Canterbury

This week on One in Five: Singing the unsung heroes. Volunteers are the mainstay of many activities available to the disability sector. As the world marks the International Day of the Volunteer, Katy… Audio

RDU's Spanky Moore gets inside contemporary New Zealand hit tunes - this week it's Opiuo's 'Quack Fat'. Audio

Christchurch City councillors have voted behind closed doors to move ahead on selling just over a third of the Lyttelton Port Company, 14 percent of lines company Orion and nine percent of the… Audio

If Crown Lyn was the official supplier of crockery to the NZ Railways, why did Chris van der Werff tell us yesterday that Temuka pottery was? We respond to your emails and texts on the subject and… Audio

The Christchurch City Council will vote in secret today on whether to proceed with assets sales. Audio

Jucy will open a new 282-bed backpacker complex in Christchurch, early in 2016, featuring low-cost, pod-style cubicles. Audio

A group opposed to the Christchurch City Council selling its assets says any such move would be premature. Audio

Relatives of a Christchurch man who died from burns inflicted by two others at a booze-fuelled house party are disgusted at the sentence handed down to his killers today. Audio

The small South Canterbury town of Temuka. Fifteen kilometres north of Timaru and 142km south of Christchurch, it is located at the centre of a rich sheep and dairy farming region, for which it is a… Audio

Two Christchurch sisters sexually assaulted when they were children in the 1970s are pressing ahead with their fight to have their abuser named. Audio

Police officers who saved three people from being burnt to death, and two civilians who dragged people out of the way of an out of control bus were among those honoured in central Christchurch today.

The presence of wastewater and raw sewage doesn't appear to be keeping people away from Christchurch's rivers. Audio

Canterbury nor'wester's been blamed for everything from grumpiness to bloody noses. Audio

The International Akaroa Music Festival enters its eighth year in January, combining education and performance, with tutors from around the country and the world. Artistic director Edith Salzmann… Audio

Cats, dogs, horses, parrots, rats, hedgehogs and turtles. Just like people, these animals were affected by the earthquakes in Christchurch. And two researchers have published a new book into just how… Audio

Inspector Derek Erasmus is in charge of the investigation. Audio

Three police officers have been discharged from hospital after a violent fight that broke out following a 6-year-old's birthday party in the Christchurch suburb of Linwood on Saturday night. Audio

New Zealander Haydn Rawstron is now a Chevalier/Knight of the order of Arts and Letters, in thanks for his many years of expertly managing opera singers who appeared in France's opera houses. The… Audio

The most prestigious and yet misunderstood role in the orchestra must be that of the conductor. Kirsten Johnstone finds out about the art of conducting from some of New Zealand's well known Maestros.

RDU's Spanky Moore gets inside contemporary New Zealand hit tunes - this week it's The Bats, with 'Up To The Sky' Audio