Auckland Region

Tamaki Makaurau, Auckland, Mount Eden, Manukau, Waitemata, One Tree Hill, Ponsonby, Mission Bay, Okahu Bay: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's 'Place Names of New Zealand'. Audio

Professor Russell Stone is a pre-eminent historian and an authority on Sir John Logan Campbell, who was a key figure in Auckland's early history. This month marks the centenary of the death of… Audio

Tours of the military tunnels and other infrastructure on North Head have become a popular attraction in Devonport. Beneath the headland is a mass of tunnels, shafts, mine control rooms and other… Audio

Joining us to tell us about this hidden treasure is Diane Blomfield. Audio

A revised edition of Bob Harvey's book 'Untamed Coast', about the West Coast of Auckland and the Waitakere Ranges, provides a detailed guide on the newly opened Hillary Trail. It also tells the… Audio

Phil Twyford is halfway through his walk on the Hillary Trail in the Waitakere Ranges. Audio

New Zealand's first motor camp, the Tui Glen Reserve in Henderson, opened in December 1924 and developed into a popular summer holiday destination. The camp closed in 2001 and the buildings fell into… Audio

Auckland Council biodiversity advisor Ben Paris heads out on a night walk in west Auckland to monitor long-tailed bats Audio

Ayrlies is a country garden near Whitford, southeast of Auckland. It is one of New Zealand's best-known gardens, has been described as the "quintessential New Zealand garden" and is ranked as a Garden… Audio

Whau River and the Awhitu Peninsula. Audio

Suzanne Chan On recalls a hard working but colourful childhood in Auckland's Chinatown of the 1950s. "Chinese People's Street", or Tong Yan Gaai, as it was known to the Cantonese locals of the time… Audio

Imagine a childhood growing up with bodgies, widgies, gambling and opium dens? Lynda Chanwai-Earle gets a personalised tour around the darker side of the last vestiges of Auckland's China Town of the… Audio

Dr Peter Lineham is an Associate Professor at Massey University who is an expert on religious history and he's done a study mapping Auckland's "religious geography". Audio

Auckland as a location and an imaginative idea is explored by writers Stephanie Johnson, Derek Hansen and Paula Morris, with Paula Green in the chair. Stephanie Johnson's work explores the city of her… Audio

A forest buried in volcanic ash tells a story about Auckland's volcanic history Audio

Rangitoto's volcanic history now shows it erupted intermittently over 1000 years Audio

Geologist and marine ecologist who co-authored Volcanoes of Auckland: the Essential Guide. Audio

We pay a virtual visit to one of New Zealand's museums – Peter Marsh of the Albertland & District Museum. Audio

Jack Perkins visits the Bohemian settlement of Puhoi, north of Auckland, which still retains the character and even the unique musical traditions which the first pioneers brought with them from the… Audio

When the Goat Island Marine Reserve was created in 1975 off the coast of Leigh, north of Auckland many people said it would destroy fishing and wouldn't work. Audio

Tiritiri Matangi Island is an open sanctuary, which has been revegetated and is now home to rare species of wildlife. Audio

On February 7 1863 the HMS Orpheus, a naval ship carrying British soldiers involved in the New Zealand Land Wars in the Waikato, sunk in Whatipu, near the entrance of the Manukau Harbour. 189 people… Audio

There are over twenty regional parks in the Auckland Region, David Steemson sets out to explore four of them. Audio

Tearepa Kahi wrote and directed the Kiwi film Mt Zion, which stars Stan Walker and Temuera Morrison and mixes a love of whanau, spud-picking, and Bob Marley. Ahead of the film's release on DVD… Audio