Top History Podcasts in New Zealand

The latest Apple Podcasts History chart for New Zealand, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked November 1, 2026.

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The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

2

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

3

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

4

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

5

Short History Of...

NOISER

6

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

7

The Ancients

History Hit

8

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

9

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

10

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

11

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

12

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

13

British Scandal

Audible Original

14

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

15

Gone Medieval

History Hit

16

Real Dictators

NOISER

17

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

18

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

History Hit

19

13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble

BBC World Service

20

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

21

World War II with Tom Hanks

The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy

22

Ancient Civilisations

NOISER

23

Battleground

Goalhanger

24

American Scandal

Audible Original

25

The History Hour

BBC World Service

26

The History Podcast

BBC Radio 4

27

Biography

NOISER

28

History Daily

History Daily

29

The Spy Who

Audible Original

30

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

31

Expanse

ABC Australia

32

Te Pahi: The Rangatira, the King and the Survivors

RNZ

33

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

34

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

35

American History Hit

History Hit

36

Black Sheep

RNZ

37

Forever Ago

Brains On Universe

38

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

39

Legacy

Original Legacy Productions

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Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

42

The History of English Podcast

Kevin Stroud

43

White Silence

Stuff | RNZ

44

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

45

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

46

This is History: The Tudors

Sony Music Entertainment

47

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

48

No One Saw It Coming

ABC Australia

49

Real Vikings

NOISER

50

In Our Time: History

BBC Radio 4

51

Desert Pirates

NZ Herald

52

SPYCRAFT 101

Justin Black

53

The UnBelievable

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

54

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today

ABC Australia

55

Throughline

NPR

56

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

57

Hostile History

David Borys / Curiouscast

58

ABC Rewind

ABC Australia

59

Instant Classics

Vespucci

60

Ancient Lives with Mary Beard

BBC Radio 4

61

The Dead Can't Sue

ABC Australia

62

The British History Podcast

Jamie Jeffers

63

If You Please, Himan Brown’s Radio Mystery Theater

CUNY TV

64

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

65

The C-Word

Lena Dunham & Alissa Bennett

66

The Martyr Made Podcast

Darryl Cooper

67

The Aotearoa History Show

RNZ

68

The WW2 Podcast

Angus Wallace

69

History's Heroes

BBC Radio 4

70

Here for the History

BBC Sounds

71

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

72

American History Tellers

Audible Original

73

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Queens, Kings, and Dastardly Things

Daily Mail

75

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

76

Past Present Future

David Runciman

77

Yasha

Jeremy Gendelman

78

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

Liv Albert

79

The Vardø Witch Trials

Lisa Williams

80

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

81

Noiser Presents

NOISER

82

NZ Herald Presents

NZ Herald

83

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The Ancients

History Hit

85

The Eleventh

ABC Australia

86

Half-Arsed History

Riley Knight

87

Stuff The British Stole

ABC Australia and CBC

88

Haunted American History

Bloody FM

89

Talking Tudors

Natalie Grueninger

90

Omnibus

Omnibus

91

Combat Story

AJ Pasciuti

92

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

93

The History of Ceramics

HENI Talks

94

芮淇讲透资治通鉴

芮淇讲透资治通鉴

95

the memory palace

Nate DiMeo

96

Emperors of Rome

Nightlight Productions

97

Ottoman History Podcast

Ottoman History Podcast

98

My Lunch Break

MY LUNCH BREAK

99

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History of Modern Turkey

Ottoman History Podcast

101

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102

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

103

Cold War Conversations

Ian Sanders

104

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

105

History of the Second World War

Wesley Livesay

106

NZ Wars Collection

RNZ

107

The History of WWII Podcast

Ray Harris Jr

108

AREA52 Podcast With Chris Ramsay

Chris Ramsay

109

History For Sleep with the Drowsy Historian

Drowsy Historian

110

Ridiculous Crime

iHeartPodcasts

111

Ask Haviv Anything

Haviv Rettig Gur

112

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

113

Willy Willy Harry Stee...

Charlie Higson

114

The History of the Twentieth Century

Mark Painter

115

School of War

The Free Press

116

Antique Jewellery Historian

Zuleika Gerrish

117

The Tudor Chest Podcast

Adam Pennington

118

The Team House

dee takos

119

The Silence of Sobibor

Audiodroom

120

Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story

Apple TV / AT WILL MEDIA

121

The Wild West Extravaganza

The Wild West Extravaganza

122

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The Ancient World

Scott C.

124

HistoryExtra Long Reads

History Extra

125

The Untitled History Podcast

Gareth Edwards

126

D-Day: The Tide Turns

NOISER

127

NZ Wars: Stories of Waitara

RNZ

128

The Last Best Hope?

Adam Smith

129

History of Aotearoa New Zealand

Thomas Rillstone

130

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

131

Warfare

History Hit

132

About That Life

Garrison Hayes

133

A Short History of Japan Podcast

Cameron Foster

134

NZ Wars: Stories of Tainui

RNZ

135

After the ‘End of History’

After the 'End of History'

136

NZ Wars: Stories of Wairau

RNZ

137

NZ Wars: Stories of Waerenga-a-Hika

RNZ

138

NZ Wars: The Stories of Ruapekapeka

RNZ

139

OVT

NPO Radio 1 / VPRO

140

非马非牛

曲柄睿

141

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European Civilization, 1648-1945 - Video

John Merriman

143

The Spanish Empire: Global Power Built on Gold and Blood — Fexingo History

Fexingo

144

Missing 411 cases

Missing 411 cases

145

The Story of Money

Financial Times

146

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Forgotten Australia

Michael Adams

148

Right Answers Mostly

Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo

149

东腔西调

大观天下志

150

On Auschwitz

Auschwitz Memorial

151

Those Conspiracy Guys

Gordon Rochford

152

The Phantom Marine

Unresolved Productions

153

Slow Burn

Slate Podcasts

154

The Making of Modern Ukraine

Timothy Snyder

155

Warfronts

Cloud10

156

Buried Evidence

The Crime Desk

157

Calm History (not A.I. & no loud ads) - Bedtime Sleep Stories for Education & Relaxation

Harris | ASMR & Insomnia Network

158

Boring History To Sleep

Boring History To Sleep

159

The English Heritage Podcast

English Heritage

160

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161

What Were We Like

RTÉ

162

The Nations of Canada

Greg Koabel

163

Defragged History Podcast

Defragged History

164

Deer Wars

RNZ

165

WW2: Both Sides of The Wire

Prof. Matthias Strohn & Jesse Alexander

166

History of the Jews

Dovid Parnas

167

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Blue Ewe Media

168

Jason Samosa

Jason Samosa

169

The China History Podcast

Laszlo Montgomery

170

Past Lives

Patrick Wyman

171

Disaster Area

Jennifer Matarese

172

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

173

Historic Royal Palaces Podcast

Historic Royal Palaces

174

16 Sunsets

Antica & Telltale Studios

175

What the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy

Rewind Studios

176

The Story of Mauritius: Empire, Trade, and Island Identity — Fexingo History

Fexingo

177

WW1: Not So Quiet On The Western Front!

Dan Hill and Dr. Spencer Jones

178

History's Greatest Conspiracy Theories

History Extra

179

Creation Talk Podcast

Creation Ministries International

180

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

181

历史剥壳｜张志浩播客

张志浩老师

182

歴史を面白く学ぶコテンラジオ（COTEN RADIO）

COTEN inc.

183

Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood

iHeartPodcasts

184

The Agency

RNZ

185

The Service

RNZ

186

A History of the World in 100 Objects

BBC Radio 4

187

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

188

Napoleon

NOISER

189

My Victorian Nightmare

Genevieve Manion

190

Call 'Em Like Museum with Eric Johnson

LightningPod

191

First America

Pushkin Industries

192

Today In History with The Retrospectors

The Retrospectors

193

More Than A Story

Moxi Nicols

194

True Life Spy Stories

Philip Thompson

195

History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged

196

American Shrapnel

Alabama Media Group

197

Roman Emperors: Totalus Rankium

Rob and Jamie

198

怪东西Weird History

怪东西WeirdHist

199

铜镜

vinnesota

200

История по Чёрному

Алик Чёрный

201

The Exploration Archive - Stories of explorers, expeditions, and discoveries that changed the world.

The Archive Network

202

Creation Article Podcast

Creation Ministries International

203

Время и деньги

libo/libo

204

Os Escândalos de uma Revolucionária

Observador

205

WW2 Stories & Real War Stories

Pod Hour

206

Untold Pacific History

RNZ

207

NORTH 02: The Story of Our Species

NORTH 02

208

History of Japan

Isaac Meyer

209

The History of Byzantium

thehistoryofbyzantium@gmail.com

210

Vulgar History: Tudors

Vulgar History | Realm

211

Decoding The Unknown

Cloud10

212

Tudors Dynasty & Beyond

RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson

213

The Story of Thailand: The Nation That Never Fell to Colonizers — Fexingo History

Fexingo

214

Search & Rescue NZ

RNZ

215

The Log Books

Tash Walker and Adam Zmith

216

History of South Africa podcast

Desmond Latham

217

The History of Ireland

Kevin Dolan

218

Adolf Hitler: Rise and Downfall

NOISER

219

Irish History Podcast

Fin Dwyer

220

Patented: History of Inventions

History Hit

221

The History of England

David Crowther

222

The Old Front Line

Paul Reed

223

Journey Through Time

Goalhanger

224

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

225

썬킴의 한국사 완전정복

주식회사 모모콘

226

SNAFU with Ed Helms

iHeartPodcasts

227

Hot History

Hot History Production

228

文明之旅

罗振宇文明之旅

229

Pack One Bag

Lemonada Media

230

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

231

The History of Russia Podcast

Damon Boar

232

Biblical Time Machine

Helen Bond & Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

233

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Oh What A Time...

Pop! Pop!

235

時間的女兒：八卦歷史

Hazel

236

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Seth Paridon, Jon Parshall, William Toti

237

History’s Greatest Fails

Sony Music Entertainment

238

The Holocaust History Podcast

Waitman Wade Beorn

239

Heaven Bent

Tara Jean Stevens

240

Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast

Clem Dallaway

241

History's Greatest Cities

History Extra

242

Noches de Historia

Iván Patxi Gómez

243

In Our Time: Philosophy

BBC Radio 4

244

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New Zealand History

Manatū Taonga - Ministry for Culture and Heritage (NZ)

246

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History of the Philippines

Charles Morris

248

The Belgrano Diary

The London Review of Books

249

Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

Bart Ehrman

250

Interlace History

S02: Iran and the US

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