Bay Of Plenty

The origins of the Port of Tauranga can be dated back to the 1860s when buoys were first put in place to mark out the channel. Audio

Barry Steiner is a bit of an expert on the subject of beer as he owns and runs the beer museum in the Galatea valley. Audio

Karl is what he calls one of the few 'old school' tour guides working at Te Puia: NZMACI. He was taught guiding by Dorothy (Bubbles) Mihinui (1919 - 2006) Karl takes Justine on a tour of Te Puia and… Audio

Brad Scott talks about why the Papakura Geyser is coming back to life after 34 years of dormancy Audio

A sculpture project featuring some of the best loved dogs and cats in New Zealand literature is down to its final fundraising push. Nine permanent sculptures of Hairy Mclary and his friend s Scarface… Audio

First broadcast in 2003, Paul Diamond produced the documentary about the life of Maggie Papakura (1873 - 1930) a famous guide at Whakarewarewa village and Scholar. Audio

It's a simple and peaceful life at Motiti Island, but that was disrupted when the Rena cargo ship became stranded on the Ota'iti reef in 2011. A few years on, Justine Murray visits Motiti with her… Audio

First broadcast in 2003, Paul Diamond produced the documentary about the life of Maggie Papakura (1873 - 1930) a famous guide at Whakarewarewa village and Scholar. Part one of Remembering Makareti… Audio

The best places to spend the summer in New Zealand. Audio

The best places to spend the summer in New Zealand. Audio

The Tuhoe iwi is planning to build its tribal headquarters near Taneatua and claims it will be New Zealand's first ever so-called "living building". Audio

A daily serial featuring colourful characters from our rural past. Audio

We visit Maketu in the Bay of Plenty. It's a small town of around thirteen hundred people, with a river, wetlands, a few historic buildings and some walking tracks. Audio

The first of a two-part interview with Mr A J Parks - who in 1886 was a 17-year-old timber mill worker at Rotoiti - recalling the Mt Tarawera eruption nearly 70 years after the event. DCDR73-TK7… Audio

The second of a two-part interview with Mr A J Parks - who in 1886 was a 17-year-old timber mill worker at Rotoiti - recalling the Mt Tarawera eruption nearly 70 years after the event. DCDR72 (Sound… Audio

Ten years after the event, Jack Perkins assembles a group of Edgecumbe residents to relive the experience, and trace its effects not only on the landscape but on their own lives. The result is a… Audio

The Maketu-Ongatoro Wetland Society has an award-winning restoration project underway on Maketu Spit Audio

Kennedy speaks to us from Te Urewera National Park. Audio

A special feature on environmental monitoring in the Rena Recovery programme, and the role of volunteers in the clean-up Audio