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A three-year programme to boost New Zealand's para athletes, aims to build not only their sporting skills, but their networks into the sports community.

Being a para-athlete or coach can be a lonely… Video, Audio

Two-time New Zealand Olympian Zane Robertson has been banned from all sport for eight years after being caught doping.

The distance runner who trains in Kenya tested positive for performance… Video, Audio

Are our children failing, or is the education system failing them? National's revealed it will rewrite the school cirriculum if it gets into government.

It follows recent pilot NCEA tests of year 10… Video, Audio

Certified Florence and the Machine stan, Liam Brown, reports from the Spark Arena.

Red, White & Brass' is a New Zealand made film due out in cinemas later this week. The Square Eyes Film Foundation is organising free screenings for schools with large Pasifika roles. Audio

Midday sports News for 22 March 2023.

Athletics New Zealand chief executive Pete Pfitzinger admits he feels for runner Zane Robertson who's been banned for eight years following a positive doping… Audio

The Detail goes to Muriwai to find out how residents are putting their lives back together after Cyclone Gabrielle. Audio

Can’t face a hot cross bun this year? Here are some other ways to get a taste of Easter - including beer, cocktails, chocolate and a very untraditional baked good.

Midday sports News for 21 March 2023

New Zealand's win over Sri Lanka in Wellington, may have been Black Caps coach Gary Stead's last in charge of the test side. Audio

The Black Caps huffed and puffed and eventually blew down the Sri Lankan batting order on Monday, recording an innings and 58 run win at the Basin Reserve.

New Zealand did so amidst a typically windy… Audio

The Black Caps have made it three in a row after they battered visiting Sri Lanka by an innings and 58 runs in the second match of their test series at the Basin Reserve.

Sri Lanka were hoping to… Audio

After two nail-biting Test wins the Black Caps are closing in on a dominant victory over Sri Lanka in Wellington.

Strong winds have made conditions at the Basin Reserve tough for all involved today.

This week we’ve communion hymns, a psalm from the Scottish Psalter, and some hymns from writers who are proof that age is no barrier to trying something new. Audio

National Concerto Competition 2023 third place winner Madeleine Xiao.

Performed by Madeleine Xiao (piano) with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Northey in the Douglas… Audio

Stuart Nash's rapid resignation from his treasured police portfolio - just two months after getting it back -  is one of the clearest examples of a political own-goal. 

It's highlighted poor… Audio

Auckland-based fashion designer Kat Tua (Ngati Kahu, Ngati Raukawa) is the powerhouse behind menswear label Manaaki, which is already proving popular with high-end fashion buyers. In its first year… Audio, Gallery

Amid the shiny tractors, new sheep breeds and delicious smelling spit roast at the Central Districts Fieldays in Feilding this weekend, was a stand featuring different types of pest traps. People were… Audio

Just over two weeks after their historic test win over England in Wellington, the Black Caps are back at the Basin chasing a series clean sweep of Sri Lanka.

New Zealand beat Sri Lanka on the last… Audio

People living in a contaminated street in Napier are anxiously waiting to find out exactly how dangerous it is.

All properties on McLeod Street in Awatoto are being tested for various pollutants… Audio

Today on New Zealand sporting history we're talking to someone who's done it all and dedicated their life to sport. He's probably been involved in more Commonwealth and Olympic Games than any other… Audio

UK correspondent Harriet Line joins Kathryn to talk about what Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered in his Budget, including an expansion of 30-hours free childcare to younger children, an extension to… Audio

The Noises are a conservation success story in the Hauraki Gulf. Claire Concannon joins a team surveying the wētāpunga, seabirds, and other flora and fauna that now thrive on these predator-free… Audio

You don't have to have a "big life-threatening problem" to seek the support of a skilled counsellor, says NZ Counsellors Association president Sarah Maindonald. Audio

The average price of eggs has increased more than 80 percent since Checkpoint last did a supermarket shop.

And a quick scope of some stores put the price of eggs at 80 cents to $1.05 each, and some… Video, Audio