New Zealand Society

MOTAT is using the latest technology to encourage the younger generation to find out more about the men who trained at New Zealand;s first air training school one hundred years ago. Read more Audio

Take a quick glance and you might be forgiven for thinking that The Godfather Barbers is actually a tattoo parlour with its retro style fit-out, shiny black floor and black and white photographs… Read more Audio

The year is 1893, the month November and the people of Onehunga have just done an extraordinary thing. Only three months after New Zealand became the first country to give women the vote, this small… Read more Audio

The Balkanistas is an exuberant group of 20+ Wellington musicians putting their own twisted spin on Eastern European Balkan music. But there’s much more to The Balkanistas than meets the “ear”.  … Read more Video, Audio

An immigrant herself, Lize Immelman wonders why refugees have such a hard time finding work. She talks to three residents of Newtown, Wellington, about their experiences, and to MP Annette King… Read more Audio

After having attended a Conscious Consumer workshop, Amelia Nurse was curious to find out what things she might consider at the grocery store if she wanted to make sustainable choices. Janet Young is… Read more Audio

A self-styled sub-Antarctic Islands "nutter" thinks more people should be allowed to visit there. Read more Audio

From home grown vegetables to living walls, rooftop and pop-up gardens, to the humble indoor plant: nature is taking centre stage with gardening enthusiasts happily showing off the fruits of their… Read more Audio

Hands up who remembers the Crown Lynn swans? Auckland's famous pottery may have closed its doors in 1989 but the fascination with its cups, mug, plates - and yes, the ceramic swans - goes on… Read more Audio

There are many stories literally hidden deep underground in some of our public parks. One such park in Wellington - formerly a rubbish dump - contains machinery and equipment left behind by American… Read more Audio