Christchurch
Jazz Footprints: Stu Buchanan
Christchurch jazz legend, itinerant music teacher and sax player Stu Buchanan chats about his recently released CD 'Hey! What's The Time?', which features his compositions recorded with the Garden… Audio
Rebuilding Christchurch as an accessible city
We are slowing seeing the rebuild of Christchurch happening. Lots of different ideas have been discussed and blue-printed. Audio
Christchurch Deputy Mayor Vicki Buck's plan for a social housing accord to help to overcome the city's shortage of rental homes
The Christchurch City Council will today decide whether to seek 75 million dollars from the Government to help provide more rental housing for the city, which has a desperate shortage of residential… Audio
Zombie Alert : Simon London
Simon London talks about staging a zombie apocalypse play in what was once part of Christchurch's Red Zone. Audio
Susan Krumdieck
Susan Krumdieck: transition engineering Researcher in mechanical engineering at the University of Canterbury, and a founding member of the National Energy Research Institute. Audio
Serj Tankian
System of the Down frontman Serj Tankian talks to Sam Wicks about performing his Elect the Dead and Orca symphonies with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. A night that sees System of the Down fans… Audio
Audacious - Bruce Russell
The Audacious Festival of Sonic Arts resounded throughout Christchurch in early March. Justin Gregory talks with sound artist and musician Bruce Russell about his work, No Mean City and what it means… Audio
Urban archaeologists
Katharine Watson of Underground Overground Archaeology is an urban archaeologist using the Christchurch rebuild to find out what life was like in 19th century Canterbury. Audio
Dreamliner touches down in Christchurch.
Tourism operators are hoping the touch down of a Boeing Dreamliner in Christchurch today will herald a new direct link between the city and China. Audio
Outspoken for 22 September 2013
Steve Wilde continues his preview of the local body elections with a close-up look at the metropolitan centres. This time it's Christchurch … the issues and what the voters are thinking. Audio
Spiritual Outlook for 25 August 2013 - The Cardboard Cathedral
Justin Gregory takes a tour of Christchurch's Transitional Cathedral - better known as the Cardboard Cathedral. A couple of weeks after opening, has it fulfilled everyone's expectations? Audio
Archaeology in post-quake Christchurch
As Christchurch rebuilds, archaeologists are uncovering a wealth of clues about life during the city's earliest decades Audio
Geoffrey Rice: Scandal and Skulduggery
Geoffrey Rice is the Adjunct Professor of History at Canterbury University. He's just written a book which sheds light on Christchurch's history from a not-so-rosy perspective: its crimes. It focuses… Audio
Essential NZ Albums: Introducing... Dinah Lee
In 1964 20-year old Christchurch singer Dinah Lee stormed the national hit parade with her local variation on the Jamaican ska sound. In this programme Nick Bollinger discusses her debut… Audio
One In Five for 15 July 2012
Katy Gosset visits Kilmarnock Enterprises which has been providing employment for people with disabilities for more than 50 years. Audio
Spectrum for 17 June 2012
From the 1940s to the 60s, Annette Mary Eleanor Jane 'Ma' Clifford was Christchurch's most prominent landlady and in the 1950s she was receiving rent from up to 550 tenants. In 2002, Deborah Nation… Audio
NZ Society - Cathedral Ghosts
Deborah Nation has been reconstructing some of the past of the Christ Church Cathedral, with the help of material from our Sound Archives. Audio
Christchurch woman opens home to 50 quake-hit felines
Animals have also suffered upheaval because of the Christchurch earthquakes. Jan Collins is one of those caring for some the hundreds of pets who have been left homeless because of the earthquakes. Audio
The Vault - Earthquake at Radio New Zealand House
Deborah Nation recalls how it was in the Sound Archives and Radio New Zealand offices in Christchurch on the day of the February earthquake. The building on the corner of Durham and Chester Street… Audio
Gerard Smyth: Quakes on film
Christchurch filmmaker who has made more than 60 documentaries; his latest is When A City Falls, about the Canterbury quakes. Audio