Leisure

Latest figures show Tairāwhiti has the highest hazardous drinking rate in the country. 

The report published by Alcohol Healthwatch points out nearly half of those who drink alcohol in the region can… Audio

A leading researcher into achieving smokefree targets has been given a top accolade.

Otago University professor Professor Janet Hoek has been awarded the 2022 Critic and Conscience of Society Award.

The four-day celebration marking Queen Elizabeth's platinum jubilee has finished as it began, with a spectacular display of pageantry in London.

Our next two guests, New Plymouth's Barbara Larsen and… Audio

A four-day celebration is under way to mark Queen Elizabeth's platinum jubilee, beginning overnight with a spectucular display of pageantry in London.

New Zealand played a part last night, on the… Audio

A huge crowd has gathered in London on a lovely summer's day to share in the celebrations to mark the start of a weekend of events for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

An estimated twenty-two thousand… Audio

Four people are injured every hour on our roads over the typical Queen's Birthday weekend, according to the Accident Compensation Corporation.

Over the past five years, ACC has received around 400… Audio

New Zealanders interest in online shopping continues to grow, with spending in the first three months of this year a third higher than last year, according to NZ Post.

It says we spent more than $2.2… Audio

The Lake Dunstan Trail has blown away all expectations with with more than 80,000 people in its first year.

It was hoped the trail would bring some economic relief to Central Otago during the… Video, Audio

The snow guns are primed and the forecast is promising with less than a month until South Island ski fields start opening.

This winter marks the first season since 2019 that overseas visitors will be… Audio

Film and TV correspondent Tamar Munch joins Kathryn to look at BBC comedy Quacks, screening on Rialto Channel. She'll also preview TVNZ's Beyond the Veil, a collection of supernatural stories and a… Audio

Otago's new cycle trail has eclipsed expectations in its first year, with nearly ten times more visitors than predicted.

The Lake Dunstan cycle trail opened in May last year and goes from Cromwell to… Video, Audio

Five of the country's biggest hydroslides are being installed in Christchurch.

But it is not just the size that makes them conspicous the design, too, is pretty unique.

Otakaro development company… Audio

An expedition into one of Aotearoa's most remote areas has unlocked some long-hidden secrets, and will give Kiwis a glimpse into an unseen past.

The six-day expedition last week into Fiordland's… Video, Audio

The Cross Creek Railway society is a volunteer organisation, and have recently been putting in the hours to get a brand new fence built up around the track in time for Waitangi Day celebrations… Audio

It's officially February and as Valentines Day approaches love is in the air... and litter is on the ground.  Taupo District Council environmental ranger Shannon Hanson tells Wallace about their event… Audio

Wellington's Khandallah Pool is getting on in years, at 96 it has a leaky tank and earthquake-prone buildings. Councillor Diane Calvert talks to Jesse about the plight of the facility. Audio

Development of the multi-million dollar Taranaki Crossing in Te Papakura o Taranaki - Egmont National Park - has entered into a new phase this summer.

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