New Zealand Society

Times were tough for the New Zealand Communist Party at the start of the Second World War. They opposed the fight against Adolf Hitler and as a result, their newspaper, People's Voice, was suppressed… Read more Audio

You get to know a community really well and they get to know you. Rescuing people along State Highway One, sorting out local domestics, sheep rustling, what's life like for police officers working in… Read more Audio, Gallery

The exhibits inside MOTAT, the Auckland museum of transport and technology, are all about design and efficiency. Except for their latest acquisition. Joseph Herscher is a kinetic artist who builds… Read more Video, Audio

New Zealand Society spends the morning with Good Bitches Baking - a group of Wellingtonians who are spreading some sweetness on the Capital's most deserving. Read more Audio

Siobhan Bulfin is Chief executive of Melon Health (formerly Social Code), a company that's leading the way internationally with their three year old innovative mobile health platform. In June they… Read more Audio

If you're driving from Dunedin and heading southbound, it is difficult not to be in awe of the beauty that is the Balclutha Road Bridge. The art deco-style bowstring structure, built between 1933 and… Read more Audio

A giant cave on Auckland's wild West Coast used to be the city's most memorable - and most mysterious - ballroom. Dances were held for more than sixty years at the Great Cave at Whatipu but are now… Read more Audio

Not many people can claim that by breaking a table, it leads them to a unique social and business opportunity. However, that's exactly what happened when Gabriel Acuna-Carvajal sat on a table in a… Read more Audio

126,000 people is a lot of mouths to feed over four days. So when Amelia Nurse attended the 44th Annual Fieldays at Mystery Creek outside of Hamilton, she was curious to see what was on offer. And she… Read more Audio

It's taken twenty years but the Auckland suburb of Glen Innes finally has its own venue solely for the arts. Te Oro Glen Innes Music and Arts Centre wants to bring young people together to, in their… Read more Audio