New Zealand Society

For more than fifty years, Janus Press in the United States has been turning out highly-designed, handmade editions that are more like sculptures than books. They've published several Kiwi authors… Read more Audio

Beauty is only skin deep, and competitions such as the newly rebranded Miss Universe New Zealand is testament that personality and brains go a long way too. Streamed live via the web last night, the… Read more Audio

Pule-tasi or niqab? Like the diversity of our cultures, New Zealand's dress code is changing all the time. These days you can wear your hijab to work without question, Lynda Chanwai-Earle decided to… Read more Audio

Gut instinct, intuition, and accessing the belly of creativity may sound a bit abstract, but according to Dutch contemporary jeweller Ruudt Peters it is here that the creative process begins. He has… Read more Audio

Take an audio tour of Wellington's Sustainability Trust. Audio

It's not news that New Zealand has a problem with damp houses and the associated health issues - and that many people can't afford to take steps to fix the problem. That's where the Curtain Bank comes… Read more Audio

Aucklanders are being encouraged to create their own pollen hotels to help 160,000 hungry honey bees currently foraging for food in the CBD. Read more Audio

Auckland's visual artists are turning to dance as their medium of choice. In an exhibition called Welcome, the D.A.N.C.E. art club collective is attempting to break a Guinness World Record for dancing… Read more Audio

Christchurch is gearing up for its first Laughter Wellness Conference. Katy Gosset talks to the organisers and hits the streets to ask Cantabrians what makes them laugh. Audio

Changes are afoot in the way some of Auckland's volcanoes and islands are administered. Audio