Wellington Region

Kate De Goldi discusses four picture books: I Am the Wolf... and Here I Come! by Benedicte Guettier, Follow the Firefly by Bernardo Carvalho, The Rabbit and the Shadow by Melanie Rutten, So Many… Audio

Turkish Canadian balance artist who performs two acts in the touring Spiegelworld tent show Empire, a blend of comedy, acrobatics, vaudeville and burlesque. Audio

A car crash death north of Wellington looks suspicious, say police who are still working to get the body of a man out. Audio

Jude Pointon from Titahi Bay chooses this Leonard Cohen song, 'You Got Me Singing'. Audio

A Judge has told a man who slashed the throat of a pregnant woman that his mental health problems were partly to blame for the attempted murder and he is sick, not bad. Audio

Jennifer review Life! Death! Prizes! by Lucy Marinkovich and Anita Hunziker. Audio

Director of the Alliance Française Voix de Femmes choir which focuses on French and New Zealand compositions and composers. Audio

Denis Wood talks about negotiating positive relationships in the community. Audio

Denis Wood is founder of The Shed Project – a wide reaching initiative in Paraparaumu which offers opportunities and choices to differently abled people and youth. Audio

Denis talks Amelia through the range of things they make at the Shed Project. Audio

Twenty-five years on, Weta Digital is more than holding its own in a hugely competitive and fast-moving industry. As Weta celebrates its 25th anniversary, Lynn Freeman met long-serving Visual Effects… Audio

Chief executive and part owner of the screen production company Gibson Group, director of Screenrights in Australia, and chair for twelve years of BATS Theatre Limited. Audio

Disney is promising 400 new jobs for Wellington when work starts within weeks on a big-budget children's movie. Audio

Serial sex offender Stewart Murray Wilson will serve an extra six months in jail. A former Malaysian diplomat accused of attacking a Wellington woman pleads not guilty. Audio

It is a Wellington theatrical institution, carving out the early careers of many successful New Zealand actors, including Cliff Curtis and Kerry Fox. Audio

Senior doctors say patients' lives will be at risk if the Wellington region's health boards privatise testing laboratories. Audio

A petrol station attendant is considering legal action saying he's had his pay docked hundreds of dollars for motorists driving off without paying for fuel. Audio

The family of a jogger walked out of an inquest in Wellington today, and the coroner has decided to bring in security guards tomorrow to keep control of the hearing. Audio

A judge has handed a Wellington bus company a reduced fine for repeatedly catching passengers in closing bus doors. Audio

Seventy five years ago several hundred Chinese women and children arrived in New Zealand, fleeing the Japanese invasion of China. These were the wives and children of the Chinese men already here. The… Audio