Hawkes Bay

The Jowsey family are among many Hawkes Bay farmers struggling with drought. The daily grind of feeding and watering stock on the parched paddocks is being documented on camera by the youngest in the… Audio, Gallery

The Norsewood cemetery reveals a lot about the hardy Scandinavians who came to NZ in the 1870s. What they found here is far from what they were promised but many lived to a ripe old age despite the… Audio

Kathryn meets two people who've been doing everything they can to help young people in the Hawke's Bay get up on their feet. Jody Hamilton set up the social enterprise Lift, which connects rangatahi… Audio

Old dairy factories can be found throughout New Zealand. Some are crumbling and scrawled with graffiti but others have taken on a new lease of life. The Old Dairy Factory in Norsewood is now a… Audio, Gallery

The family owned, organically certified Te Mata figgery grows around 30 varieties of fresh figs and produces a wide range of fig products. It's all thanks to Murray Douglas and his wife Helen Walker… Audio

Matapiro Station farm manager Michael Lowther is on a shopping spree - he's just bought the first of 30,000 lambs that will spend just a few months on the station. Audio

Drought and the effects of coronavirus are hitting farmers hard. Mark Warren from Waipari Station in central Hawke's Bay has taken a break from hauling lambs out of mud to tell Jesse about his… Audio

105 years after it opened, the Hawke's Bay Opera House's multi-million-dollar earthquake strengthening and refurbishment are about to be revealed. Audio

A Wellington couple have been going deep into remote parts of the Ruahine Ranges - laying and checking traps for predators.  Audio

An exciting and rare conservation project is underway in Hawke's Bay where an important archeological site is under threat from coastal erosion. Audio

The new chair of Hawke's Bay District Health Board says staff should have realised the impact of a letter sent to hundreds of elderly telling them their home help would be cut, while telling them… Audio

John Wilton starts each day with an apple. And he knows which ones to choose. John's been a horticultural consultant for 57 years and was MAF's national pipfruit and summer fruit specialist for 15… Audio

In this episode of Voices; we meet Filipinos, Joseph and Grace Trinidad, who feature in the podcast series, Conversations with My Immigrant Parents. Produced by Julie Zhu and Saraid de Silva Cameron… Audio

Waipukurau Arts and Crafts Incorporated has spent most of the year creating a five-metre Christmas tree made up of nearly 1000 crocheted granny squares. Lesleigh Ashley from the group explains the… Audio, Gallery

Americans are joining a waiting list to belong to a New Zealand meat company's Steak Club. Each month Hawke's Bay-based First Light delivers four, 100 percent grass-fed Wagyu beef steaks to members… Audio, Gallery

A couple of weeks ago, Napier's city council proposed a bylaw which would mean no chemicals or detergents could enter the city's stormwater network, effectively banning car washing on the side of the… Audio

New Zealand's tiny Rockit apples are proving a real hit with both consumers and growers. They're returning more than any other apple variety and demand is sky-rocketing in Asia. Audio, Gallery

The Flaxmere community is in shock after twenty-seven truckloads of concrete and rubbish was dumped on the grounds of a new housing development outside Te Aranga Marae.  Audio