Waikato

The High Court's told a Waikato iwi, Ngati Te Ata, the Crown and a steel company to negotiate how to resolve an historical dispute over mining wahi tapu or sacred grounds where skeletal remains are… Audio

David Blewden is the president of the New Zealand Flower Growers' Association. He is also one of the country's largest growers of lilies. In the ten days before Mothers' Day 100,000 lilies leave his… Audio

Hauraki Gulf is a playground, wildlife hotspot, foodbasket and highway - and local councils hope the Sea Change project will help turn around the Gulf's poor health and struggling ecology Audio

Hamilton people will get fluoride back in their water within a week after the High Court today threw out a bid by an anti fluoride group to stop it. Audio

Hauraki Gulf is a playground, wildlife hotspot, foodbasket and highway - and local councils hope the Sea Change project will help turn around the Gulf's poor health and struggling ecology Audio

Europeans didn't arrive until 1835, when Wesleyan missionaries, the Rev James and Mary Wallis arrived and were welcomed by the locals. By 1850 large-scale conversion of land to pasture began after… Audio

UK-based New Zealand writer and researcher, and co-author with Australian writer Greg Armstrong of the forthcoming book, Half a World Away: The Beatles' Australasian Tour 1964. Audio

The 46th National Agricultural Fieldays at Mystery Creek near Hamilton showcases the very best of New Zealand agriculture, and this year our team checked out a Taranaki farmer who sells angus beef on… Audio

The high milk payout to dairy farmers and better sheep and beef prices has Fieldays exhibitors rubbing their hand with glee but cautious farmers may ruin the party. Audio

The annual National Agricultural Fieldays gets under way at Mystery Creek near Hamilton today. Audio

Linda van Eyk breeds belted galloway cattle at Pirongia in Waikato. In the US, the striking cows are sometimes called Oreos - that's because their coats resemble the Oreo cookie - which has creamy… Audio

The education landscape in Hamilton has just changed with the city's first Islamic early childhood centre now taking enrolments. The centre is located in the city's mosque and has the name "Iqra"… Audio

Caesar Roose was born in 1886 on an island in the Waikato River, opposite the railway town of Mercer. At the age of eighteen, he launched his first commercial boat and for the next 60-years Roose… Audio

A statue to honour war horses is being pushed for in the Waikato. More than 24,000 horses left New Zealand to serve in the First World War, but only four came back. Stuart Stubb's father - Major… Audio

The first step in developing a three-billion dollar freight, commercial and residential development at Ruakura is underway in Hamilton. Audio

By 2020 it's estimated that, from the Middle East alone, about 70-million people will travel overseas on holiday, spending about $20-billion every year. Andrew McRae reports on symposium held in… Audio