Otago

In Spectrum this week Jerome Cvitanovich travels to Otematata to meet the Meridian staff who keep the Benmore dam operating and meet the men, women and children who moved to the village 50 years ago… Audio

Heavy rain throughout the North Island has made underfoot conditions difficult for all North Island farmers, while in the South Island North Otago could do with rain. Audio

Oamaru still expects to still some heritage whitestone buildings under the new change to earthquake rules, but most of those will be of lesser importance. Audio

Some Dunedin residents are at their wits end after continuous rowdy and destructive partying by some of the student population. Resident Carol Devine talks to the Panel about being harrassed for… Audio

Pesk introducing their new song 'Tyranny' Audio

Skye and Justin Strange of Dunedin duo Strange Harvest on creativity, the Dunedin gothic and the evolution of their sound. Audio

Professor of Natural History at the University of Manchester and Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Ancient Life Phil Manning, who is speaking about the mummified remains of a… Audio

Catering giant Compass is taking over at Dunedin's and Invercargill's hospital kitchens in the face of heated community and union opposition. Audio

Otago Polytechnic is considering drug and alcohol testing for most students and staff. Where do you draw the line? Employment lawyer Alastair Espie, from Cullen Law in Wellington ponders the question.

Otago Poly considering drug and alcohol testing; Should athletes be discharged without conviction?; NZ down in world tourism rankings. Audio

In the next hour police divers are due to attempt to pull a wrecked four-wheel drive from Curio Bay in the Caitlins in the hope of solving the mystery of missing Southland boy Mike Zhao-Beckenridge. Audio

Bill Fry is a seismologist with G-N-S Science. Audio

People at the centre of a strong, shallow earthquake that rattled the South Island yesterday are counting themselves lucky that there was virtually no damage. Audio

A Dunedin woman feared for her life when a 150-kilogram pig sat on her lap, trapping her in her car. Audio

The police will try again on Wednesday to pull out of the sea the car belonging to the step-father of an 11 year-old Invercargill boy missing for months. Audio

With us is Victoria University seismologist John Townend. Audio

A fair few bottles of wine have been smashed but there've been no injuries or major damage in the strong earthquake that hit near Wanaka this afternoon. Audio

Reports are coming in that a shallow earthquake of about 6 mangitude ocurred near Wanaka at around 2:30pm this afternoon. Audio