Bay Of Plenty

The owners of the Rena have formally applied to leave what's left of the wreck of the container ship on Astrolabe reef off the Tauranga coast. Audio

The Tauranga City Council wants the government to take action to stop housing in Tauranga becoming as unaffordable as real estate in Auckland. Audio

What (or who) is switching the traffic lights as you drive around town? With Haydn Wardley, Tauranga City Council Traffic System engineer. Audio

Australian-based journalist and author Stop Press: the Last Days of Newspapers. Audio

In 2010 devastating bacterial disease PSA hit kiwifruit orchards in New Zealand, initially just in Bay Of Plenty but now it's in nearly every growing region pretty well wiping out, in particular, the… Audio

Tommy 'Kapai' Wilson wrote the Kapai the Kiwi children's book series and he is now the Executive Director of Te Tuinga Whanau Support Services in Tauranga - an organisation focusing on the wellness of… Audio

The tight deadline and management of seven carvers was overseen by Peri Kohu. A month out from the unveiling of the carved pou, Justine Murray visited the workspace at the Tauranga Historic Village… Audio

Patrick Nicholas talks about the history of the Battle of Pukehinahina (Gate Pa) – the reasons that lead to the battle and the strategy taken up by its leaders that lead to the defeat of the British… Audio

Coverage of the 150th commemorations of the Battle of Pukehinahina (Gate Pa), with experience of the commemorations and insights into the historical events.  Audio

Death, like taxes, is inevitable - or so the saying goes - but when it comes suddenly and out of the blue those left behind can be left in the dark about what to do. Preparation for the inevitable has… Audio

Maori whose ancestors fought at Gate Pa a hundred-and-50 years ago say that history's no longer hidden. Audio

Alison McCulloch has worked in journalism in New Zealand and the United States for more than twenty years and last year published 'Fighting to Choose: the Abortion Rights Struggle in New Zealand'. She… Audio

With Aileen Lawrie, chief executive of the Opotiki District Council and Arihia Tuoro of the Whakatohea Maori Trust Board and a director of Eastern Sea Farms - which is the majority owner of the new… Audio

Nigel Beckford: mementos and sagas Wellington writer and publisher (The Wellington Book, The NZ Book), and leader of Sven Olsen's Brutal Canadian Love Saga, who recently released a 50-track album on… Audio

The Police in Tauranga are investigating video footage which show groups of young people fighting and intimidating members of the public at a local shopping mall. Audio

The Bay of Plenty town of Te Puke will be teeming with actors, cameras and gaffer tape for the next month as filming for a new action comedy gets underway today. The Z Nail Gang is about a community… Audio

A Tauranga rest home is under fire from the Health and Disability Commissioner for failing to pick up that an 81-year-old woman had fractured her hip until six days after a fall. Audio

A toilet paper factory's expansion that opened today in Kawerau is bringing new jobs in a North Island timber town more used to hearing about job cuts. Audio

Our Bay of Plenty reporter, Lorna Perry, went to Ohinau Island for a look and a listen. Audio