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What it’s like to come face-to-face with history.
Is this what it's like to die? This was one of the thoughts drifting through sixteen year old Barry Watkins mind as he clung on to the edge...
Rugby legend Sir Bryan Williams made All Blacks rugby history as the first player of Pasifika blood to play in Apartheid-era South Africa in...
Not much is known of the suburban zoo that was once situated in Christchurch's North Beach. But those who visited recall eyeing up a mysteri...
At a time when women were embracing their femininity after the war years, Barbara Herrick wanted to change the way women felt about themselv...
Little is known about The Wizard of New Zealand who took centre stage in Christchurch's Cathedral Square from the 70s until the Christchurch...
This year marks 100 years since the first radio transmission in New Zealand and the man behind it is also responsible for laying the foundat...
What Now is New Zealand's most successful and longest running children's television show and this year celebrated 40 years. Rex Simpson who...
It was the spirit of adventure that took teacher, Tony Washington and his family to Pitcairn Island. One of the most isolated communities in...
In this episode of Eyewitness Sonia Yee takes a look at why The Great Crunchie Train Robbery was a runaway success at a time when the advert...
An epic train journey for a game of rugby marks the end of an era. Produced by Julie Benjamin My father Harry Benjamin came from Westport, a...
Basketball has taken Whanganui born and raised, Megan Compain all over the world, including competing in the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games. Bu...
Empire Day fell on the 24th of May and was celebrated in New Zealand from 1903 - two years after Queen Victoria passed away on 22 January 19...
What is it like to be catapulted to overnight stardom? That very scenario happened to five Kiwi girls who became part of all-group Truebliss...
Tiwai Point is a polarising place, people tend to love it or hate it. 2021 will be its 50th year of operations, it could also be the smelter...
Prior to 1958 mortality rates for babies born with heart conditions was extremely high. But a groundbreaking open heart surgery performed 62...
In the 1940s, Marie Storey was part of the third intake of women to join the police force in New Zealand. She speaks to Sonia Yee about bein...
Rebuilding the iconic Mount Cook Road was both a challenge and a privilege. Find out more in this episode of Eyewitness. Drive inland from T...
Forty years ago the Māori language was on the brink of dying out. Only 5% of Māori spoke it fluently. A massive push to save it was underway...
How culturally diverse is New Zealand television and when did things start to shift? Sonia Yee explores the making of character Dr Grace Kwa...
New Zealand is the third largest producer of kiwifruit in the world. But in November 2010, that looked to change when kiwifruit vines across...
"From the good and the great to the lowest of the low, she bridged a gap," says Georgina Beyer of transgender trailblazer, Carmen Rupe. Find...
As Covid-19 sweeps across the world, Eyewitness examines another outbreak that captured the headlines a decade ago. As Covid-19 sweeps acros...
APEC 1999; the unlikely story of how a free trade talkfest helped save a nation from destruction. Produced by Justin Gregory. It was called...
At the turn of the millennium 15,000 people gathered at the top of a mountain to dance. And then, it rained. A lot. Produced by Kirsten John...
Millions of dollars worth of New Zealand fruit and grapes were at risk of rotting on the branches due to a worker shortage. Until a bunch of...
Once upon a time, a TV show changed the way people around the world saw New Zealand, ushered in a new way for fans to get together and made...
The 1972 Munich Olympics was meant to be a festival of sport. But that's not how it turned out. Produced by Sonia Sly. The 1972 Munich Olymp...
On Eyewitness - it's been 20 years since the killing of a child shocked the country. We said it must never happen again. So why has it? Prod...
On Eyewitness - a look at the drug that affected the lives of 10,000 babies...the story of Thalidomide. Produced by Sonia Sly. " Barry De Ge...
When the police started cracking down on Pasifika overstayers, a group of young people called the Polynesian Panthers started pushing back....
The 1985 Live Aid concert was broadcast all around the world. But it very nearly wasn't seen here. Produced by Katie Scotcher. "We had nine...
Timaru man Colin Murdoch was one of the world's great inventors. Produced by Justin Gregory. It's entirely possible that you are alive...
In 1995 rugby dropped its amateur ethos and went openly professional - but not before nearly tearing itself in two. Produced by Justin Grego...
When restrictive new abortion laws were passed in this country, a grass roots group of women immediately mobilised. Produced by Claire Croft...
When a routine search warrant goes suddenly wrong, an ordinary man becomes a hero. Produced by Anneke Smith. Bullets fly in Napier as an eve...
Not that long ago, the New Zealand economy was built on sheep, sheep and more sheep. We were asking for economic trouble and in the late 196...
In the last century we have seen a massive revolution in telecommunications. Technological advances have brought the world closer together,...
For over a century, Niueans have been moving to New Zealand in search of a better life. Did they find it? For more than a century, Niueans h...
Isobel was 14-and-a-half when the Napier earthquake hit. Decades later, her grand-daughter interviewed her about it for a school project. It...
Did you know that the tomato only became popular locally about 1920? Or that brussels sprouts and silverbeet didn't catch on until the 1930s...
In last year of the old millennium, governments and businesses warned us all of the dangers of the Y2K Bug. So did the hype help? Or was thi...
Two lions escape from a circus in small town New Zealand. Who you gonna call? Produced by Justin Gregory. Two lions escape from a circus in...
Why is a Soviet ship lying on the bottom of the Marlborough Sounds? Produced by Justin Gregory. Why is a Soviet ship lying on the bottom of...
Health camps have been helping sickly Kiwi kids get better for a century now. What was it like to be at one? And why are the camps today fai...
A famous mountain gets two new names. Was this a messy compromise or a farsighted decision? Or is it still too early to tell? Produced by Ju...
Getting the strap at school - a harmless rite of passage or an awful abuse of power? Produced by Justin Gregory. It was a time many of us wo...
At thirteen Taeko Yoshioka Braid survived a moment of history that changed the world forever; the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Produced by L...
Moscow, near the end of the Cold War; paranoia, politics and perestroika. An embassy guard recalls life behind the Iron Curtain. Produced by...
EFTPOS and ATMs changed not just the way we bank, but arguably, the way we live. But was that a good thing? Produced by Justin Gregory. "I&#...
Trade Me - buyers sending money to people they've never met for goods they've never seen? It'll never catch on! Produced by Justin Gregory....