Waikato
Four Waikato schoolkids win world literacy prize.
Four children from a Hamilton school have won a world literacy prize, answering questions on books from Homer's Odyssey to Harry Potter. Audio
Listener Feedback to Saturday 4 July 2015
Noelle McCarthy reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 4 July 2015. Audio
Playing Favourites with Lance O'Sullivan
GP based in Kaitaia, Northland, and author of new memoir The Good Doctor, whose work in healthcare delivery has seen him acknowledged as a Sir Peter Blake Emerging Leader, Public Health Association… Audio
Freebies to stop smoking
Pregnant women in Waikato are being offered freebies and gift vouchers to quit smoking and have a healthier lifestyle. Audio
Ringiringi Manawaiti - Taku Poutokomanawa
Selected by Maniapoto FM - Ringiringi Manawaiti (Ngāti Maniapoto) performs her waiata 'Taku Poutokomanawa'. Audio
Subsided buses for Waikato University students
The University of Waikato is going to put on a heavily subsidised bus service to get students from Tokoroa and Putaruru to the campus each day, and home again. Audio
Genesis will retire second Huntly unit from end of June
Genesis Energy will permanently retire a second unit at its Huntly thermal power plant tomorrow, due to flat demand and cheaper energy sources elsewhere Audio
Offices, kitchen and 100 year old cellar destroyed
A large fire at a Waikato winery early this morning is still smouldering after ripping through buildings and a 100-year old cellar. Audio
No 8 Wire National Art Award
Amelia Nurse visits ArtsPost Gallery in Hamilton to look at the finalists' entries for the annual Fieldays No. 8 Wire National Art Award. She talks with winning artist Rebecca Rose from Titirangi and… Audio, Gallery
Teenager jailed for fatal stabbing in gang confrontation
A Huntly teenager is starting a four-and-a-half year sentence for fatally stabbing a man in the North Waikato town during a gang confrontation last year. Audio
Aurora Australis seen above Thames
If they're lucky and in the right place, Aurora Australis followers have been in for a treat overnight. Audio
Four trampers lucky to be alive
Rescuers had to battle their way through cloud and thick ice to reach four trampers who were hurt and suffering from hypothermia. Audio
Anti-miners give up on Karangahake court action
A conservation group has abandoned legal action to block gold exploration at Mount Karangahake near Paeroa. But the group Protect Karangahake is vowing to fight , though its attempt to get a court to… Audio
Nigel Williams: Hamilton Civic Choir
Music Director of Hamilton Civic Choir's upcoming performance of the Brahms Requiem. Audio
National Agricultural Fieldays get under way at Mystery Creek
The annual National Agricultural Fieldays get under way at Mystery Creek near Hamilton today. Audio
Locals stare down developers at Coromandel beach
Locals have stared down developers at an unspoilt Coromandel beach. Audio
Vincent O'Sullivan: poets and poetry
Dunedin novelist, biographer, playwright, short story writer, and New Zealand Poet Laureate, whose new collection, Being Here: Selected Poems, covers the range of his poetry from 1973 to new work… Audio
Benneydale beckoning
Benneydale was a mining and milling town that once had a population of about 2000. Today, with those industries gone, it's about a tenth of that. However newcomers are settling in the King Country… Audio
Hamilton Mayor defends money spent on Under 20 tournatment
Hamilton is one of the cities that paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to host some of the Under 20 World Cup matches. Audio
Growing Chinese tea in Waikato
Traditionally business people in Asia drink tea after dinner. When Tzu Chen arrived here from Taiwan, he couldn't find a good tea - but saw lots of camellias in Waikato. Now after nearly 20 years of… Audio
