Manawatu
Air New Zealand chief explains axeing
All services will end to Whakatane, Kaitaia and Westport in April, and flights to Taupo, Palmerston North, Nelson, Hamilton and Whangarei will be pared back. Audio
Sport: Surf & Distance Casting
The lure of shore-based fishing with Jock Bielski, president of Fielding Surf Casting Club. Audio
Centrepoint reflections
Alison Quigan, the former Artistic Director of Palmerston North's Centrepoint Theatre reflects on the theatre's 40th, which has been marked with the launch of a book about its history written by Peter… Audio
Spiritual Outlook for 26 October 2014
Exploring end-of-life care for Māori patients and their whānau. Audio
Just A Name
Seventy years after they arrived in this unknown country, a group of Polish refugees reflect on their lives in New Zealand. Katy Gosset meets some of those original "Children of Pahiatua".
Archival… Audio
Township "at risk of disappearing"
Authorities say a tiny township in the Manawatu-Wanganui countryside is at risk of disappearing because the locals can't pay the water rates. Audio
Simon's A-Z
Ron Cooke on Taumarunui's history; Ian Balme on the Forgotten World Adventure; and Jamie Downes, who bought the pub and turned it into a gym. Audio
Union on petrol thrown around council office
A woman, armed with a lighter, threw petrol around a Feilding council office today, splashing workers who managed to keep her talking till police got there. Audio
Questions about the death of a woman killed by huge rocks
A 74-year-old woman crushed to death by table-sized rocks on a remote King Country road, drove through only three days before work was due to be done to remove falling hazards. Audio
Mayor on petrol thrown in offices
Returning to our story of petrol being thrown around today inside a Feilding council office by a woman with a cigarette lighter. Audio
A woman armed with petrol and lighter threatens council staff
A woman, armed with a lighter, threw petrol around a Feilding council office today, splashing workers who managed to keep her talking till police got there. Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy Warne has been on The Desert Road. Audio
Simon's A-Z
Today it's T for Taihape. Taihape is located in the central North Island on State Highway 1. It has recently celebrated it's 120th anniversary. Taihape's icon is the gumboot - humble but hard-working… Audio
Simon's A-Z
A to Z takes us to Foxton, a town in the Manawatu-Wanganui region. The town is located on the lower west coast of the North Island, in the Horowhenua district, 30 km southwest of Palmerston North and… Audio
Food with Michael Hills
Michael Hills is owner/operator of the Joseph Street Kitchen in Palmerston North, where his speciality is salads. He shares a recipe for the JSK Deluxe Salad, and his French dressing. Audio
Thom Conroy: channeling Dieffenbach
Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Massey University, whose first novel, The Naturalist, is based on the life of Dr Ernst Dieffenbach, the German naturalist who voyaged to New Zealand in 1839. Audio
David Haywood: marine energy
Engineer and author who lives in Dunsandel, discussing tide and wave energy. Audio
Whaikōrero - Father Durning at Mākirikiri
Whaikōrero by the Rev. Father James Durining at the opening of the Aotea Meeting House at Mākirikiri, Dannevirke, 1967. Audio
Playing Favourites with Rob Thorne
Palmerston North-based musician who has been working with taonga puoro instruments since 2001, after many years in the independent and noise music scenes. Audio
Playing Favourites with Ian Jorgenson (Blink)
Entrepreneur behind the long-running underground New Zealand music entity A Low Hum, which has involved him putting out magazines, CDs, DVDs vinyl and cassette releases, touring bands around the… Audio
