Roadside

[Archival audio: reporter] What size has he got? [Fishing guide] Oh we'll we'll weigh him, mate. He's four-and-a-half or five. Now then, draw him, that's right... Beach...

[Traditional Māori music (15 secs)] [Narrator] The ancient pa site of Kaiapohia, close to the main highway 30 kilometres north of Christchurch, exemplifies the fluctuating fortunes of Ngāi Tahu, the...

[Te Aute haka (14 secs)] [Colonial male voice] In the evening we crossed to Te Aute, a beautiful clean settlement with a fine clump of forest and beautiful grazing land around it. [Narrator] Southern...

[Archival audio, Tangiwai local] There was a young man -- he ahh, he was the first one down there, and when he found that the bridge had gone, and ah, he rushed up onto the line with his torch -- he...

[Archival audio (25 secs): All Black haka from the 1960s] [Narrator] Lake Rotoaira, 10 kilometres south of Tūrangi, is the place where the famous 'Ka mate Ka mate' All Black haka was...

[Traditional Māori music (14secs)] [Narrator] You would think it unlikely that a series of rocks along a beach should become a tourist attraction, but the spherical Moeraki Boulders are a natural...

Imagine, you're driving along with your friends or family, and your car breaks down. What then? We have Sally Turko from Warranty Contracts, who's going to tell us how we can keep our...

[Bird noises (15 secs)] [Narrator] The call of the kōkako once enlivened the extensive forests of the lower North Island. However, during the nineteenth century, as European settlers cleared the...

[Radio voice] It is rather interesting to recall that to the ancient Māori the kōtuku was a rare bird -- kōtuku is the Māori name for the white heron. And the Māori had a proverb, still has in many...

[Sheepdogs barking (10 secs)] [Kiwi farmer's voice] The statue of a Huntaway dog recognises the immense contribution this dog has made to the farming district of Hunterville, and is a memorial...