Community

New Zealand A to Z - Owaka. Anne Marie Holland JR Burgess Peter McNab Gail Ramsey - Director of the Owaka Museum. Audio

Top students from secondary and tertiary institutions gather to compete for first place in a speech competition - in Chinese. Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets students from around the North Island to see who… Audio, Gallery

A hardy handful of protesters gathered around their local post box in New Plymouth today, with one saying he might chain himself to it. Audio

Performance artist, Virginia Kennard's latest work, You Occupy My Body by Looking deconstructs notions about the female body and 'how' we look at it. Lists written in donated lipsticks are written on… Audio

There are many stories literally hidden deep underground in some of our public parks. One such park in Wellington - formerly a rubbish dump - contains machinery and equipment left behind by American… Audio

Ana Heremaia is an interior architect and one of the founders of ARCO Workshops - an innovative architectural/educational practice in Kaikohe which has seen local rangitahi designing contemporary… Audio

Raewyn Theobald can barely contain her excitement at the mention of the natural disaster that ended up providing her with a windfall of surplus porcelain: "An earthquake is a mosaic artist's dream… Audio

The truck driver who steered his burning trailer away from houses and built up areas this morning deserves a medal says a Wellington police sergeant. Audio

Supergrans is a volunteer organisation which offers practical support to assist members of the community in acquiring life skills such as cooking, budgeting, menu planning, sewing and gardening… Audio

Zac Arnold caught up with Yukimi Nagano and Erik Bodin of the Swedish quartet to talk about creating their latest album, Nabuma Rubberband. Audio

Keeping young people out of trouble will be a focus of a new Pasifika community patrol in Wellington. Audio

Ella Henry and Katie Murray looking at issues facing New Zealand communities. Audio

A community organisation set up to tackle the rising number of young people in gangs and committing crimes is growing. Audio

Community gardens are springing up all over the country, in all ways, shapes and forms. Lynn Freeman visited Kapiti Coast gardener Hannah Zwartz who's involved with helping people wanting to start… Audio

Dunedin ended the year with two bangs. Winning the Gigatown competition, and a few days later becoming a UNESCO designated City of Literature. The city lobbied hard for both. We hear from Radio New… Audio

Community volunteer in the Wellington suburb of Newlands, who works particularly with the elderly, and low-risk offenders from the Corrections Department. Audio

Parihaka was a thriving, entrepreneurial and peaceful community, led by  Prophets Tohu Kākahi and Te Whiti o Rongomai during the 1870s. That all changed when, on 5th November, 1881 Parihaka was… Audio

Emma Hudson- Doyle is a self-confessed fabric hoarder who loves to pick up gems found at fabric swaps, markets and travels abroad. Her obsession has led her to start her own group in Wellington called… Audio