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Fast Favourites: Writer and blogger Emily Writes
Author, writer and speaker Emily Writes has amassed a huge following online and readership. She first found an audience after writing a blog post in 2015 about struggling to settle her newborn baby at… Audio
Students learn about growing food and looking after environment
The Mangere-Enviro hub is a Kainga Ora owned site which has been re-purposed from housing to an area with a community garden, composting and tree planting in the heart of South Auckland. Luka Forman… Audio
Parenting: when kids want to quit sport or other activities
What is the right way to deal with your kids wanting to quit a sport or an extracurricular activity? Audio
A garden in Moerewa
If you're heading to the Far North via State Highway 1, you might spy Daphne Andrell busy at work in her garden. You can't really miss her patch of unusual plants - some spiky and drought-loving… Audio
MenzShed - a place where blokes can be blokes
A backyard initiative is keeping blokes busy in North Canterbury. The Cheviot MenzShed is a tooled-up workshop where men can tinker, talk and share their skills with the local community. Audio
MenzShed - a place where blokes can be blokes
A backyard initiative is keeping blokes busy in North Canterbury. The Cheviot MenzShed is a tooled-up workshop where men can tinker, talk and share their skills with the local community.
AudioGet your skates on
People in the small farming community of Staveley in Canterbury are hoping their newly upgraded ice rink can stand up to global warming after locals pitched in to pay for a new refrigeration system. Video, Audio
Get your skates on
People in the small farming community of Staveley in Canterbury are hoping their newly upgraded ice rink can stand up to global warming after locals pitched in to pay for a new refrigeration system.
AudioPolitical leaders and community pay respects to Fa'nana Efeso Collins
Political leaders and members of the community have been gathering in Auckland to pay their respects to Green MP Fa'nana Efeso Collins, who died last week. Fa'anana was taking part in a charity event… Audio
More rugged than posh - playing polo the Kiwi way
Summer at a sportsground in Hawkes Bay means the thud of hooves and the knock of mallets under the hot summer sun. Audio
More rugged than posh - playing polo the Kiwi way
Summer at a sportsground in Hawkes Bay means the thud of hooves and the knock of mallets under the hot summer sun.
Audio"Everthing's gone, except the band members"
A fire gutted an Auckland sports club and took with it all the instruments of a Caribbean steelpan orchestra that also used the space. In this episode we chat to Camille Nakhid about what next for the… Audio
"Everthing's gone, except the band members"
A fire gutted an Auckland sports club and took with it all the instruments of a Caribbean steelpan orchestra that also used the space. In this episode we chat to Camille Nakhid about what next for the…
AudioRuckus over rowdy Invercargill rooster
A ruckus has broken out over an alleged rowdy Invercargill rooster whose fate is in the hands of a council committee. Georgetown chook owner Alisa Cole says she got an email from the council saying a… Video, Audio
The Year in Detail: 2022
Natural disasters, economic turmoil, and injustices in the justice system - The Detail recaps the big stories from this year. Audio
The Year in Detail: 2022
Natural disasters, economic turmoil, and injustices in the justice system - The Detail recaps the big stories from this year.
AudioHomeGround: the life-changing building in the city of sails
HomeGround – the new purpose-built home of the Auckland City Mission – opened on Hobson Street earlier this year. The $110 million social services building has 80 permanent apartments, a health centre… Audio, Gallery
Emotions flow at family run bull sale
The Timperlea Angus bull sale is one of the biggest days of the year for stud breeder Marie Fitzpatrick. It's also a time when her family get together to celebrate their love for farming and that… Audio
Emotions flow at family run bull sale
The Timperlea Angus bull sale is one of the biggest days of the year for stud breeder Marie Fitzpatrick. It's also a time when her family get together to celebrate their love for farming and that…
AudioThe couple helping Rotorua's Fordlands community to thrive
Maraea and Kristian Pomana are part of the backbone of the Fordlands Community Centre. The organisation is in the heart of the Rotorua suburb which has long established high unemployment and poverty… Audio