Community

After five years of frantic activity, the earthquake damaged Christchurch Art Gallery is about to reopen, earthquake strengthened and with some other nifty alterations. Initially after the big quake… Audio

Social entrepreneur Sophie Barclay is cooking up change in her community. She's the founder of Kaitahi, a social feasting initiative teaching people how to cook and as a side dish, building better… Audio, Gallery

Michelle Thompson is Chief Executive of the Rural Health Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand (RHANZ). The Alliance is working with rural health professionals and industry and community groups on suicide… Audio

Upon the annoucement that Whanganui arts and music hub Space Monster had closed its doors, Yadana Saw asks venue operator Jack Mitchell-Anyon and Mayor of Whanganui Annette Main what prompted to the… Audio

The WWF Conservation Innovations awards recognise the best ideas that help conservation projects to succeed. Audio

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… Audio

What does it mean to be a good citizen and why does it matter? Eric Liu is the Founder of Citizen University an organisation that promotes and teaches good citizenship. He wants to re-imagine civics… Audio

More and more older people want to live independent lives, but in a communal flatting type situation, so why are Abbeyfield social housing providers finding it so hard to get funding from the… Audio

A Waikato woman ia appealing for help to find grazing for her horses to save them from being put down and turned into dog tucker. Audio

Bad shooters, sore losers. Men are taking aim at female video gamers who turn out to be better than them. Audio

You get to know a community really well and they get to know you. Rescuing people along State Highway One, sorting out local domestics, sheep rustling, what's life like for police officers working in… Audio, Gallery

If you've ever seen the work of Mica Still, you won't be able to walk past without a smile on your face. The US born, Wellington-based artist loves taking her art to the streets, and in recent years… Audio, Gallery

Ben Gleisner is the co-founder and national director of Conscious Consumers, a social enterprise that connects consumers with businesses who care about looking after the planet and being a good… Audio

Di Celliers set up a community group four years ago, collecting produce from people with excess fruit and vegetables growing in the garden and delivering it to schools and foodbanks. This year the… Audio

The Whanganui City Council is still trying to contact locals cut off by flooding as the city enters its fourth day of a state of emergency. Audio

Outdoors man and adventurer Kennedy Warne discusses Matariki, climate and kauri. Audio

Josie Lancaster has converted the basement of her Porirua home into a Koha Shed where people bring all manner of goods - clothes, toys, books, furniture, the list is long - to help those in need in… Audio

A mother of two's been honoured for diving into a burning car to save two girls while on a trip to the supermarket. Tamsin Duckmanton, chopper pilot John Oakes and mountaineer Ben Dare all received… Audio

Rod Fry is living in the heart of Paris, amongst what the locals refer to as the 'bobos' - the bourgeois bohemians. He and his wife run the Moaroom, where they promote New Zealand designer furniture… Audio