Listeners sent in simple recipes for kumara, including Kumara and Carrot Latkes, Gingered Kumara Chunks, and Sweet Kumara with Maple Syrup.

Emma blogs frankly and openly about matters of feminism, sexuality, relations between men and women and on occasion, what it's like to live in Christchurch, post-quake.

As air crash investigators vow to establish the cause of the hot air balloon tragedy in Carterton, and journalists interview family members and witnesses, Victim Support staff are working quietly in the background helping where they can. Tony Paine is the CEO of Victim Support.

The famed 'Ka mate' haka was composed by Ngati Toa chief Te Rauparaha as he hid from pursuers on an island in Lake Rotoaira.

The history of the kumara, with Basil Keane from the Ministry of Culture and Heritage.

Pirouettes, pointed toes, and tutus were the everyday world of Kate Venables - a professional ballerina for the Royal New Zealand Ballet, until something happened that had the potential to change her life forever.

Ruth Paul is both an author and picture book illustrator. John McIntyre from the Children's Bookshop meets Ruth to find out about some of her work.

The central North Island peaks of Ngauruhoe, Ruapehu and Tongariro - dramatically visible from the Desert Road - are active volcanoes, part of the Pacific 'ring of fire'.

We speak to high school students Amelia Lamb and Charlie Lin about their upcoming trip to The International Model United Nations at The Hague, as well as one of the trip's directors, David Turner.

Tangiwai means 'weeping waters', and the name seemed sadly apt in 1953, when a lahar destroyed the railway bridge and a passenger express plunged into the river killing 151 people.