Whanganui

Nancy Tuaine is the chief executive of the Te Oranganui Iwi Health Authority, and a former member of the Whanganui River Maori Trust Board. Audio

Martin Visser is a Whanganui City Councillor. He is developing a social progress and life-quality survey of New Zealand towns and cities, based on the Harvard work of Michael Porter, and is… Audio

Graeme Langford is the Emergency Management Officer for the North Island at New Zealand Red Cross. He is running the incident management team and supervising volunteers for the "Cyclone Cindy"… Audio

Annette Main has been the Mayor of Whanganui since 2010 and is the Chair of the Whanganui Digital Leaders Forum. For the past three years, the city has been the first and only place in New Zealand to… Audio

Saturday Morning with Kim Hill, live from the Royal Opera House, Whanganui as part of the Smart 21 initiative focussing on regional centres. Audio

Co-founder of the Children & Nature Network and The Nature Principle: Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder Audio

The Kakahi general store is one of the few such businesses remaining in New Zealand. It's been owned by the Lala family since 1937. Manu Lala took over in 1956 and has kept up his father's tradition… Audio

Painter, poet, curator and writer, discussing two new books, focused on real life tragedies: How To Be Dead in a Year of Snakes by Chris Tse, and; Dear Neil Roberts by Airini Beautrais. Audio

Authorities say a tiny township in the Manawatu-Wanganui countryside is at risk of disappearing because the locals can't pay the water rates. Audio

Ron Cooke on Taumarunui's history; Ian Balme on the Forgotten World Adventure; and Jamie Downes, who bought the pub and turned it into a gym. Audio

Whakakotahitanga is an initiative running in the Ruapehu District aimed at reducing domestic abuse and assaults. It's the brainchild of Taumarunui-based police family violence co-ordinator Gabe… Audio

The new funding agency for Whanau Ora services in the North Island says Te Puni Kokiri should come clean and say when and in which areas it underspent. A hui to help opposing hapu engage with the… Audio

The new funding agency for Whanau Ora services in the North Island says Te Puni Kokiri should come clean and say when and in which areas it underspent. A hui to help opposing hapu engage with the… Audio

Kennedy Warne has been on The Desert Road. Audio

Four men were airlifted off Mt Ruapehu yesterday afternoon after falling off a ten-metre cliff and sliding more than 200 metres down a slope. Audio

Whanganui is appealing to art lovers nationwide to help raise the 32-million-dollars they need to redevelop the landmark Sarjeant Gallery. Audio

Internationally-recognised photographer Laurence Aberhart discusses the inspiration behind his new book Anzac, which documents war memorials from New Zealand and Australia. Audio

A few years ago Mike Dickison went back to university and did a PhD on giant flightless birds. A couple of months ago he was employed by the Whanganui Regional Museum to curate its huge, and largely… Audio

We visit some of New Zealand's most reportedly haunted locations to find out the stories behind them. This week, we'll hear about the spooky goings-on at Chateau Tongariro. Audio