Wellington Region

Abano Healthcare says the three district health boards in the lower North Island are putting pathology services in the area at risk. Audio

Three Wellington-region district health boards plan to continue with a hotly debated proposal for a major restructure of lab services. Audio

The chief executive of the Hutt Valley District Health Board Graham Dyer is with us now. Audio

More than 200 lab testing jobs in Wellington are in limbo after a leading pathology firm pulled out of a DHB merger plan, warning it might harm its services to patients. Audio

Playwright Renee Liang premieres her latest two comedies in Wellington and Auckland this month: 'Under the Same Moon' and 'Two Farting Sisters'. Audio

Wellington novelist James McNaughton's first novel New Hokkaido imagines a New Zealand that was conquered by the Japanese in the Second World War. Audio

Matt Evans is always on the hunt for the perfect site - somewhere remote with no passers-by - the ideal place in essence, to find a dead body. Over recent years he has developed a fascination with… Audio

British baroque continuo specialist, composer, and conductor, who is visiting New Zealand for the Opera in a Days Bay Garden production of La Calisto by Cavalli. Audio

It's been revealed in court that a teenager who attacked an elderly Waikanae couple in their home targeted them twice on the same night. Audio

Over a hundred young league players headed for the Petone Rec today with just one dream, of making it to Australia's NRL. Audio

The vice-chancellor of Victoria University says a dramatic drop in the pass rate for University Entrance is now being seen at tertiary institutions. Audio

Orchestra Wellington Music Director and Associate Composer-in-Residence launch the 2015 season Audio

A community housing group in Wellington says it would welcome the chance to take over Housing New Zealand homes that the Government wants to sell. Audio

Back-to-school costs are a hot topic for many parents as schools begin to reopen this week and next. Audio

Leading Maori theatre practitioners say they are desperate for an administrative office in Wellington, but efforts to secure adequate funding have been rejected. Audio

Safety officials want children banned from riding quad bikes or motorcycles following the death of a six-year-old girl in Wairarapa yesterday. Audio

French author recently arrived in Wellington as 2015 Randell Cottage Writer-in-Residence. Audio