Stewart Island

Shark cage diving is drawing tourists to the Southland Coastline but there's concern among locals that the thrill seeking activity is making sharks more aggressive. Audio

Big hearted road warriors The Eastern send us an audio postcard from their 'Territory' tour - this week from Stewart Island, where they meet the locals and find out what it means to be an Islander. Audio

Long-time conservationist who has written (with Tony Lindsay and Janet Hunt) the history of New Zealand's wildlife sanctuaries, Paradise Saved. Audio

It's an Island off our coast named by early European settlers in 1841 as New Leinster. The name stuck for only five years. In the end its English identity came from the man who first mapped it. Audio

Two of the creators of Wheel of Experience, a musical show that brings the 'wild west' of New Zealand to life and will travel the country throughout May. Audio

Lynn Freeman finds out how the money will be used and what the tourists think about it. Audio

The Department of Conservation staff on Stewart Island/Rakiura have a vast area of national park to cover, and restructuring has not made that responsibility any easier. Audio

There are mixed views on Stewart Island/Rakiura when it comes to Gareth Morgan's multimillion-dollar conservation plan to create the world's first predator-free island with a substantial human… Audio

Lynn Freeman continues her series on Stewart Island/Rakiura, this time joining DoC trappers, Josephine Sheppard Anthony Hobern as they headed out by boat to the trap site. Audio

One of the biggest drawcards to Stewart Island are the Rakiura tokoeka, the kiwi. Audio

While it's undoubtedly good PR for a sport that has its fair share of detractors, the deer hunters at Mason Bay on Stewart Island/Rakiura are genuinely keen to help out with the extensive rat trapping… Audio

Pulling and poisoning lupins at Mason Bay on Stewart Island, was the big assignment for the group of Department of Conservation volunteers in November. Audio

We travel back to the early 1980's with Avice McKenzie and venture to Mason's Bay on the west coast of Stewart Island to spread the ashes of her dad at his turangawaewae. Audio

The best places to spend the summer in New Zealand. Audio

Outdoorsman, adventurer, travel journalist and photographer takes us off the beaten track on Rakiura Stewart Island. Audio