The mystery of the Motunui Panels takes Dame Anne Salmond from Aotearoa to Switzerland and back, and a beloved bishop finds his final rest in the Hokianga after a hundred and thirty years.
Made with the support of NZ On Air. Presented by Dame Anne Salmond as she focuses on powerful stories about artefacts. Tonight: Paikea, a carved tekoteko that is now housed in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
G, The harrowing & heartening story of passionate seed keepers as they wage a David & Goliath battle against chemical seed companies, defending a 12,000 year food legacy.
Made with the support of NZ On Air. Presented by Dame Anne Salmond as she focuses on powerful stories about artefacts. Tonight: The hero artefact is the Puketoi kete, a remarkable kete found in a cave in the Maniototo region.
The story of the creation of New Zealand's iconic song of celebration, and Dalvanius Prime, a man who saved his community his language and his culture. (2016)
Documents the Rintoul collection of taonga on its journey from Tamaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum to The Kauri Museum.
Made with the support of NZ On Air. Dame Anne Salmond focuses on Māori artefacts. Tonight: Huia bird feathers are the artefact, a relic of a prized and now extinct bird whose feathers were worn by rangatira. (FINAL)
Made with the support of NZ On Air. Presented by Dame Anne Salmond as she focuses on powerful stories about artefacts. Tonight: The hero artefact is a hoe gifted by Māori on the East Coast to crew of the Endeavour in 1769.
Made with the support of NZ On Air. Presented by Dame Anne Salmond as she focuses on powerful stories about artefacts. Tonight: The hero artefact is a black and white dress worn by former Labour MP Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan.