West Coast

An update on Kennedy's search for the Haast tokoeka kiwi, tramping in the Haast range and Arawata Bill - William O'Leary. Audio

The Grey Valley Senior Citizens Choir led by musical director Ellen Moreton, prepare for a concert at the Blackball Workingman's Club. Audio

The Paparoa Wildlife Trust is a conservation initiative to establish and maintain effective recovery programmes for Great Spotted Kiwi/Roroa in the South Paparoa Range near Greymouth. Trust volunteers… Audio

Kennedy joins us from the Denniston Plateau near the top of the South Island's West Coast. Home to various native species of flora and fauna, and unfortunately for them a goodly supply of coal. Audio

This is a fertile valley just 15 kilometres inland from Hokitika, and the township, such that it is, is located near the junction of two rivers whose headwaters are deep in the Southern Alps. There is… Audio

On the West Coast, people and their cars are a bigger threat than predators to little blue penguins Audio

Waiuta on the South Island's West Coast was once a township said to be literally paved with gold - concealed in the crushed rock walkways around a mine that still ranks as one of New Zealand's… Audio

Wildlife photographer Rod Morris talks about the plateau's remarkable wildlife, and why he believes it should be protected. Audio

The continued existence of the fragile Nikau Scenic Reserve near Paparoa is an anomaly amidst the dairy country. As it turns out, it's survival is linked to the story of the Western Black Petrel. Audio

All things whitebait will be celebrated all along the Coast during the Whitebait Festival. There's a photography competition, a whitebait menu challenge and exhibits acknowledging the hallowed place… Audio

The best muffin maker in the small West Coast town of Hari Hari, 81-year-old Charlie Glass, talks about the best way to cook whitebait, being married for 59 years and life on the coast. Audio

Denniston and its coal mining proposal, and the Kimberley National Heritage decision across the Tasman. Audio

From erosion to earthquakes with geologist and paleontologist Dr Hamish Campbell from GNS Sciences. Tonight, how the Pancake Rocks at Punakaiki were formed. Audio

Gay Cavill revisits the West Coast six months after the Pike River tragedy. Audio

It took 16 years of hard labour with pick and shovel to dig the Otira Tunnel through the Southern Alps, but by 1923, it was finally finished. Sage Forest spends a night at the Otira Hotel and delves… Audio

David Cliff, Associate Professor at the Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre at The University of Queensland and former Safety and Health Adviser to the Queensland Mining Council. Audio

The whitebaiters of Jackson Bay and the mica miners of the Mataketake Range. Audio

Keen whitebaiters on the West Coast have been hitting the streams today for the start of their whitebait season, just over two weeks later than the rest of the country. Audio

Jim Davidson is one of the last full time fishing operators based at Jackson Bay in Southern Westland. Jim or 'Jimbo' as he's known locally runs a tuna and crayfish boat that's crewed by members of… Audio

When your work day begins in the wee hours of the morning, you can be forgiven for hearing voices and seeing shadows. But something else may be bothering Maurice Piner from Phil's Bakery in Greymouth.