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  • Pre - 1700's

    • Rakeaio and his dragonflies
    • Te Roro o te Rangi
    • Pūkākī
    • Te Kuiarau
    • Īhenga and the Patupaiarehe
    • Spirit of Te Makawe
    • Tawharakurupeti: A mighty battle
    • Murirangaranga: A treasured taonga
    • Hatupatu and Kurangaituku
    • The return of Horoirangi
    • Te Takinga: The Battle of Rotoiti
    • Pareraututu
    • Pekehaua and the Awahou River
    • Pītaka & Pekehaua
    • Te Ao-kapurangi
    • Pūhaorangi: Gentle breath of Heaven
    • Kahumatamomoe & Īhenga

  • 1800's

    • Tūhoto Ariki
    • The Fenton Agreement
    • Maketū: Te Arawa's first settlement
    • Frederick Bennett
    • Joe Warbrick: A rugby hero
    • Hinemihi: Of the golden eyes
    • Tene Waitere: Tohunga Whakairo
    • The street names of Rotorua
    • Railways and Rotorua
    • Te Arawa fibre arts
    • Wiremu Maihi Te Rangikaheke
    • Murirangaranga: A treasured taonga
    • Kēpa Ehau: Master speech-maker
    • Hine-i-tūrama: Her extraordinary life
    • Government Gardens: A source of water
    • Heni Te Kiri Karamu: A true wahine toa
    • Alfred Warbrick

  • 1900's

    • 28th Māori Battalion
    • Maggie Papakura of Geyserland
    • Don Stafford
    • Guide Sophia & the birth of tourism
    • Emily Schuster: The art of weaving
    • June Northcroft Grant
    • Sir Howard Morrison
    • Dr Hiko Hohepa: A man of learning
    • Inez Kingi: Queen of Māori Health
    • Te Rōpū o Te Ora: Womens Health League
    • Wihapi Winiata: His heart to the 4 winds
    • Wayne Shelford
    • Mita Mohi: A Gentle Warrior
    • Ōruawhata
    • Forestry in Rotorua
    • Recognising Haane Manahi

  • 2000's

    • Aunty Bea
    • Bilingual Rotorua
    • Adrienne Whitewood & Ahu
    • Trevor Maxwell For the love of Rotorua
    • Koro & Moko Fishing: Part 1
    • Koro & Moko Fishing: Part 2
    • Koro & Moko Fishing: Part 3
    • Koro & Moko Fishing: Part 4
    • Sulphur Bay: Once a howling wilderness

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