Wellington Region

Eric Languet was a principal dancer with the Royal New Zealand Ballet from 1988 to 1998, becoming a New Zealand citizen during that time and creating a number of well-received dance works. He then… Audio

David Lawrence is director of The Bacchanals, a Wellington theatre company he founded in 2000 to explore text-based theatre and redefine classic works. His most recent production was Richard III, last… Audio

"Exhilarating and addictive…" that's how UK-born, New Zealand-based Francesca D'Oriano describes the feeling of riding a wave. Based out in Lyall Bay, the yoga instructor and founder of Wellington… Audio

It's already been declared an archeological site, now the rural site of the Featherston Military Training Camp has further cemented its importance by being declared a category 1 historical place. The… Audio

The firm that's set to lose its contract to provide community medical testing in the Wellington region says its staff are devastated. Audio

The Wellington region's DHBs are promising to get it right with a contentious overhaul of lab testing. Audio

Aotea Pathology is promising to cooperate with a rival company poised to take over all medical lab testing in the Wellington region, despite that spelling the end of the line for Aotea. Audio

A lack of supervision and expertise has been described as disastrous in the delivery of a baby girl, who died shortly after she was born. Audio

A contentious overhaul of medical lab testing in Wellington cleared a crucial hurdle today in the face of bitter opposition from some pathologists. Audio

Achilles in an international organisation that supports people with disabilities to participate in mainstream sporting events. It's in 65 countries, and is particularly active in New Zealand. Recently… Audio

Bridget Reweti is the 2014 Blumhardt/Creative New Zealand Intern, at the tail end of her internship at The Dowse Art Museum in Lower Hutt she curated the recently opened exhibition Nuku: Symbols of… Audio

Riana Hautapu says Koha is about unconditional giving and receiving. It's based on this concept that she now runs The Koha Table, a weekly service where anyone can visit the front yard of her home at… Audio

Painter, poet, curator and writer Gregory O'Brien discusses You Fit the Description: the Poetry of Peter Olds and a new collection by Geoff Cochrane, Wonky Optics. Audio

Photographer and author of Visible: 60 Women at 60; images from the book are on display at Pataka Museum. Audio

President of the Kapiti Aeromodellers Club Alastair Rivers on the joy of building and flying one's own model aircraft, as well as the challenges faced passing on both the passion and skills to younger… Audio

What you're used to eating - and what you like to eat - will largely depend on where you grew up. And while an increasingly wide variety of foods are available in NZ, African immigrants sometimes… Audio

Wellington's MarineVille have just released their fourth album Penguin Ate My Chips. Yadana Saw catches up with guitarist/vocalist Mark Williams to talk about the band's 16 year career. Video, Audio