Waikato
Playing Favourites with Marianne Elliott
La Directora at Mexican restaurant La Boca Loca, and National Director of ActionStation, who wrote about her experiences working for the UN in Afghanistan in the 2012 memoir, Zen Under Fire, and… Audio
Organic Options
Te Aroha dairy farmer Gavin Fisher was one of the first to supply Fonterra with organic milk. However he's now banded together with other organic farmers as part of The Organic Dairy Hub Co-operative… Audio
Waikato braces for prison job cuts
The Otorohanga mayor says the axing of more than a hundred staff at the Waikeria Prison goes completely against the government's claim that it has the best interests of provincial New Zealand at… Audio
Ponds of Gold
Murray Barker has been farming goldfish for 37 years. His small goldfish farm at the foot of Mount Te Aroha produces between 200 and 400-thousand goldfish each year. The fish are couriered all around… Audio
Tokanui Cemetery – The paddock below the woolshed
A project to properly remember the 500-plus people buried in Tokanui Cemetery is calling for help from the public. Audio
Take A Bow
James Saunders is a secondary school teacher during the day, but in his spare time he makes bows and arrows for hunting. He says luckily for him his bow making, often out of kanuka, is better than his… Audio
Dick Martin: tunnellers
Son of WW1 sapper Bertram Martin, one of the New Zealand Tunnellers. Audio
Warwick Holmes: comets, probes and space
Avionics engineer with the European Space Agency, which built and tested the Rosetta space craft that landed a robot on a comet in November 2014. Audio
Making Milk - the Yashili Factory in Pokeno
Chinese company Yashili is about to start producing infant milk powders at its new factory in Pokeno. It's the Asia/Pacific's largest milk formula plant. The company's buying in commercial milk from… Audio
Top apprentices battle it out at World Skills competition
The country's top apprentices are in Hamilton this week vying for a chance to represent New Zealand in an international skills competition later this year. Audio
Living Church - Barry Cox
It's been four years in the making but Ohaupo resident Barry Cox has finally finished building his own personal church. But, it's not your typical church. It's alive and it's constructed from trees… Audio
Chimp killed in Hamilton Zoo
A frenzied two minute attack has killed a female Chimpanzee at Hamilton Zoo, only a week after being transferred there. Audio
Man sought by police after large brawl
Police in Huntly are calling for witnesses to a massive drunken street fight last night. Audio
No high fences for a mental health unit
Putting up higher fences to stop mental health patients getting out won't be happening at a Hamilton unit with a history of escapes because doctors think it's a backwards step. Audio
Father says inquiry into Bennett Centre is well overdue
The Waikato District Health Board has ordered an immediate review into how two men with a history of violence escaped from one of their mental health facilities on Monday night. Audio
DHB chief calls for security review
The Waikato District Health Board is launching an immediate review into how two men with a history of violence escaped from one of its mental health facilities on Monday night. Audio
Parent of suicide victim criticises health unit security
The Waikato District Health Board is being criticised for its handling of one of its mental health centres, where two men with a history of violence escaped by jumping a fence. Audio
Search continuing for two missing fishermen in Port Waikato
A major search is underway off the coast of Port Waikato two fishermen who have been lost at sea for more than 24 hours. Audio
NZ farmer beats out Australia for heaviest pumpkin
We didn't beat them at the cricket, but a New Zealander has beaten Australia in growing the largest pumpkin in the Southern hemisphere. Audio
Family and Turkey unveil bronze of Gallipoli war artist
Descendants of the Gallipoli artist Horace Moore-Jones have joined with the Governor of the Turkish province of Canakkale to unveil a statue of him in Hamilton today. Audio