Chatham Islands

A permit's been granted to mine for phosphate on the seabed off the Chatham Islands for 20 years. Audio

Fishermen on the Chatham Islands are worried by plans to mine the seabed nearby, Nicola Grigg reports. Audio

Can the Chatham Islands cash in on potential mining of phosphate deposits on the sea-bed, Demelza Leslie reports. Audio

An Otago university archaeologist says too little is being done to save unique Moriori tree carvings on the Chatham Islands. Audio

The Prime Minister received a pretty blunt message when he arrived on the Chatham Islands yesterday - he had 24 hours to come up with a solution to stop the flow of people leaving. Audio

We're off to one of the remotest spots you can ever live in our fair isles. It takes two days by ship to get there, and two hours by plane flying all the way over water. It's 800 kilometres east of… Audio

We pay a virtual visit to one of New Zealand's museums. Tonight, to the Chatham Islands Museum with Bill Carter. Audio

The Government says it won't intervene if one of the two shipping companies servicing the Chatham Islands goes out of business. Audio

The Moriori community is shocked and saddened after an ancient Moriori tree carving, aged between two-hundred and five-hundred years old, was vandalised at a Historic Reserve on the Chatham Islands. Audio

Dr Ian Barber is a Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Otago and discusses whether the loss of the kopi trees could have been avoided. Audio

Third generation farmers Robert and Jan Holmes run sheep and cows on their farm near Waitangi on the Chatham Islands Audio

Uncertainty is hanging over one of the two shipping companies that service the Chatham Islands. Audio

The people of the Chatham Islands may soon be rubbing shoulders with Hollywood A-listers. Audio

Chatham Islands artist Cherie Tuck and her fisherman father Digby. Audio

Kevin Clark owns the tiny settlement of Port Hutt on the northwestern tip of the Chatham Islands where he runs a commercial fishing business. The quiet bay contains several wrecks, one of which Kevin… Audio

George Hough has been the resident handyman and undertaker on the Chatham Islands for over 50 years. Audio

The Chatham Islands boast many private conservation covenants - and one even has a predator proof fence Audio

Detailed 3D digital laser scans are preserving information about Moriori tree carvings on the Chatham Islands Audio