Taranaki

Highlights from live performances by Wellington-based singer-songwriter Hollie Smith and the Brooklyn based eight-piece band Red Baraat. Audio

Taranaki Base Hospital has recently officially opened a smart new wing. It cost $80 million dollars to build and includes six new wards, six operating theatres and day stay services. It has also been… Audio

Highlights from Tim Finn's WOMAD performance, where he goes back in time to the first Split Enz album; and Zimbabwe's finest musical export Mokoomba, who deliver an electrifying set that confirm their… Audio

Charlie and Jody McCaig are the New Zealand dairy industry's equity farmers/sharemilkers of the year. Not that long ago Charlie spent his days selling records in a music shop in the UK and Jody also… Audio

The Boomerang Project is a musical exploration of the similarities between Gaelic, Aboriginal and Maori cultures. This, the debut performance of the Boomerang Project features a wonderful… Audio

Live music from Femi Kuti and his big band Positive Force, and La Chiva Gantiva, a multi-cultural band formed in Brussels by a collection of ex-pat Columbian musicians. Audio

The first of the 14-metre-high panels that are part of the new stainless steel facade of New Plymouth's Len Lye Centre will be erected today. Audio

Aotearoa's own Kimbra who, having not played in New Zealand for some time, pulls a vibrant, young and very large crowd. Also hear Brooklyn, New York based band, Red Baraat ignite the audience with… Audio

Hollie Smith and her three-piece band keep the impending rain away with a compelling set that showcases Hollie's indisputable vocal talent. Plus a set from respected French roots and reggae band Dub… Audio

Peter Jefferies (This Kind of Punishment, Nocturnal Projections) joins us for a rare solo performance, ahead of his Kings Arms show this Saturday. Audio

A group of Taranaki leaseholders fighting massive hikes to the rents they pay to the New Plymouth District Council are vowing to continue their battle. Audio

Live performances from Aotearoa’s Moana and Zimbabwe's The Tribe - an up-and-coming African roots band. Audio

When New Plymouth hip hop artist Louie Knuxx touched down at Wellington Airport in November last year, it'd been six years since he'd stepped foot on New Zealand soil - the result of various warrants… Audio

Twelve women, aged between 50 and mid-70s and mainly from Taranaki, recently trekked for 3 days through Nepal's mountain passes to the remote village of Kharikhola. They were accompanied by Sherpa… Audio

Grant and Ross Skilton farm 5000 pigs near Whanganui. Each week 25 litters are born, usually on a Wednesday, and another 240 pigs head off the farm for processing. The pigs grow from one kilogramme to… Audio

Kirsten Johnstone caught up with the Madrid surf-rockers for a quick chat. Audio

'Speech' of afrocentric hip hop outfit Arrested Development talks to Trevor Reekie about the Atlanta Georgia group's place in the hip hop landscape. Audio

Kirsten Johnstone talks to Makana, a Hawaiian slack-key guitarist who is regarded as the greatest living player of the style, having learnt from the masters of the previous generation. Audio