Wellington Region

Coverage of this year's Iron Maori Duathlon held in Upper Hutt, Wellington. Members of Tri-Poneke about their Iron Maori journey to the importance of comfortable clothing. Co-creators Heather and… Audio

Steve Wilde continues his preview of the local body elections with a close-up look at the metropolitan centres. Wellington... the issues and what the voters are thinking. Audio

Fran Wilde, the chair of the Wellington Regional Council, says local councils are spending too much money on their submissions on Wellington's supercity options. Audio

Dumplings anyone? From her mum's kitchen in Hong Kong to a thriving cottage industry with delivery by old fashioned cargo-bicycle, Lynda meets Vicky Ha, the Queen of Dumplings. Audio

How will Wellington be governed in the future? Is it being squeezed by a supersized Auckland to the north and the demands of post-quake Christchurch in the south? Audio

Pacific leaders in Wellington say their communities fear being sidelined in a supercity amalgamation. Audio

Alex Revell drops in on a library with a difference. He visits the school-based bicycle library in Lower Hutt that lends out bikes not books. Audio

Curator of 'Len Lye: Kaleidoscope', a major show of Len Lye's sculptures and films at the City Gallery Wellington. Audio

With Ken Douglas - Porirua City Councillor, the chair of the Local Government Reform Working Party. The party is made up of the mayors and chair of the Kapiti, Porirua, Wellington City and Greater… Audio

From August till February, in her spare time, Arts on Sunday presenter Lynn Freeman is part of a hardy bunch of kaka monitors at the Zealandia sanctuary in Wellington. Audio

Nick Butcher spends a night on Matiu-Somes Island. Audio

Justin Duckworth's journey from a radical lifestyle serving marginalised people on society's fringes, to being ordained the Anglican Bishop of Wellington. Audio

Wellington Kindergartens developed The YMen project with help from government. It addresses the chronic shortage of men working in childhood education and also the high rates of unemployment among… Audio

A zombie-infested fun run on Matiu/Somes Island in Wellington harbour has raised about 4-thousand dollars for the SPCA. Audio

The Len Lye Centre in New Plymouth gets its funding, Gustav Klimt's last studio is reconstituted in Vienna, and Rob Cherry, Joe Sheehan and Peter Trevelyan, who have shows at Pataka in Porirua. Audio

Ahead of one of the art auctions of the year, we remember the Les and Milly Paris Art Collection, gathered over decades of the Wellington couple falling in love with works of art. Audio

Epuni Primary School's Common Unity Project aims to produce enough fruit and vegetables to feed not only the school's 110 pupils but their families as well. It's a classic example of what's been… Audio

Whether Wellington should become a super city may be put to a vote. Audio

Wellington city councillors have been told to hold off forming a supercity because the capital has more urgent things on its plate. Audio

Specialist palliative care nurse Joan Doyle sees her work as walking alongside her terminally ill patients, helping them to live their lives to the full. They live at home and can call on Lower Hutt's… Audio