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Kava growers around the Pacific are hoping the industry can come back to life, following the overturning of a 12 year ban on kava. Audio

Tsunami hazards for New Zealand were recently revised based on new knowledge about very large earthquakes on plate boundaries Audio

Deadlock over the tribal division of Kaingaroa Forest land is about to be broken; An authority involved in the Kaingaroa settlement has been given the mandate to settle the claims of Ngati Rangitihi… Audio

Human rights groups say the Indonesian Government's decision to scrap a New Zealand funded police training programme in the troubled eastern provinces shows it would levae it open to too much outside… Audio

Deadlock over the tribal division of Kaingaora Forest land in Bay of Plenty is about to be broken; An authority involved in the Kaingaroa Forest settlement has been given the mandate to settle the… Audio

Save the Children in Solomon Islands says the struggle to contain the rotavirus outbreak has been compounded by recent confirmation of 24 cases of leprosy diagnosed in people living in temporary… Audio

Steve Wilde considers tourism industry plans to almost double visitor value in under a decade. Audio

A manhunt is underway in the eastern Canadian city of Moncton for a man who went on a shooting rampage, leaving three police officers dead. Audio

Women in Fiji to learn how to influence social change beyond just the community level. Audio

Damien Kingsbury from Australia's Deakin University speaks about the Indonesian President's legacy on West Papua and what may be in store with his successor. Audio

Robert Johnson reviews recent releases by New Zealand and Eastern European composers this week. The New Zealand Chamber Soloists have a new recording of John Psathas, and the compelling monodrama Alic… Audio

The Eastern Institute of Technology, Work and Income and local iwi have teamed up with an Hawkes Bay orchardist, John Bostock, to set up a training programme that's helped some locals get off the… Audio

Relief expressed and questions raised over the announcement that New Zealand's planned community policing training programme in Indonesia's Papua region has been shelved. Audio

The police in Solomon Islands say they remain on high alert following the weekend's riots in Honiara but peace appears has been restored. Audio

Solomon Islands police are holding 15 people in custody following rioting and looting in eastern Honiara at the weekend. Audio

Our correspondent looks at the Ukraine crisis three months on from the incursion by Russia. Audio

Freelance journalist and keen surfer Charles Newbery reporting from the eighth largest country by landmass, the federal republic of Argentina, located in south-eastern South America, pop. 41,660,417… Audio

The failed Labour candidate for Ikaroa-Rawhiti, Shane Taurima, has been cleared of any journalistic bias at Television New Zealand; A Maori Health Service has found the role of today's generation of… Audio

The failed Labour candidate for Ikaroa-Rawhiti, Shane Taurima, has been cleared of any journalistic bias at Television New Zealand; A Maori Health Service has found the role of today's generation of… Audio

Despite low international coal prices, the financially troubled State-owned coal company, Solid Energy, says its time to mine for more coal. A referendum on self-rule is held in eastern Ukraine… Audio

Topics: Russia continues to claim it won't invade Ukraine, as activists storm buildings all over the Eastern part of the region. Chats about politicians: Maurice Williamson, NZ First's Mr O'Rourke and… Audio

The Mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv is fighting for his life after being shot in the back in what could be the first attempted political assassination of the region's crisis. Audio

With Aileen Lawrie, chief executive of the Opotiki District Council and Arihia Tuoro of the Whakatohea Maori Trust Board and a director of Eastern Sea Farms - which is the majority owner of the new… Audio

Ukraine's Defence Ministry says a Ukrainian military aircraft was hit by gunfire while on a reconnaissance flight over the eastern city of Slaviansk. The city is in the hands of armed pro-Russian… Audio

People who had to move from their red zoned homes will now have the chance to help decide what happens to the land in eastern Christchurch and Kaiapoi. Audio

Correspondent Lucian Kim who has covered the Russia and eastern Europe for the past 2 decades. He is reporting from Kiev. Audio

People made homeless by the floods in Solomon Islands speak about life in the evacuation centres. Audio

At least two people have been killed and several more wounded in gun battles between Ukrainian special forces and pro-Russian militants in the eastern city of Slaviansk. Audio

A review of the week's news including... The nine day Royal tour gets underway, the Prime Minister says any talk of Labour distancing itself from the Greens is merely a stunt, the Mana Party kicks off… Audio