West Coast

One of the West Coast's oldest rail tunnels has been relegated to history. The 90 Meter long Kiwi Point rail tunnel east of Greymouth near Stillwater was built 130 years ago, mostly by hand. Audio

Back to Shantytown for some instruction in gold panning. Audio

It's a replica of what life was like in old days, during the gold mining and timber boom. Audio

With Les Wright - writer, broadcaster and historian. Audio

A re-creation of the earthquake which devastated the Buller region in June 1929: the destruction, the plight of the refugees, the struggle to break the isolation imposed by the shocks, and the costs… Audio

Compiled from official sources combined with eye-witness accounts, some previously untapped, this is a graphic reconstruction of New Zealand's most famous manhunt, in 1941. Audio

A Defence Force Bomb Squad has detonated a First World War Sea Mine found by a tramper on a West Coast beach. Audio

The story of the Otira Tunnel - an old dramatisation full of worthy stuff, in the classic style of the those 1950s mega productions for the hey day of the wireless. Audio

Pike River Coal hopes to have its mine in the Paparoa Range, north of Greymouth, at full production next year. Audio

Insight looks at the fight to stop a new big hydro dam on the West Coast as demand for power increases Audio

Paul Maunder talks about the centenary of the miners' strike in Blackball. Audio

How the children of Barry Town School discovered in the 1940s that they had a special species of bird. Audio

As an upcoming singer, songwriter Jordan Reyne has been nominated for the 1996 New Zealand Music Awards for Best New Female Vocalist. Audio