Lake Waikaremoana
Lake Waikaremoana great walk closed indefinitely after flooding
Cyclone Gabrielle has stopped Waikaremoana hikers in their tracks. The Great Walk is closed completely due to damage from flooding.
Te Urewera and its roads took a hammering during the recent foul… Video, Audio
Lake Waikaremoana off limits as Tūhoe tries to raise vaccination rates
One of the country's Great Walks is off limits while the iwi that has responsibility over the area tries to get vaccination rates up. Audio
A Warm Wairoa Welcome
A group of Wairoa business people are trying to breathe life into the northern Hawkes Bay town. Upstream Wairoa is working to spruce up the main street, fill empty shops, organise events in Wairoa… Audio
A Warm Wairoa Welcome
A group of Wairoa business people are trying to breathe life into the northern Hawkes Bay town. Upstream Wairoa is working to spruce up the main street, fill empty shops, organise events in Wairoa…
AudioVideo 'shows' tourists' plunge from Hopu Ruahine Bridge
A video has emerged that appears to show the moment when four French tourists plunged 8m into a river on one of the country's Great Walks. Video
Faulty chain blamed for bridge collapse, with tourists on it
A defective chain's being blamed for causing a suspension bridge to break, pitching four tourists eight metres down into a river. Audio
Crown's found in breach of the Waitangi Tribunal
The Waitangi Tribunal has ruled the crown's refusal to pay to use Lake Waikaremoana for hydro-power generation breached of the Treaty of Waitangi. Audio
Report finds Crown breached Treaty of Waitangi
The iwi guardians of Lake Waikaremoana say a Waitangi Tribunal report paves the way to compensate for decades of Crown mis-use of the lake. Audio
Lake Waikaremoana jewel in the crown of Te Urewera
Heugh's taken us to many wonderful places over the years and for Summer report he headed into the area described by the Department of Conservation as the jewel of Te Urewera National Park. Audio
