Hawkes Bay

The first Fijian seasonal workers allowed into New Zealand since the military coup in 2006 have arrived in Hawke's Bay for the apple harvest. Audio

For more than 20 years now Jim Edwards has been working alongside people with disabilities. He runs a kaupapa Māori daily activities programme under the umbrella of Ngā Tukemata-O-Kahungunu Charitable… Audio

Festival Opera Creative Director previews their season of Donizetti's The Elixir of Love. Audio

Those keeping the homefires burning (Te Ahi Kaa) are relied heavily upon to swing into action, by the whanau who live away from their Pā when, say a tūpapaku arrives and a tangihanga takes place… Audio

The adage "there's no place like home" certainly rings true for Connan Mockasin. Having toured the furthermost reaches of the globe, showcasing his sophomore album Caramel, Mockasin took to his family… Audio

The Hawkes Bay retiree who raced on his farmbike to the beach to rescue a mother and child from being swept out to sea says he would have dived in to save them if he had to. Audio

Rebecca Reider is the coordinator of the Organic Focus Vineyard Project that's documenting and demonstrating the realities of organic growing in three major New Zealand wine regions. Audio

Julie Chapman is the chief executive of KidsCan, which runs a Nitbusters service in addition to its provision of food and raincoats in schools. Chris Meyell is the principal at Marewa School in… Audio

Sewerage plants in the Hawkes Bay continue to pump harmful bacteria and wastewater into the Tukituki River at unacceptable levels and residents have had enough. Audio

Listening to that is Central Hawke's Bay District Council chief executive, John Freeman. Audio

Recreational river users are considering legal action against the Hawke's Bay Regional Council after it decided not to prosecute a council for pumping toxic pollutants into the Tukituki River. Audio

Recreational river users are considering taking the Hawke's Bay Regional Council to court for deciding not to prosecute a district council for pumping toxic pollutants into the Tukituki River. Audio

Radio New Zealand's reporter for the region Peter Fowler explains what he sees as the two biggest stories happening in Hawkes Bay and Gisborne. We also hear from Napier Councillor Henare O'Keefe… Audio

Seven generations of treasures are on display at a new museum, which has opened at Kahuranaki Station in Hawke's Bay. Audio

In 1993 the doors closed for the final time on Napier Prison, New Zealand's oldest penal complex, ending over a century of incarceration for inmates which included Te Kooti and Mr Asia drug syndicate… Audio

Emma Lowe went to school in Hamilton then on to study the art and science of wine making in Adelaide, Australia and then California. She's worked in many wineries around the globe. It was when she was… Audio

The case of a St John Ambulance paramedic who sexually abused women while taking them to hospital has been described by a judge as one of the worst of its type in this country. Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal has ruled the crown's refusal to pay to use Lake Waikaremoana for hydro-power generation breached of the Treaty of Waitangi. Audio

The iwi guardians of Lake Waikaremoana say a Waitangi Tribunal report paves the way to compensate for decades of Crown mis-use of the lake. Audio