Bay Of Plenty

One-hundred-and-twenty-six years ago this Sunday, just after midnight June 10 1886, the earth shook below the feet of villagers living in Te Wairoa on the shores of Lake Tarawera. After the… Audio

In the Bay of Plenty town of Te Puke, a new memorial has been unveiled. It bears the names of fifty locals the town was previously unaware served in the First World War - the reason they're there now… Audio

The kiwifruit industry has been in the news a lot because of the vine killing bacteria PSA v. There are some new kiwifruit varieties which growers are now seeing as a bit of saviour. Country Life… Audio

We're off to Rotorua Museum with museum director Greg McManus. Audio

Greg Brownless has a diverse CV, which includes school teaching, working as a Contiki tour guide in Europe, and a serving on his local city council in Tauranga. He then started his own… Audio

The seas around Astrolabe reef and the role of a ship's chart plotter. Audio

A day in Whakatane. Audio

It's taken more than 100 years to complete Rotorua's iconic Bath House building. Audio

Scientists have found remnants of the world famous White Terraces, which disappeared under Lake Rotomahana in the eruption of Mount Tarawera 125 years ago. The team identified part of the Pink… Audio

Wellington folk duo play songs from their new album 'All Mountains Are Men' joined by GNS scientist Cornel de Ronde on his search for the Pink and White Terraces. Audio

When Kereopa Te Rau was captured in Opotiki in 1871 - and later hung for the killing of a missioner - he'd been on the run for seven years. Peter Wells has been announced as the winner of the 2011… Audio

Scientists say they have found part of the famed Pink Terraces at the bottom of Lake Rotomahana. Images from an underwater robotic vehicle show cresent shaped terraced structures in about 60 meters of… Audio

There are several different versions of the creation story of the Tarawera Falls, nestled in Kawerau Forest. In He Rourou, local elder Kahu Te Rire tells stories about ancient ancestors, ghostly… Audio

As a people of the land, Maori named many of their geographical features including mountains, rocks and, in the case of the Tarawera falls, even the three main water spouts of the spectacular natural… Audio

According to tourism brochures, the Tarawera Falls are spectacular falls in the Bay of Plenty. The Tarawera River erupts from the middle of a sheer cliff, to drop 65 metres down to bushlined rapids… Audio

The tribe of Tuhourangi is world famous. They are the iwi that guided tourists around the Pink and White Terraces and, nowdays, around the geothermal village of Whakarewarewa in Rotorua. In He Rourou… Audio

Kawerau elder Kahu Te Rire talks about two faced lizards and some of the sacred places of the Rotorua tribe of Tuhourangi. Audio

Ana Tapiata's in the Kawerau Forest listening to ancient stories from the area. Audio

Lake Tarawera was the scene of the volcanic erruption that buried the Pink And White Terraces - beautiful geothermic rock formations which were the biggest tourist attraction in NZ, drawing visitors… Audio