Wellington Region

A message in a bottle penned by a ten year old schoolgirl 19 years ago has finally found its way to the Wairarapa coast Audio

Some Wellington mayors say a controversial plan to roll the region's nine councils into one is being thrown out. Audio

Wellington hospital is asking to be allowed to give medicinal marijuana to a 19 year old Nelson man who's been in an induced coma for weeks. Audio

The founder of an animal rescue group HuHa says Wellington is drowning in unwanted dogs. We talk to Carolyn Press-McKenzie about why this is happening and what can be done. Audio

The death of the former All Black, Jerry Collins, has prompted calls for Porirua's local stadium to be renamed in his honour. Audio

Miria George wrote Niwa Begins and Jamie McCaskill wrote Kia ora Bro, issues of sexism and the stigma of not speaking te reo m-aori were the themes of their episodes. Both are also working on the… Audio

The drama continues in the second season of Skin Writing produced by Jason Te Kare. Award winning Playwrights Jamie McCaskill and Miria George wrote episodes for the radio drama serial set in a Taa… Audio

Performance artist, Virginia Kennard's latest work, You Occupy My Body by Looking deconstructs notions about the female body and 'how' we look at it. Lists written in donated lipsticks are written on… Audio

An advocacy group for renters was launched in Wellington recently - Wellington Renters United. Kayla spoke at its launch and this is her story. Audio

Sunday Morning producer Christine Cessford visits with Jane, a renter in Wellington's Lyall Bay, and finds that her living conditions are neither commensurate with the rent paid nor adequate for a… Audio

Rugby commentator, city councillor, broadcaster, and Collins family friend, Ken Laban, talks about the tragic loss of Jerry Collins and partner Alana Madill. Audio

Music 101 contributor Craig Hayes caught up with Hollywoodfun Downstairs guitarist and vocalist Kurt Williams and new drummer Joe Wright to talk about the band's chaotic music, and the far-flung… Audio

Year 12 student at Scots College, member of the Wellington team that won the 2015 Russell McVeagh New Zealand Schools' Debating Championships, and member of the team representing New Zealand at the… Audio

One of New Zealand's leading sexual health doctors and birth control advocates, who donated most of her collection of nearly 1000 contraceptive devices to Te Papa Tongarewa; selected items are on… Video, Audio

Founder, CEO and artistic director of the dance company Black Grace, which celebrates its 20-year anniversary this year. He has choreographed and designed a new work, Passchendaele, for the Royal New… Audio

Dunedin novelist, biographer, playwright, short story writer, and New Zealand Poet Laureate, whose new collection, Being Here: Selected Poems, covers the range of his poetry from 1973 to new work… Audio

Professor of biology at the University of Sussex, founder of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, and author of A Sting in the Tale, and A Buzz in the Meadow. Audio

It's had pride of place on Wellington's Lambton Quay for 152 years, but the department store Kirkcaldie and Stains is set to shut up shop for good. Audio

Shares in Kirkcaldie and Stains have jumped by 28 percent after its board recommended to investors that the Australian retail giant David Jones take over the high-end Wellington department store. Audio

Wellington's 152-year-old Department store Kirkcaldie and Stains is closing if shareholders give it the green light. Audio