New Zealand Society

Puppets are more than simply child's play, according to Jim Richards and Bridgette Murphy who work with community groups, schools and organisations around New Zealand making giant puppets and other… Read more Audio

Space Between is a sustainable zero waste fashion design project run through Massey University. Sonia Sly meets the designers and team behind the project to look at why they're reconstructing… Read more Audio

The city of Auckland was founded in 1840 in a mix of hope and compromise and the occasion was marked with a suitably pompous ceremony. Just one eyewitness account remains from that day, and it was… Read more Audio

They've come from as far as London and Las Vegas. International and local stars are returning home. They're back to celebrate their high school's 40th anniversary in style with a fund-raising arts… Read more Audio, Gallery

Even though she knew her whanau had a history of high blood pressure, it wasn't until the arrival of her new baby two years ago that Valerie Teraitua realised she had to make a change in her own life… Read more Audio

Vaughan Hutchinson talks about the family's journey and Ayla's successes. Audio

Ayla Hutchinson. She's a 16 year old Taranaki student. And an award winning inventor and business person who's developed a novel new way to chop kindling that's selling world-wide. Amelia Nurse - who… Read more Audio

New Zealand doesn't have a long history of puppeteering compared to other parts of the world where puppets still continue to serve as storytellers, reinforcing cultural traditions and bringing myths… Read more Audio

New Zealand is way behind most other first world countries in road-side electric car chargers, so one man here is leading the charge. Read more Audio

What are the demands of the hairdressing industry today, and what does it mean to diversify in a highly competitive business that relies on bums on seats? Sonia Sly visits Willis York in Wellington to… Read more Audio