Marlborough
Marlborough Electric Lines Company
The Marlborough Electric Lines Company is not ruling out buying more non core assets with its growing pile of cash. Audio
'Floating Classroom' - Tash Luxton
Marlborough may be set to get a floating classroom. That's the hope of Conservation Kids New Zealand and the Lochmara Wildlife Recovery Trust. The idea is to relocate a glass-bottom boat to the… Audio
New blue cod rules for the Marlborough Sounds
In a bid to appease recreational fishermen and to safeguard dwindling fish numbers, new rules have been announced for blue cod in the Marlborough Sounds. Audio
Hero chopper pilot in court
A helicopter pilot who saved a hunter in remote bush north of Kaikoura last year could face jail time for the rescue.
Hero Of The Sounds - Joe Heberley
Marine hero Joe Heberley say he is still "in shock" after friends, family, and representatives from Coastguard Marlborough and Marlborough police surprised him with a presentation ceremony last week.
…Big bill for Blenheim's Christmas tree
Councillors in Marlborough are debating whether or not to spend $100,000 buying and installing a Christmas tree in central Blenheim.
Ron Crosby: kupapa
Blenheim author and former court lawyer, whose interest in exploring the bush and back country areas of New Zealand led to an interest in writing on New Zealand history. His new book is Kupapa: the… Audio, Gallery
Council speaks out against new forestry rules
The Marlborough District Council is to make a firm stand against the Government's one-size-fits-all approach to planned new forestry rules. Audio
Log transport business saved by creditors
Overwhelming support for a financially troubled Nelson and Marlborough log transport business saved it from going under, its administrator says.
Seabed habitat 'rapidly deteriorating'
A report has shown an "alarming" rate of decline in fragile marine environments in the Marlborough Sounds. Audio
Seabed habitat in the Marlborough Sounds is rapidly degrading
A newly released report has found 13 hundred hectares of important marine habitat was destroyed in just four years between 2011 and 2015, more than 71 percent of the area originally surveyed. The… Audio
Marlborough marine areas rapidly deteriorating
Calls have been made for urgent protection of fragile marine areas, which are rapidly disappearing.
Why is a community owned lines company investing in wine?
Stuart Smith is the National MP for Kaikoura which includes the Marlborough district; Ross Inder is the Chairman of the Marlborough Electric Power Trust which owns the Marlborough Lines Company; and… Audio
You Call This Art 2014 Part 3
Join the audience gathered in Christchurch to hear choreographer Louise Potiki Bryant, landscape designer Megan Wraight and singer-songwriter Dudley Benson discuss differences and similarities in… Video, Audio
Arapata Hakiwai
Arapata Hakiwai is the Kaihautu at Te Papa Tongarewa leading Matauranga Maori and the museum's engagement with iwi. He manages the Repatriation Programme, responsible for the recent return of human… Audio
Popular Marlborough cycle track sabotaged
Marlborough District Council says it will come down like a ton of bricks, on whoever it was who strung a wire across a popular cycle track. Audio
Spiegelau International Wine Competition - Belinda Jackson
The fifth annual Spiegelau International Wine Competition is underway at the Marlborough Convention Centre. More than 1300 wines from throughout the world will be considered by 21 judges, over the… Audio
New Zealand A to Z - Endeavour Inlet
Today's New Zealand A to Z takes us to Endeavour Inlet in the Marlborough Sounds. Named after Captain Cook's ship the inlet is a natural harbour about the same size as Wellington harbour, just next… Audio
Listener Feedback to Saturday 4 July 2015
Noelle McCarthy reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 4 July 2015. Audio
Farmers' hefty helmet fines came after repeated warnings
A Marlborough couple Phillip Jones and Maria Carlson have just had a 40-thousand dollar fine for riding quadbikes around their dairy farm without wearing helmets reduced on appeal to the High Court. Audio
