Marlborough

Picton bee keepers Matthew Wells and Catherine Gordon lease beehives to people who want greater returns from their fruit trees and vegetables. A few kilometres away retired car mechanic Sunny Sunbeam… Audio

Great winemaking goes hand in hand with eco-friendly grape growing for entrepreneur Peter Yealands, whose goal is to make his Marlborough based Yealands Estate Vineyard the most environmentally… Audio

The best places to spend the summer in New Zealand. Audio

Sage Forest with a story about the karearea, or New Zealand falcon, that are threatened by predators and habitat loss. There are thought to be only 4000 pairs left in the wild, making them rarer than… Audio

We get the buzz on the business of leasing beehives - in Picton with Sage Forest. Audio

Seventy kilometres over at least three days - the Queen Charlotte Track is one of the big drawcards, for locals and tourists alike, of the Marlborough Sounds. Audio

Seal pups make their way up a mountain stream near Kaikoura to play for the day. Audio

Sherrington Grange recently won the Rural Women Enterprise Award not only for the South Island, but the National award as well. It's a mother and daughter boutique cheese making operation which offers… Audio

Nadine Bott, DOC marine ecologist in charge of the annual whale count. Audio

It's 25 years since the Russian cruise ship Mikhail Lermontov sank in the Marlborough Sounds after it struck rocks 5.5 metres below the waterline. Audio

The outdoorsman and adventurer takes us on a journey along the coastal part of State Highway 1, as you drive from Blenheim south to Kaikoura. Audio

Marfell's Beach is home away from home for people who've been coming year after year since the 1940s. Audio

Archaeologists are exploring a site in Marlborough they believe is probably the home of some of the first New Zealanders. Audio

Nancy Sutherland talks about the settlement of French Pass in the Marlborough Sounds where she lived as a child. In conversation with Jack Perkins, she recalls those colourful years in the 1900s with… Audio

In the Wairau valley, south of Blenheim, lies the farm of Whacker Anderson. With his cobb homestead, innumerable pet animals, peg-leg and warm heart, he's something of a Marlborough legend. Jack… Audio