Michael Brown

US astronomer Dr Michael Brown's theory of a ninth planet, lurking on the very edge of our Solar System, is gaining momentum.  Audio

Dr Michael Brown is a music researcher who has spent countless hours listening to tracks you have likely never heard. But it's been an evolution for the boy from the Kapiti Coast to music research… Audio

Deep inside an arctic mountain, samples of the world's collection of crops are preserved in the Global Seed Vault - also known as the doomsday vault.

It's now going to safeguard music for eternity… Audio

Dr Michael Brown of the National Library has curated a new playlist for Air New Zealand's passengers to listen to - that shows off some of our best historical recordings. Dr Brown says the idea is a… Audio

A private Waikato school says the R18 restriction on vaping nicotine isn't working and it is treating dozens of students who are addicted to the drug through vaping.

St Peter's Cambridge says the… Audio

A private Waikato school is figuring out how to treat students who have become addicted to nicotine through vaping.

St Peter's Cambridge believes about 800 of its students have vaped or been exposed… Audio

VUP has published a new book:  Searches for Tradition: Essay on New Zealand Music, Past and Present, edited by Michael Brown and Samantha Owens.  The book covers a huge range of perspectives about… Audio

Nick Bollinger runs us through a history of protest songs in NZ and Jesse Mulligan talks to some music historians from Alexander Turnbull Library about 50s and 60s protest in NZ. Audio, Gallery

Wellington based Viking records was once New Zealand's largest independent record label. And now, all of the company's back catalogue has now been donated to the National Library for digitisation and… Video, Audio, Gallery

The story of band rotundas is being told at an exhibition An Ornament to the Town-The Band Rotunda in New Zealand, at the Turnbull Gallery at the National Library of New Zealand. The exhibition is the… Audio

The history of band rotundas takes centre stage today as an exhibition telling the story of rotundas in big towns and small opens at the National Library’s Turnbull Gallery. Co-curators Samantha… Audio

Music historian Michael Brown looks at the origins of the Māori guitar strum and how it is used in Kiwi music. Audio

Ever wondered what happened to those records of your Grandmas that your mum told you to look after? Apparently Samuel Scott has, and that is just one of the many reasons he went in search of the great… Audio