Wellington Region

United States marines invaded Wellington's Kapiti coast in June 1942. Several camps housed about 20,000 marines who were undergoing training for assaults against the Japanese in the Pacific… Audio

Architect responsible for many Wellington landmarks, whose Kapiti Coast dome home features in a new book about NZ architects' houses. Audio

To mark Conservation Week, Veronika Meduna visits the Waikanae Estuary Scientific Reserve, a favourite feeding spot for birds. Audio

If you usually drive past the Southward Car Museum on your journey north out of Wellington - now's the time to stop. Audio

Port Nicholson, Lambton Quay, Whanganui-a-Tara, Khandallah, Karori, Kelburn, Oriental Bay: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's dictionary of New Zealand place names. Audio

We find out about the logistics of designing sculptures that use the wind rather than being buffeted by it, as Wellington's decade long wind sculpture project comes to an end. Audio

Jack Perkins' brief but affectionate historical tour of Wellington Harbour. Audio

The murder of Joe Kum Yung in Wellington's notorious Haining Street - part 1. Audio

The murder of Joe Kum Yung in Wellington's notorious Haining Street - part 2. Audio

Nick Butcher spends a night on Matiu-Somes Island. Audio

Little penguins are thriving in Wellington Harbour, thanks to nest boxes and regenerating forest on Matiu-Somes Island. Audio

A new population of fluttering shearwater chicks is settling into their new home in the middle of Wellington Harbour Audio

We pay a virtual visit to one of New Zealand's museums with Rowan Carroll, director of the Police Museum. Audio

We pay a virtual visit to one of New Zealand's museums - the Wright's Hill Fortress with Mike Lee. Audio

Petone foreshore was the 'beachhead' of the New Zealand Company who had arrived expecting to find tens of thousands of acres of flat land suitable for agriculture. Settlers were to be bitterly… Audio

We pay a virtual visit to one of New Zealand's museums - the Museum of Childhood in Masterton with its founder Diana Stidolph. Audio

Pukaha Mount Bruce reserve is the last remnant of Wairarapa's once-famous 70 Mile Bush which cloaked the countryside from Masterton north to Norsewood. Spectrum's Jack Perkins looks at the work of… Audio

A full-scale working adaptation of Stonehenge in England, remodelled for the southern skies. Audio

Veronika Meduna joins a geology field party to travel along the Wairarapa fault line 150 years after the 1855 earthquake. Audio

Historian Bruce Stirling discusses the rich and turbulent history of Lake Wairarapa. Audio

Castlepoint Station and Castlepoint lighthouse hosted visitors and locals to re-enact the old days when sheep were driven down the beach and wool was loaded by bullock cart onto lighters and then onto… Audio