Paekakariki
Queen Elizabeth Park trams
Russell Jenkins (Vice President Marketing & Operations at the Wellington Tramway Museum. Audio
Making councils more diverse through youth
As we head towards another local body election Local Government New Zealand says councils in this country have a diversity problem. Jesse talks to NZ's youngest councillor, Sophie Handford. Audio
Threat to surf life saving clubs: action 20 years too late
Severe weather events and coastal erosion mean some New Zealand surf life saving clubs are beating a hasty retreat. Paekakariki Surf Life Saving Club on the Kapiti Coast north of Wellington is set to… Audio
Man pledges to never drive again after causing fatal crash
The driver who hit and killed Paekakariki runner Caroline Boyd says he will never get behind the wheel again. Nathan James Lyon has been sentenced to more than two years in prison after pleading… Video, Audio
Gita: Storm damages Wellington, South Island highways
A number of main roads, including SH1 near Paekakariki and SH60 in Golden Bay, were closed on Wednesday as ex-cyclone Gita swept over the New Zealand coastline, bringing landslips, fallen trees and… Audio
Social investors needed for Paekakariki family home
A group of Paekakariki residents has come together to hopefully keep a much loved local family in the area after the house they were renting was put up for sale. Mark Amery from the Paekakariki… Audio
Community wants to buy home for local family
Locals in Paekakariki are throwing their support behind a special family. Audio
Massey textiles and innovation
New Zealand has plenty of design talent and no shortage of innovative ideas, but what opportunities exist for our emerging designers, especially in the area of textiles? Sonia Sly headed to Massey… Audio, Gallery
Memorial Locomotive Ab608 Passchendaele
What may well be one of the highlights of the World War One commemorations is currently steaming its way across the North Island's railroads. It's the fully restored locomotive Ab608, which in 1925… Audio
Douglas - Landscape of a New Zealand Composer - Episode 7
In the seventh episode, Relationships, Douglas Lilburn's friends and family reflect on how he related to people - from his relationship with his parents, to his abiding friendships over the years, the… Audio
Spectrum for 28 August 2011
United States marines invaded Wellington's Kapiti coast in June 1942. Several camps housed about 20,000 marines who were undergoing training for assaults against the Japanese in the Pacific… Audio