Wellington Region

The eighth Pauatahanui Cockle Count involved more than a hundred locals digging and sieving for cockles in the intertidal. Audio

The eight Pauatahanui Cockle Count involved more than a hundred locals digging and sieving for cockles in the intertidal. Audio

Wellington band Bleakwater with their song Standard Mean Time, from their self-titled album. bleakwater.bandcamp.com Audio

Nick Bollinger casts an ear over Brightly Painted One, the second set of slow, quiet songs from New Zealander Hollie Fullbrook, a.k.a. Tiny Ruins. Audio

Following on from the success of Flight Of The Conchords, there are many comedians in New Zealand making music part of their shows – or musicians making comedy part of their shows.

Kirsten Johnstone… Audio

Wellington producer/ vocalist Estère Dalton and her MPC Lola share insights into their debut album Estère with Emma Smith. Audio

Two of the creators of Wheel of Experience, a musical show that brings the 'wild west' of New Zealand to life and will travel the country throughout May. Audio

Parking wardens in Wellington say they are being threatened and abused by taxi drivers taking up public parks in the CBD. Audio

Martinborough chef and restaurateur Jo Crabb divides her time between running her cooking school in Martinborough and spending time in France. She shares three French recipes: Tarte Au Roquefort… Audio

Catching paua-smugglers or battling huge seas to rescue yachts in trouble, it's treacherous, exhilarating and all part of the job. Lynda Chanwai-Earle investigates our spectacular southern coastline… Audio

Almost a year since more than 1100 people were killed in the Rana Plaza clothes factory collapse, one of our top designers Francis Hooper explores where Kiwi designed clothes are made, and Pulitzer… Audio

Wellington in 1979: A fairly unlikely bunch of musicians, artists and vagabonds went almost unnoticed in the squats of Wellington's Bosworth Terrace, playing and recording together, loosely grouped… Audio

In various forms, Parsons Books and Music has been a cultural landmark on Wellington's Lambton Quay since 1948. Russian composer Igor Stravinsky called it 'the most beautiful bookshop in the world'… Audio

Wellington's DJ Lemon talks with Kirsten Johnstone about the loss of his extensive roots, reggae and house music record collection in the Kiwi Self-Storage fire in Kilbirnie. Audio

We go underground with Nick Catford of Subterranea Britannica and Mike Lee of the Wrights Hill Fortress Restoration Society. Audio

Discussing the poems of Alan Brunton, as collected in Beyond the Ohlala Mountains: Alan Brunton Poems 1968-2002. Audio