Marlborough, Nelson and Tasman

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

The world's oldest surviving merchant sailing ship, the 'Edwin Fox', is celebrating its 160th birthday this weekend. The Edwin Fox Society is being honored with a rare and prestigious maritime… Audio

Marfell's Beach is home away from home for people who've been coming year after year since the 1940s. Audio

Seventy kilometres over at least three days - the Queen Charlotte Track is one of the big drawcards, for locals and tourists alike, of the Marlborough Sounds. Audio

It's 25 years since the Russian cruise ship Mikhail Lermontov sank in the Marlborough Sounds after it struck rocks 5.5 metres below the waterline. Audio

Nancy Sutherland talks about the settlement of French Pass in the Marlborough Sounds where she lived as a child. In conversation with Jack Perkins, she recalls those colourful years in the 1900s with… Audio

A re-creation of the earthquake which devastated the Buller region in June 1929: the destruction, the plight of the refugees, the struggle to break the isolation imposed by the shocks, and the costs… Audio

The Cawthorn Steps that lead up to Christ Church Cathedral were named after Thomas Cawthron, the founder of the Cawthron Institute scientific research centre in Nelson. Declared open by their namesake… Audio

Nelson City Councilor and Concert Director of the region's historic Theatre Royal talks about the recently completed refurbishment of the 1878 building. Audio

Thousands of trampers are enjoying the great New Zealand outdoors this summer, some of them in the high country of the Nelson Lakes National Park. Audio

We pitch a tent at Kaiteriteri, camping Mecca. Audio

Renowned for its golden sand beaches, sculpted granite rocks and coastal vegetation, Abel Tasman National Park has long been a mecca for holidaymakers. Audio

One place of pilgrimage with expansive beaches is the Department of Conservation's Totaranui Camping ground in Abel Tasman National Park - both a popular spot for campers, trampers finishing the Abel… Audio

Spotted shags gather at a Golden Bay beach in large numbers at dawn to bathe, and to swallow and regurgitate stones Audio

Sukhita Langford is the fourth generation in her family to run the amazing little historic shop in the town of Bainham, Golden Bay. Audio

The first evidence that dinosaurs once roamed the South Island has been uncovered with the discovery of ancient footprints in Golden Bay's Whanganui Inlet. Audio

Described as one of those must-do trips, a visit to Farewell Spit in Golden Bay at the top of the South Island. Audio

In the Wairau valley, south of Blenheim, lies the farm of Whacker Anderson. With his cobb homestead, innumerable pet animals, peg-leg and warm heart, he's something of a Marlborough legend. Jack… Audio

Archaeologists are exploring a site in Marlborough they believe is probably the home of some of the first New Zealanders. Audio