Weather
February records spike in global temperatures
The month of February has smashed all previous global temperature records. Audio
Sally Gardner
Prolific award-winning British author who worked in costume design and illustration before deciding to write for children full-time. Her books, including Tinder, Maggot Moon, and I, Coriander, have… Audio
Mark Anderson, Jony Easterby and Kathy Hinde: For the Birds
Leaders of the team of artists who have created the walk-through art experience For the Birds in the native forest of Otari-Wilton's Bush during the New Zealand Festival. Audio
Morgan Godfery: rethinking New Zealand
Wellington writer, commentator and trade unionist who specialises in Maori politics and international indigenous issues. He is the editor of a new collection of essays, The Interregnum: Rethinking New… Audio
Mallory Ortberg: texting classics
Co-founder and editor of website The Toast, and advice columnist for Slate. Her first book, Texts from Jane Eyre: and Other Conversations with Your Favourite Literary Characters reimagines… Audio
Power coming back on in Southland and Otago
Back to the power disruption in the lower South Island . We're still waiting to hear from the lines company Delta which covers Dunedin city, but last night they said hundreds in Port Chalmers, Berwick… Audio
High winds bring down trees, cut power in Otago
Four fires continue to burn in Canterbury. Galeforce winds yesterday rekindled the bush fire near Hanmer Springs. Two fires are still alight in the Darfield area and another further south at Mount… Audio
Dry, windy weather in Canterbury causing fires
Some rural homes in South Canterbury are being evacuated as firefighters try to bring a fire under control in the Malvern Hills. Hot, dry and extremely windy conditions in the region are making things… Audio
Fire risk still high despite cooler weather
People shouldn't become complacent about the risk of bush fires, with a warning now is the "danger time".
Meeting held in Dunedin to discuss record floods' impact
A meeting is being held in South Dunedin tonight to set up a Protection Group following last year's flooding which affected hundreds of homes. Audio
Seed Saving for Cyclones
Sant Kumar has a nursery in Nadi and has managed to protect his plants from two devastating cyclones. When word comes through that a cyclone is approaching, he unclips and folds away his shade cloth… Audio
Seed Saving for Cyclones
Sant Kumar has a nursery in Nadi and has managed to protect his plants from two devastating cyclones. When word comes through that a cyclone is approaching, he unclips and folds away his shade cloth…
AudioFiji - On The Land after Cyclone Winston
Horticulture consultant Kyle Stice says it will be many months before crops devastated by Cyclone Winston in Fiji are back in production. Audio
Fiji - On The Land after Cyclone Winston
Horticulture consultant Kyle Stice says it will be many months before crops devastated by Cyclone Winston in Fiji are back in production.
AudioFiji aid commander in Lau says he is 800 tents short
An army commander in charge of the aid mission to the Lau group in Fiji says tarpaulins are not good enough and he needs 800 more tents for people to live in for up to two years. Audio
NGO outlines co-ordinated aid approach to Fiji disaster
Care Australia outlines the co-ordinated approach being taken by the Fiji government, donors and NGOs to ensure a co-ordinated approach to helping cyclone Winston victims. Audio
New Zealanders bugged by rise in insects
February was a bumper month for insects, pest controllers say, as the country experienced one of the hottest months on record.
Northlanders desperate to cool down
Stores in the north are running out of fans and there's a waiting list for air con units - as Northland endures the steamiest summer in years.
Autumn's here and so is the rain
It's the first day of autumn and boy do we know it: The South Island woke to a chill in the air while parts of the North Island are in for more heavy rain.
Cyclone destroyed newly-built Fiji homes
Many Fijian homes newly built to withstand extreme weather were destroyed by Cyclone Winston, but roads and bridges are holding up well.
