Lynn gets a drawing lesson from artist Chris Wilkie.

The winning entries with facts about kereru stomachs, early settlers, giant snails, and exploding trousers.

Lara Strongman from Christchurch discusses art and culture on her blog cherylbernstein.blogspot.com

Dr James Renwick from NIWA on the recent wet weather, and whether the rest of the summer will be different.

In the 1980s, suffering from job losses and a rural economic downturn, the small town of Taihape rebranded itself as the world's gumboot capital.

Simon Nathan from Te Ara talks about the history of conservation - the growing awareness of the need to conserve the land for future generations.

Andrew Froggatt is a horse whisperer, known for breaking in horses that others can't train - and he says that learning some simple skills can help in the area of management.

Equestrian Andrew Nicholson is one of New Zealand's most capped Olympians, so he knows what he's in for.

Listener Irene Coleman talks about Amnesty International's 'Dear to Me: 100 New Zealanders Write About Their Favourite Poems'.

Rugged mountains, dense forest and Maori hostile to the Crown were all impediments to developing the main trunk railway line through the central North Island.