Otago, Southland, Fiordland & Stewart Island

Jason Rhodes from the National Transport and Toy Museum in Wanaka. Audio

Trevor Worthy looks back on New Zealand's fascinating prehistoric past - from the tropical superlake that covered Otago to the birds, bats, lizards and crocodiles that inhabited the region. Audio

Join palaeontologists at a Central Otago fossil site that reaches back 16 to 19 million years to prehistoric Zealandia Audio

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

One hundred years since the hull of the TSS Earnslaw – also known as the Lady of the Lake – was launched in Kingston. Audio

A collection of recordings from Arrowtown locals that preserve the past of the Chinese gold miners. Audio

For more than 60 years, a secret room lay undisturbed under the old Bank of New Zealand in Arrowtown. The bank was built in 1875, during the gold rush years. It ceased being a full bank in 1916 then… Audio

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

We pay a virtual visit to one of New Zealand's museums. We're off to Owaka Museum in the Catlins with museum director Kaaren Mitcalfe. Audio

The Edinburgh of the south - Musselburgh, St Claire, St Kilda, Macandrew Bay: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's 'Place Names of New Zealand'. Audio

We visit some of New Zealand's most reportedly haunted locations to find out the stories behind them. This time, Charlotte Graham hears about the history of and tales from Larnach Castle on the Otago… Audio

Forty-five years ago, Margaret Barker was a young bride on her honeymoon when she fell in love with a castle. But this was no fairy tale. In 1967, the once grand Larnach Castle was in a terrible state… Audio

Fiona Eadie is the head gardener at Larnach Castle in Dunedin, which is set in 14 hectares of ground. Audio

A virtual visit to one of New Zealand's museums with Sharon Dell of the Hocken Collections in Dunedin. Audio

Sculptor Regan Gentry has carved a set of giant molars in Oamaru stone, which now reside at the mouth of the Otago Harbour. Audio

With Jane McCabe - A Dunedin PhD candidate who has uncovered a little-known part of NZ's history, when 130 mixed race children were brought here from India in the early 1900s by Dr John Graham, a… Audio

Invercargill, Gore, Bluff, Takitimu Mountains, Riverton Aparima, Raiura Stewart Islands, Bush names: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's 'Place Names of New Zealand'. Audio

For 40 years, country music fans from all over the country have descended on Gore for a celebration of country music, the New Zealand Gold Guitar Awards. What started as a humble gathering with just… Audio

Tarek Basley visited one of New Zealand's most prestigious art collections - in Gore, Southland. Audio

When alcohol was banned in Southland in 1902 moonshine flowed illegally from the Hokonui Hills west of Gore. Most of it was made by the McRae family, a Scottish clan who had been driven off their land… Audio

We pay a virtual visit to one of New Zealand's museums. Tonight, Jim Geddes of the Hokonui Moonshine Museum. Audio

Tracey Wedge is the museum co-ordinator. Audio

Meri Leask has single handedly kept Bluff Marine Radio going for more than 30 years. Audio

Dr. Michael Stevens, history lecturer at Otago University and a proud "Bluffie", has received a Marsden Fund Fast-Start grant to research the history of Bluff between the years 1800 and 2000. He… Audio

Jamestown and nearby Martins Bay are situated at the end of the Hollyford Track in Fiordland. Audio

A look at the work of a wildlife team in Fiordland's Sinbad Valley. In spite of their efforts, it appears that one of the world's rarest birds, the flightless parrot kakapo may soon become extinct. Audio

The Department of Conservation's Jane Tansell takes Alison Ballance to find a northern Fiordland tokoeka Audio

Our deepest lake is officially Lake Hauroko in Fiordland at an ear-popping 462 metres. Now some irregular depth readings are surfacing at Lake Manapouri. Neil Collinson is the Operations Manager of… Audio

Jane Sedgeley and Colin O'Donnell are using microchips to monitor short-tailed bats in Fiordland's Eglington Valley. Audio

Outdoorsman and adventurer Kennedy Warne discusses diving in Fiordland. Audio

Fjords and fins in New Zealand's Fjordland. Audio

Kennedy Warne takes us off the track to Puysegur Point. Audio

Moose are still on the loose in Fiordland according to a Southland wildlife biologist whose spent the last 40 years tracking the elusive beasts. Audio

Outdoorsman, adventurer, travel journalist and photographer takes us off the beaten track on Rakiura Stewart Island. Audio

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