Katrina Batten

Official figures show just over one hundred inmates released each year from Maori Focus Units, re-offended within 12 months; The largest dairy farmer in Taranaki says its long term plans to buy back… Audio

Official figures show just over one hundred inmates released each year from Maori Focus Units, re-offended within 12 months; The largest dairy farmer in Taranaki says its long term plans to buy back… Audio

Cameron Butler splashes his paddle on the odd combination of polo the game being played by people in canoes. Audio

Gordon Thompson aka Inspector Insector and Janine Thompson of Earthlore Insect Park present Bug Fest 2013 - a fun day of insect-themed activities. Audio

Pip Hall and Judy Dale are co-producers and creators of Wet Hot Beauties, an inclusive contemporary water ballet community, which has performances coming up as part of the Auckland Fringe Festival. Audio

How to keep one's home in good order with Trades tutor Brian Thompson from Wintec. Still reducing condensation, fixing leaks, burglar proofing, installing smoke detectors and perhaps also a clothes… Audio

Exploring human culture and society of the past with Prof. Matthew Trundle from Department of Classics and Ancient History of the University of Auckland... Rome. Audio

The Human Rights Commission says it will try again early next year, to find out what people in New Zealand think the word Rangatiratana means in today's society; An Auckland University scientist is… Audio

A collective of Waikato hapu has suggested it could take a separate legal case over the Crown's treatment of the Treaty of Waitangi in the water claims battle; A group representing lawyers and judges… Audio

A collective of Waikato hapu has suggested it could take a separate legal case over the Crown's treatment of the Treaty of Waitangi in the water claims battle; Ngai Tuhoe iwi says being able to take… Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 14 December. This week ...... the daunting task of completing the final volume of a biography of Winston Churchill… Audio

Waikato-Tainui has deferred talks on its tribal leadership until next year; Researchers have discovered the abundance and diversity of seafood has declined along parts of the coastline for the past 30… Audio

Waikato-Tainui has deferred talks on its tribal leadership until next year; Researchers have discovered the abundance and diversity of seafood has declined along parts of the coastline for the past 30… Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 7 December. This week ...... not everyone was keen on The Hobbit world premiere party, measuring and assessing… Audio

An Auckland University language researcher says spoken Maori language quality being may be suffering as its popularity increases; The body managing multiple-owned Maori land has spent more than… Audio

A body managing Maori land with multiple owners has spent more than $1.3-million on redundancy payouts; A language researcher at Auckland University says the quality of the Maori language being spoken… Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 23 November. This week ...... media scandals and their reputations at risk, learning self control and fighting… Audio

Maori business leaders are exploring a potentially valuable deal to export fish heads to China; Waikato-Tainui has made an unequivocal call to keep Whanau Ora - the social welfare programme created by… Audio

Waikato-Tainui has made an unequivocal call to keep Whanau Ora - the social welfare programme created by the Maori Party; Maori business leaders are exploring a potentially valuable deal to export… Audio

The Waikato River Authority says a number of groups that have asked for grants to clean up the water have not been up to the job - and were after a quick buck; A Ngati Kahu spokesperson says the… Audio