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Rock Art in Canterbury
South Canterbury and North Otago are home to limestone outcrops covered in Maori rock art. Audio
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Plato’s Cave: Realities of Composing in New Zealand by Philip Norman
Philip Norman delivers the inaugural Lilburn Lecture before an audience in Victoria University's Hunter Council Chamber. His subject, Plato's Cave: The Realities of Composing in New Zealand. Audio
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Ties to the Holy Land
Tali Vidal spent much of this year in Israel, trying to figure out Hebrew, and why her relatives prayed so much.
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Tsunami layers found in cave in Sumatra
Scientists say a coastal cave on the Indonesian island of Sumatra holds a remarkable record of big tsunamis in the Indian Ocean. Deposits from seven - 10 tsunamis are preserved between layers of bat…
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Pacific fishing fleets will be pushed to agree on new regulations on catches
A regional meeting on Pacific fisheries starting on Monday will debate restrictions on tuna catches. In the lead-up to the meeting, major stakeholders have argued there needs to be more...
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Pacific fishing fleets will be pushed to agree on new regulations on catches
Audio 26 Nov 2013As Pacific fishing countries and other distant nations meet in Queensland on Monday, the Tuna Commission is saying a robust agreement must be made. Audio
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Supermarket collapse called ''murder'' by president
President Andris Berzins of Latvia has described the collapse of a supermarket in Riga on Thursday as murder. At least 54 people died and three days of national mourning have been declared.
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Over 50 die in Latvian supermarket collapse
People have been arriving at the collapsed supermarket in the Latvian capital, Riga, to lay flowers for at least 52 people killed when the roof gave way.
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Trail of rubble left by tornadoes
Residents in four midwest US states have been sifting through piles of rubble after a series of tornadoes that killed at least seven people on Sunday. Audio
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Leaks show gulf between NZ and US
Efforts to complete a Pacific-wide trade deal by the end of this year appear slim after leaks exposed deep rifts between America and other countries over key contentious issues. Audio
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Philip Norman: Lilburn Research Fellow
Audio 1 Nov 2013Musicologist and composer giving a lecture at Victoria University tomorrow entitled Plato's Cave: Realities of Composing in New Zealand'. Audio
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Arts with Courtney Johnston
Audio 30 Oct 2013New exhibitions at the Adam Art Gallery, new research on the makers of ancient cave paintings, and the death of the art philosopher who helped us define "art" in the 20th century. Audio
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Bodies brought down from mountain
Search teams have retrieved the bodies of Hiroki Ogawa and Nicole Sutton who died after being trapped on Mt Taranaki for two nights. Audio
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Couple die on Mt Taranaki after two nights in snow cave
Audio 29 Oct 2013An Air Force helicopter is on stand by to retrieve the bodies of two climbers who died after being stranded on Mt Taranaki at the weekend. Audio
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Two climbers die on Mt Taranaki after being stuck in snow cave
Audio 29 Oct 2013An airforce helicopter is on standby to retrieve the bodies of the two climbers who died on Mt Taranaki. Hiroki Ogawa and Nicole Sutton spent two nights in a snow cave near the mountain's summit after… Audio
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Climbing couple die on Mt Taranaki
The bodies of two climbers remain high on Mt Taranaki after a race to save them was defeated by the weather. Nicole Sutton and Hiroki Ogawa reached the summit, but got into trouble as they made their…
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Arts with Courtney Johnston
Audio 16 Oct 2013New exhibitions at the Adam Art Gallery; the effects of the government shut-downs on Washington's museums; and the new research on the makers of ancient cave paintings. Audio
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Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke dies
Convicted Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke has died in Italy at the age of 100.
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Caving with Kieran McKay
Audio 7 Oct 2013Kieran McKay is an outdoor pursuits instructor and one of New Zealand's most accomplished cavers. He's been caving for 30 years, since he was 14, and is now working with a small team to link up two… Audio
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Toll keeps rising in Pakistan quake
Rescue teams are racing to a remote part of Pakistan where a powerful earthquake has killed more than 300 people and injured hundreds more. After the quake, a small island appeared off the coast near… Audio
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Woman found after overnight search
A woman who had been missing on the Opunake coast in Taranaki has been found after spending the night in a cave.
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Roof collapses in fire in disused kindy
Firefighters have controlled a large blaze that extensively damaged a former kindergarten building in the Canterbury town of Kaiapoi.
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Jed and Hera
Audio 31 Aug 2013Cantabrian folk duo Jed & Hera recenty stopped in at the Music 101 studio to play a few tunes, discuss with us the kind of chips Nick Cave likes and why it's best not to leave your gumboots out… Audio
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Your Place - Cave
Audio 29 Aug 2013You can say you come from Cave if you live in a district between the Rangitata and the Pareora Rivers in Canterbury - about 23kms northwest of Timaru on the way to Fairlie. The historic settlement… Audio
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Moa cave discovery
Northland man Ian Calder was out trapping possums on his lifestyle block in Whangarei when he stumbled across the entrance to a cave. The mouth of the cave was little more than a narrow gap in the… Audio
