Victoria
Calling Home: Rebekah Holt in Melbourne
Rebekah Holt has gone from a communications manager for the New Zealand Police to Head of Staff at TV3 to serious car crash survivor. She now lives in Melbourne, where she is the only journalist to go… Audio, Gallery
Calling Home: Lorraine Cook in the Seychelles
New Zealander Lorraine Cook is a Feilding-born former DOC worker who has been working as a conservationist in the Seychelles for the past two and a half years. Audio
State's cladding solution and unis links to China queried
Australia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Kathryn to talk about how one state is coming to the rescue of apartment owners over the issue of flammable cladding. Two universities are under fire after… Audio
Calling Home: Tom Hopkins in Victoria, Australia
We're heading across the ditch to rural Victoria this week, where we're joined by Auckland-born and bred firefighter Tom 'Hop' Hopkins. Audio
Australian politican Fiona Patten on sex, drugs and the electoral roll
Fiona Patten is an MP in the Victorian state parliament and the founder of the Australian Sex Party, now renamed the Reason Party. In the past, she's been a fashion designer, a sex worker and… Audio
Australian state proposes jail for protesters in face masks
People who wear face coverings while taking part in violent protests could face up to 15 years in jail under proposed legislation in Victoria.
Writer Daisy Goodwin
Daisy Goodwin is an historian, journalist, editor and novelist, and has a long career in British television, devising shows including Bookworm, The Nation's Favourite Poems, Home Front and Grand… Audio
Regional Wrap with Young Farmers
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Dairy farmers are enjoying the lull before calving begins next month. Winter shearing is underway in the north. Audio, Gallery
Regional Wrap with Young Farmers
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Dairy farmers are enjoying the lull before calving begins next month. Winter shearing is underway in the north.
AudioKiwi firefighter explains the devastation at Victorian fires
New Zealand fire fighters are at the front lines of bushfires that have been burning for weeks in the Australian state of Victoria. More than a hundred people were evacuated from homes on Christmas… Audio
Kanti Pertiwi - Stamping Out Corruption
Research student from the University of Melbourne's department of Management and Marketing on the government of Indonesia stepping-up and attempting to stamp-out corruption. Audio
Hundreds of koalas culled, thousands more face starvation
Hundreds of koalas have been put down in Victoria and thousands more are facing starvation due to overpopulation. Audio
Insight, Sunday 1 March: Black Saturday
Ian Telfer returns from reporting on the Victorian bush fires to ask why they proved so deadly Audio