Canterbury
Insight for 22 June 2014 - Burden of Christchurch Rebuild
Philippa Tolley revisits Christchurch to see how people are coping more than 3 years on Audio
Beatles NZ 64 Audience Stories: Steve Bridges
Student journalist Steve Bridges talked his way into The Beatles press conference in Christchurch in June 1964. Audio
Energy with David Haywood: wind energy
Engineer and author who lives in Dunsandel, discussing wind energy. Audio
Christchurch church leader launches tenants' advocacy service
Lyndon Rogers, legal researcher at the Anglican Social Justice Unit in Christchurch. Audio
South of Heaven Part 1
A History of New Zealand Extreme Metal. In this episode reporter Craig Hayes talks to Chris Rigby, Phil Kusabs, Chris Stanley and Steve Francis; and travels back to the birth of this country's most… Audio
South of Heaven Part 2
In part two of 'South of Heaven: Extreme Metal in New Zealand' Craig Hayes finds out how New Zealand's extreme metal community was able to rebuild itself well away from mainstream eyes and ears, with… Audio
Jenifer Roberts: Fitz and Christchurch
Historical biographer and author of a number of books, most recently Fitz: the Colonial Adventures of James Edward Fitzgerald. Audio
Focus on Deer
This year's Deer Industry Annual Conference was held in Methven and had a theme of "Grass Roots - Green Shoots". Its aim was to stimulate 'green shoots' among the next generation of deer farmers by… Audio
Doprah
If you've had the opportunity to see Christchurch's Doprah perform live, you'll be familiar with the woman-possessed stage presence and elasticated, cooing vocals of Indi Force, an Auckland native who… Audio
Insight for 1 June 2014 - High Stakes in the High Country
In this week's Insight Graeme Acton travels to the heart of the South Island High Country, where farmers and environmentalists are locked in a battle pitting farming intensification against those who… Audio
Trial and Error
The 2014 New Zealand Sheep Dog Trial Association Tux South Island and New Zealand Championship is being hosted by the Geraldine Collie Dog Club at Waihi Station near Geraldine. There are four events… Audio
Trial and Error
The 2014 New Zealand Sheep Dog Trial Association Tux South Island and New Zealand Championship is being hosted by the Geraldine Collie Dog Club at Waihi Station near Geraldine. There are four events…
AudioSimon's A to Z: Twizel
In 1969 the first sod was turned in a ceremony which signaled the start of a housing project that would eventually accommodate six and a half thousand people, most of them workers on the upper Waitaki… Audio
Agencies move to establish the asbestos exposure risk
Nine to Noon has been told that the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is leading a multiagency group - including the Earthquake Commission, Fletcher Construction's EQR and the Department… Audio
The Sampler - Aldous Harding
A unique new voice has emerged from Lyttleton, which Nick Bollinger says 'shifts the air with rarefied grace'. Nick takes a listen to the self-titled debut from Aldous Harding. Audio
Bob Dylan tribute with Delaney Davidson, Tiny Ruins and friends
For Bob Dylan's 73rd birthday Auckland's Wine Cellar hosted a live tribute show featuring New Zealand musicians Reb Fountain, The Bads, Tiny Ruins, Adam McGrath, Delaney Davidson. RNZ was there to… Audio
The Bats In Session
Now in their 32nd year of peddling sweet and sour country-inflected jangle pop, The Bats' Robert Scott, Malcolm Grant, Kaye Woodward and Paul Kean have recently been digging through their back… Audio
Simon's A-Z of New Zealand - Akaroa
This area came into being within 24 hours of being proclaimed a French territory. Captain Jean-François Langlois provisionally purchased land here in 1838. A deposit of commodities valued at $12… Audio
One In Five for 11 May 2014
What's your favourite sign? That's both the question and video campaign from Deaf Aotearoa on the eve of New Zealand Sign Language Week (12 – 18 May 2014)
Last year's Census showed the numbers of… Audio
Introducing: Hans Pucket
Hans Pucket, with their song Fight For Fun. hanspucket.bandcamp.com Audio