West Coast

With Les Wright - writer, broadcaster and historian. Audio

Kennedy joins us from the Denniston Plateau near the top of the South Island's West Coast. Home to various native species of flora and fauna, and unfortunately for them a goodly supply of coal. Audio

On 24 May 1968 an earthquake hit Inangahua Junction, a tiny farming, sawmilling and coal mining community 40km east of Westport on the South Island's West Coast. The damage was severe, as 70 percent… Audio

Joining us from Westport's 'Coaltown' museum is Chris Hartigan who began working at the museum when he was at high school, 13 years ago. Audio

A team of archaeologists and historians have dug up part of a ship thought to be some 200 years old at Cape Foulwind on the West Coast. Audio

Located in Granity on the site where several coke ovens were built early 1900's, the Northern Buller Museum reflects the diversity of the people and the history of the Northern Buller area. With… Audio

From erosion to earthquakes with geologist and paleontologist Dr Hamish Campbell from GNS Sciences. Tonight, how the Pancake Rocks at Punakaiki were formed. Audio

The Punakaiki Coastal Restoration project focuses on habitat restoration of coastal land adjacent to Paparoa National Park. It's a partnership between Conservation Volunteers New Zealand and the… Audio

On the west coast of the South Island with Steve White. Audio

The continued existence of the fragile Nikau Scenic Reserve near Paparoa is an anomaly amidst the dairy country. As it turns out, it's survival is linked to the story of the Western Black Petrel. Audio

When your work day begins in the wee hours of the morning, you can be forgiven for hearing voices and seeing shadows. But something else may be bothering Maurice Piner from Phil's Bakery in Greymouth.

One of the West Coast's oldest rail tunnels has been relegated to history. The 90 Meter long Kiwi Point rail tunnel east of Greymouth near Stillwater was built 130 years ago, mostly by hand. Audio

The Blackball Museum of Working Class History with Paul Maunder. Audio

Paul Maunder talks about the centenary of the miners' strike in Blackball. Audio

It's a replica of what life was like in old days, during the gold mining and timber boom. Audio

Back to Shantytown for some instruction in gold panning. Audio

The story of the Otira Tunnel - an old dramatisation full of worthy stuff, in the classic style of the those 1950s mega productions for the hey day of the wireless. Audio

It took 16 years of hard labour with pick and shovel to dig the Otira Tunnel through the Southern Alps, but by 1923, it was finally finished. Sage Forest spends a night at the Otira Hotel and delves… Audio

The Treetop Walkway on the South Island's West Coast is quickly establishing itself as one the country's must do attractions. Audio

Compiled from official sources combined with eye-witness accounts, some previously untapped, this is a graphic reconstruction of New Zealand's most famous manhunt, in 1941. Audio

An update on Kennedy's search for the Haast tokoeka kiwi, tramping in the Haast range and Arawata Bill - William O'Leary. Audio

Kennedy Warne explores South Westland, and reports that NZ photographer Robin Hammond has won photojournalism's equivalent of the Booker. Audio

The whitebaiters of Jackson Bay and the mica miners of the Mataketake Range. Audio

Jim Davidson is one of the last full time fishing operators based at Jackson Bay in Southern Westland. Jim or 'Jimbo' as he's known locally runs a tuna and crayfish boat that's crewed by members of… Audio