Bay Of Plenty

The best places to spend the summer in New Zealand. Audio

The best places to spend the summer in New Zealand. Audio

It's a simple and peaceful life at Motiti Island, but that was disrupted when the Rena cargo ship became stranded on the Ota'iti reef in 2011. A few years on, Justine Murray visits Motiti with her… Audio

Ten years after the event, Jack Perkins assembles a group of Edgecumbe residents to relive the experience, and trace its effects not only on the landscape but on their own lives. The result is a… Audio

Ana Tapiata's in the Kawerau Forest listening to ancient stories from the area. Audio

There are several different versions of the creation story of the Tarawera Falls, nestled in Kawerau Forest. In He Rourou, local elder Kahu Te Rire tells stories about ancient ancestors, ghostly… Audio

According to tourism brochures, the Tarawera Falls are spectacular falls in the Bay of Plenty. The Tarawera River erupts from the middle of a sheer cliff, to drop 65 metres down to bushlined rapids… Audio

We visit Maketu in the Bay of Plenty. It's a small town of around thirteen hundred people, with a river, wetlands, a few historic buildings and some walking tracks. Audio

The Maketu-Ongatoro Wetland Society has an award-winning restoration project underway on Maketu Spit Audio

When Kereopa Te Rau was captured in Opotiki in 1871 - and later hung for the killing of a missioner - he'd been on the run for seven years. Peter Wells has been announced as the winner of the 2011… Audio

The origins of the Port of Tauranga can be dated back to the 1860s when buoys were first put in place to mark out the channel. Audio

A recreation of the battle fought at Gate Pa, Tauranga, in 1864 and its aftermath. A previously unknown diary of the affair was used, along with a specially recorded battle scene. Spectrum 1974. Audio

A sculpture project featuring some of the best loved dogs and cats in New Zealand literature is down to its final fundraising push. Nine permanent sculptures of Hairy Mclary and his friend s Scarface… Audio

We're off to Rotorua Museum with museum director Greg McManus. Audio

It's taken more than 100 years to complete Rotorua's iconic Bath House building. Audio

Kawerau elder Kahu Te Rire talks about two faced lizards and some of the sacred places of the Rotorua tribe of Tuhourangi. Audio

GNS Scientist Matthew Scott talks about the discovery of a methane-eating bacterium at Hell's Gate in Rotorua. Audio

Karl is what he calls one of the few 'old school' tour guides working at Te Puia: NZMACI. He was taught guiding by Dorothy (Bubbles) Mihinui (1919 - 2006) Karl takes Justine on a tour of Te Puia and… Audio

Brad Scott talks about why the Papakura Geyser is coming back to life after 34 years of dormancy Audio

First broadcast in 2003, Paul Diamond produced the documentary about the life of Maggie Papakura (1873 - 1930) a famous guide at Whakarewarewa village and Scholar. Part one of Remembering Makareti… Audio

First broadcast in 2003, Paul Diamond produced the documentary about the life of Maggie Papakura (1873 - 1930) a famous guide at Whakarewarewa village and Scholar. Audio

A day in Whakatane. Audio

A daily serial featuring colourful characters from our rural past. Audio

Kennedy speaks to us from Te Urewera National Park. Audio

The Tuhoe iwi is planning to build its tribal headquarters near Taneatua and claims it will be New Zealand's first ever so-called "living building". Audio

Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Auckland, and author of Encircled Lands: Te Urewera 1821-1920, which documents 100 years of the Tuhoe people. Audio

The first of a two-part interview with Mr A J Parks - who in 1886 was a 17-year-old timber mill worker at Rotoiti - recalling the Mt Tarawera eruption nearly 70 years after the event. DCDR73-TK7… Audio

The second of a two-part interview with Mr A J Parks - who in 1886 was a 17-year-old timber mill worker at Rotoiti - recalling the Mt Tarawera eruption nearly 70 years after the event. DCDR72 (Sound… Audio

One-hundred-and-twenty-six years ago this Sunday, just after midnight June 10 1886, the earth shook below the feet of villagers living in Te Wairoa on the shores of Lake Tarawera. After the… Audio

It goes without saying that the Tarawera eruption of 1886 had a devastating impact on the local geography. Ana Tapiata talks with Kahu Te Rire about the changes in water flow and it's consequential… Audio

Scientists have found remnants of the world famous White Terraces, which disappeared under Lake Rotomahana in the eruption of Mount Tarawera 125 years ago. The team identified part of the Pink… Audio

Wellington folk duo play songs from their new album 'All Mountains Are Men' joined by GNS scientist Cornel de Ronde on his search for the Pink and White Terraces. Audio

Lake Tarawera was the scene of the volcanic erruption that buried the Pink And White Terraces - beautiful geothermic rock formations which were the biggest tourist attraction in NZ, drawing visitors… Audio