New Zealand Society

A craft chocolate maker has big ideas for cocoa farms in the Pacific including shipping their produce in an environmentally friendly way. To prove it can be done, the Wellington Chocolate Factory has… Read more Audio, Gallery

Have beards had their day or are they here to stay? A story about beards and the modern man. New Zealand men have wholeheartedly embraced their beards, so much so that beard and moustache competitions… Read more Audio

The drop in migratory birds numbers in New Zealand may well be given some relief by an increasing interest in conservation among the burgeoning middle class in China.The Bar Tailed Godwit which has… Read more Audio

Beaujolais Nouveau – is both a wine and an event. It’s celebrated around the world on the third Thursday in November – and New Zealand is the first in the world to have a taste. The wine is made from… Read more Audio, Gallery

Personal stories provide a powerful starting point for Otago Polytechnic, Bachelor of Fashion Design students.  Fashion provides a means of communicating ideas that are invariably brought to life by… Read more Audio

Nikau Hindin is reviving the lost Maori art of making aute, known in other parts of the Pacific as tapa cloth. The Auckland University Fine Arts student recently held a public performance of aute… Read more Audio

Berhampore suburb in Wellington has achieved a lot of firsts. Berhampore was the first community in New Zealand to build social housing blocks. The suburb was also ground central for the 1981… Read more Audio, Gallery

For 50 years he's travelled to the remotest areas of rural India, now he's gone global. An International Indian Puppeteer and his touring theatre company use simple handmade puppets to bring serious… Read more Audio

Since 2010, Rosanna Raymond has been creating art under the name of the SaVAge K'lub, a multi-disciplinary installation and performance vehicle built to discuss ideas of space, hospitality… Read more Audio

For over a decade yachties and wineries in Marlborough have hit the waters to race a bottle of sauvignon blanc across the Cook Strait but this time they are also racing for those in the air. Read more Audio, Gallery