Horses
Rare horses relax at show
Eleven rare equine breeds, including the only black Percheron in the country, are on display in a quiet and sunny corner of the Canterbury A&P Showgrounds. Audio
Equine ecstasy: Music with Ian Chapman
Having previously explored musical depictions of chickens, goats, cats and dogs on Nine to Noon, this week it behooves Ian Chapman to turn his attention to horses. In doing so he finds… Audio
Manawatū traffic gives way to horses as equestrian community delivers petition
Cars have briefly given way to horses in the Manawatū town of Feilding as riders clipped and clopped through the CBD with a call to remember them.
Hitching posts gone from Feilding but riders not forgotten
Hitching posts are long gone from the Manawatū town of Feilding.
But the clip clop of horses hooves returned to its centre today as part of a campaign to ensure riders aren't forgotten in plans for… Video, Audio
Hone Smythe: the healing power of horses
Dedicated horseman Hone Smythe can usually be found guiding tourists through the Tongariro National Park on horseback. Now he's now putting his experience into a new project, working with inmates at… Audio
Mixed views in Ōpōtiki on wild horses
A proposal to rein in horses roaming a small eastern Bay of Plenty town has some residents gee'd up.
Hoiho have been wandering freely in Ōpōtiki for years, but the council recently proposed stamping… Audio
Ōpōtiki moves to rein in town's roaming horses
A touch of the wild west has the East Coast town of Ōpotiki contemplating a horse ban.
Overwhelmed with the number of horses roaming the streets, councillors this week voted to stop them grazing on… Video, Audio
Calling Home: Megan Adams in Buenos Aires
Life in the four storey Residence of the Ambassador of Spain to Argentina - her husband Javier Sandomingo - is a world away from Megan Adams' upbringing in rural Southland. She's Calling Home this… Audio, Gallery
Galloping on at Castlepoint
Last month thoroughbreds, station hacks and ponies were saddled up for the annual horse races at Castlepoint Beach. The races started back in 1872 and apart from wartime and stormy years when the… Video, Audio
Casey Evans: Farmer, musician, mum, cowgirl
Southern woman Casey Evans has managed to combine her love of horses and music into a truly unique career. After travelling the world working as a horse trainer in the US, Australia and Canada, she's… Audio
New Zealand's little-told Far North wild horses story
People tend to think of the Kaimanawa ferals when the subject of wild horses in New Zealand comes up, but there is a significantly larger number of wild horses in Northland. Kelly Wilson's new book… Audio
Artisan horse gear made from wool
Ilana Cheiban has managed to figure out how to use wool to make traditional reins called Mecates. She talks to Jesse about how she's developed her craft. Audio
Richard Logan, a gravedigger for animals
Richard Logan has buried "anything on two legs or more" – from emus, huge bulls and llamas to racehorses, Clydesdales, sheep, donkeys and dogs. Audio
Sir Mark Todd to leave racing, return to training
Former Olympic equestrian champion Blyth Tait has paid tribute to Sir Mark Todd, after he unexpectedly announced he's retiring as international eventing's greatest champion. Tait told sports reporter… Audio
Sir Michael Morpurgo: War Horse on stage in New Zealand for the first time
Sir Michael Morpurgo's best known book, War Horse, comes to life on the stage for the first time in New Zealand this month. Audio
Horse’s death at rodeo ‘an accident issue’
The president of the Rodeo Cowboys Association has compared the death of a horse at an event on Saturday with last week's triple fatal car crash near Tekapo. Lisa Owen interviews Lyal Cocks. Video, Audio
Adventurer Chloe Phillips-Harris: 'It's about doing it anyway'
Equestrian and adventurer Chloe Phillips-Harris has already packed a lot into her 30 years. She leads horse-riding expeditions to Mongolia, once set up a beef farm in the mountains of Kazakhstan, has… Video, Audio, Gallery
The stuntman rescuing horses from the California fires
Amidst the chaos and destruction brought by the Woolsey Fire, a tightly knit community of horse owners and breeders rallied over the weekend to save the area's animals. Stuntman Ardeshir Radpour has… Video, Audio
Michael Morpurgo: War Horse author has soft spot for NZ
The theatrical production of War Horse is coming to New Zealand next year, from the original 1982 children's book by Sir Michael Morpurgo. The stage show's been seen by 7 million people and next June… Audio, Gallery
Debbie Busby: where humans go wrong with horses
A visiting animal behaviour expert says keeping a horse in a stable is the equivalent to making a person live in a broom cupboard. Debbie Busby is a UK expert on animal and human behaviour whose job… Audio