Mamae Takerei and Kawhia Muraahi, NZ Wars: Stories of Tainui examines the events that continue to influence contemporary Aotearoa. The 1863 invasion of the Waikato was the defining conflict of New Zealand, reinforcing the Crown’s power, entrenching one of Aotearoa’s oldest political institutions (the Kiingitanga) and resulting in land confiscations that continue to shape New Zealand today.

Created and presented by award-winning journalist Mihingarangi Forbes NZ Wars: Stories of Waitara combines oral histories, state of the art animations and powerful dramatic re-enactments to bring to life the narratives of Te Ātiawa in their epic battle against the military might of the British Empire.The Taranaki pā site of Pukerangiora holds a significant place in New Zealand’s military history as a lasting symbol of Māori resistance and resilience. Shared through the eyes of Te Ātiawa descendants, including Dr Ruakere Hond with insights from acclaimed historian Dr Vincent O’Malley, this digital documentary project focuses on the beginning of the Taranaki wars which started in Waitara and raged across the region for over two decades.

Governor George Grey launches his invasion of Waikato. Kiingitanga forces are heavily outnumbered and outgunned, but the invasion doesn't go smoothly for the British. Mihingaarangi Forbes and William Ray tell the story of the most famous, and infamous conflicts of the war: Rangiriri and Rangiaaowhia.

Nau mai ki Whakamāori Series 2! This Podcast series brings Google translate to life! Come along and interact with our host Kimo Houltham who will navigate this space alongside co-hosts Dr Anaha Hiini, Kristin Ross, Leon Blake and Hana Mereraiha. Join the Whakamāori crew to learn, wānanga and have fun in te reo Māori! Made with the suppport of TMP. A weekly feature where the focus is ethnic communities. Over a quarter of New Zealanders were born overseas. Produced by Kadambari Raghukumar, Voices shares stories about the New Zealand experience beyond the 'diversity' checkbox. Voices is a weekly podcast featuring people of diverse global backgrounds and ethnicity who live in Aotearoa. What does Voices speak about? Identity, culture, society, politics, human rights and more.

The modern-day city of Sydney was the birthplace of contemporary Australia and the first battleground in the First Wars.

The absence of public memorialisation of frontier warfare in Tasmania is incongruous on an island so characterised by its colonial past.

Thirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry "Doc" Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller, to bury his son, a young Marine killed in the Iraq War.

Ophir tells the story of an extraordinary indigenous revolution for life, land and culture, leading up to the potential creation of the newest nation in the world, in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. A poetic yet dramatic ode to the indelible thirst of a people for freedom, culture and sovereignty, the film sheds light on the biggest conflict of the Pacific since Second World War, revealing the visible and invisible chains of colonization and its enduring cycles of physical and psychological warfare.

Jason's career and freedom hang in the balance when Command accuses him of committing a horrific crime during a mission. With Bravo under a no-contact order, Jason must fight this battle without his brothers.

Jason is put on trial with a potential career-ending outcome, without knowing if his closest friend Ray has his back. Stella moves in with Clay, and Sonny visits Hannah to help her prepare for the arrival of their baby.

Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.

As Ray continues to lead the mission in Syria, the stakes grow higher when members of Bravo team learn the truth about their target.

LIVE: From Te Papaiouru Marae in Ohinemutu on the shores of Lake Rotorua with lead anchors Peata Melbourne and Julian Wilcox. Crossing live to Tamatekapua Marae throughout the morning (ANZAC Day 2022).

In post-World War II Denmark, a group of young German POW's are forced to clear a beach of land mines under the watch of a Danish Sergeant.

The Great War, March 1918. Set in a dugout in Aisne, C-company arrives to take its turn in the front-line trenches of northern France, led by the war-weary Captain Stanhope. With a German offensive imminently approaching, the company anxiously awaits their unknown fate.

Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers. Based on a play and true story.

In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel. For this film more than 100 vintage aircraft were assembled to re-enact the historic battle in the skies over England.

LIVE: Coverage of the Gallipoli Anzac Day dawn service held on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey commemorating those that lost their lives in war.

This is the inspirational story of one of Aotearoa's most outstanding Maori war heroes, who was awarded the military cross for bravery and who fought in both World Wars.