Letters

The most commonly used letter in the English language is E, followed by A, and R. The least-used letter is Z, followed by Q … But the letter that has made headlines around the world is 'X'. Tony… Audio

Curated by Charlotte Yates, In Her Own Words is a concert of selected poems by Katherine Mansfield, set to contemporary music. The music was written by several of Aotearoa's leading songwriters. The… Audio

If you could write a letter to your younger self, what would it say? Audio

Marlborough-based author Luke Elworthy dives into the life of esteemed New Zealand writer Godfrey Cheathem, who sadly died before publication of his great novel. It's based on a series of letters… Audio

When Jazz Thornton was her lowest ebb mentally, a set of letters written to her by a good friend became really important. They were each in a separate labelled envelope and specifically written to… Video, Audio

Author Renée Hollis admits she was a bit overwhelmed by the response she received when she put out a call on RNZ National for listeners to send her untold stories, letters, diaries and photographs… Audio, Gallery

Des Schollum, the owner of The House of Books in Lower Hutt boasts one of the country's largest collections of private letters and is a leading expert on signature forgery. Recently he was… Audio

A New York columnist has found that reading her grandparents love letters has been an antidote to the barrage of social media bad news and misinformation. Audio

White supremacist Philip Arps is being accused of sending letters of a violent nature from his jail cell.

Arps was jailed in June for distributing the live-streamed video of the March 15 mosque… Audio

A big new study from the Australian National University reported by the Pacific Standard magazine has discovered that people who grow up in book-filled homes have higher reading, maths, and technology… Audio

A 525-year-old copy of a letter by Christopher Columbus mysteriously stolen from the Vatican was returned on Thursday after joint sleuthing by US Homeland Security agents and Holy See antiquity… Video, Audio

Rukuhia Homestead is just south of Hamilton. It's been owned by the Glenn family since 1925 and when Val Glenn moved into what had been her grandparents house, she found a box of letters written… Audio

A brief stint in Belgium lead  NZ writer Anna Mackenzie to research World War I. Looking into her own families experience she was able to find a story she believed needed to be told. Bringing letters… Audio