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What persuaded a party of Ulster Scots pioneers to leave their homes in the 1870s, and travel halfway round the world to begin a new life in New Zealand? Irish historian Mark Thompson narrates the story of how one man's bid to rebuild his fortune led to the world's only planned Ulster settlement a‮…

Grace Moreton recalls her life in China and Czechoslovakia in the 1930's and her efforts, along with her husband, to aid the Jews and anti-Nazis to escape from Hitler's dominance prior to the outbreak of war.

Grace Moreton recalls her life in Czechoslovakia in the 1930's and her efforts, along with her husband, to aid the Jews and anti-Nazis to escape from Hitler's dominance prior to the outbreak of war.

In 1994, the popular singer of the 1950's Pat McMinn talks to Jim Sullivan about her musical career and especially her recordings with TANZA, the record label started "To Assist New Zealand Artists'.

In 1994, the popular singer of the 1950's Pat McMinn talks to Jim Sullivan about her musical career and especially her recordings with TANZA, the record label started "To Assist New Zealand Artists'.

Prolonged winter rains and a sudden very dry spring in 1977 left the Douglas's Wairarapa hill country farm bare of growth and vulnerable to the long summer drought which followed.

Artist Rei Hamon talks to Alwyn Owen about his early life, his Māori ancestry, and feelings for the bush which influenced his famous drawings.

History is not only a written record of events, it also resides in people's memories. Through the audio recorder, this resource of memory can be preserved for today's and future generations. Over a period of years, the Spectrum team developed techniques for recording oral history and many of these‮…

In the early 21st century, Mike Gourley revisits scenes of the Northern New Zealand Wars of the 1840's recorded by his great, great, great grandfather - a British Infantryman - in his personal diary and meets up with the descendants of those his ancestor fought in the Bay of Islands.