The Outdoors
Reframing the Great Outdoors
From home grown vegetables to living walls, rooftop and pop-up gardens, to the humble indoor plant: nature is taking centre stage with gardening enthusiasts happily showing off the fruits of their… Audio
Music Outdoors
There are great concert halls, grand opera houses, glorious cathedrals... but some music is just meant to be heard in the open air. Audio
The Pig Huntin' Preacher
Paul Askin is an avid pig-hunter - he's also a baptist minister. The Canterbury-based pastor is the author of the 'Pig Hunters Handbook - a practical how-to manual' which he wrote to keep him occupied… Audio
The Nature Principle: Human Restoration
Journalist and author Richard Louv suggests that reconnecting children and adults with nature will result in better psychological, physical and spiritual outcomes - and a healthier society. Audio
Kemi Whitwell & Niko Leyden - Tiny Huts
Mixing art and nature - that's what the artists Kemi Whitwell & Niko Leyden are doing. It's a public art project called miniature hikes - a series of seven tiny colourful huts hidden in the bush, on… Audio
One dad's battle to get his kids off screens and outdoors
David Bond got a rude wake-up call a few years ago when he realised his pre-school daughter would rather play on an ipad than go outside and play with him. The British award-winning film-maker and… Audio
Mobile app is created to entice more children to the outdoors
Wellington City Council has developed a mobile phone app which aims to get more kids out of the house and enjoying the sunshine. Audio
One In Five Extra!!!
Anna Jameson takes One In Five's Katy Gosset on a walk near Frankton. Audio
One In Five for 13 April 2014 - accessible walks
Anna Jameson is a wheelchair user and disability rights advocate who has written a book about accessible walks. New Zealand is full of scenic locations but not all of them can be enjoyed by wheelchair… Audio
Paul Adamson - outdoors man and educator
Paul Adamson is a passionate outdoors man and former school principal who's written a book on hunting and fishing for kids. 'The Beginners Guide to Hunting and Fishing in New Zealand' is published by… Audio
Ideas for 14 July 2013 - Valuing Nature
Ideas today explores the relationship between humanity and the natural world. Prominent South African environmentalist Marlene Laros, and the influential strategist from the Tyndall Centre for Climate… Audio
Ideas for 24 March 2013
Richard Louv, the originator of the term "nature deficit disorder", talks about his latest book The Nature Principle; Austrian physicist Ille Gebeshuber tells us about bio-mimicry and the inspiration… Audio
Spectrum for 27 January 2013
Pre-schoolers Taylor, Samuel, Honor and Brayden may not know how lucky they area... yet. One of their classrooms is their own Wild Woods, complete with trees to climb, a balance log, eels-in-a-stream… Audio
Adventure with Kennedy Warne
The Three King's College school canyoning tragedy and outdoor education. Audio