Hawkes Bay

Noelle McCarthy reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 4 July 2015. Audio

Selected by Radio Kahungunu - Whiri Tū Aka perform their waiata, 'Matariki', written by Gaynor Rikihana (Ngāti Raukawa) and Keri Takao (Te Atiawa, Ngai Tūhoe, Ngāti Rārua). Audio

New Zealand A to Z today is W for Westshore. The seaside community on the northwest fringe of Napier. Audio

A Napier teenager admits she wasn't told she'd been suspended or stood down for giving a speech about bad teachers but says being told to stay away until a meeting with the principal amounts to the… Audio

Hip hop artist Tipene Harmer released his first self-produced EP, Tautoko in 2011. Justine Murray heads to Flaxmere to meet Tipene who hails from Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngati Porou and Ngapuhi to get a… Video, Audio

A Hawke's Bay food company has admitted suppressing test results about contaminated meat it supplied to the Hawke's Bay Hospital that led to a fatal food poisoning outbreak. Audio

Environmental groups, say the dam is now even more risky and won't be economically viable. Audio

Environmental groups, says the Ruataniwha Dam has become more risky for farmers looking to buy water after the Board of Inquiry tightened the rules around nitrogen leaching. Audio

The Board of Inquiry into the $600 million Ruataniwha water storage project in Hawke's Bay has confirmed strict limits on the amount of nitrogen that can leach into waterways as a result of farming. Audio

Kevin and Kiri Swannell run a mobile soup kitchen from Napier's Clive Square every Monday night. Audio

Whanganui District Civil Defence and Emergency Management Controller Kevin Ross on the area's worst floods on record. Audio

Hawkes Bay iwi Ngāti Kahungunu is holding a series of wānanga or workshops to help the tribe understand the environmental risks of geological hazards and climate change. Audio

Top students from secondary and tertiary institutions gather to compete for first place in a speech competition - in Chinese. Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets students from around the North Island to see who… Audio, Gallery

Young dairy farmers are still feeling optimistic about the industry, despite the low payout, and their farms are well set up for winter, that's in both the North and South Islands. Audio

Hastings secondary school students are trying to find one particular person among the 1.4 billion people in China without knowing that person's name or location. Audio

Wellington-based, Grant Sheehan, has been involved in a book that documents the history of Kereru Station in Hawke's Bay. It's called, Kereru Station: Two Sisters' Legacy, and tells the story of what… Audio, Gallery

Lawrence Yule, the President of Local Government New Zealand and the Mayor of the Hastings District. Audio

The Hawke's Bay Regional Council is being accused of vetting job applicants based on their opinion of the proposed Ruataniwha Dam -- and getting rid of existing staff members who question it. Audio

A Hawke's Bay couple who run a mobile soup kitchen in Napier's Clive Square have sent a message to Bill English about what they want from this week's budget. Audio