Chief fire officer for the Foxton beach fire brigade, awarded a QSM for his work with the New Zealand Fire Service.

The Marlborough towns of Seddon and Ward are named after New Zealand premiers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Melanie Lovell-Smith talks about her Te Ara article on cartography and maps.

Sonia Sly gatecrashes a party and finds herself travelling back in time - caught in a frenzy of frantic, funny-face-pulling in the world of Dion Howard's amazing travelling photo booth.

Rower Mahe Drysdale.

Catherine Robertson has chosen Destiny Bay by Donn Byrne, published by Little Brown.

Marine life at Kaikoura.

He has escaped death numerous times during his three decades working for the united nations cleaning up stockpiles of toxic chemical waste.

Helen has been working to promote children's literacy for the past 25 years, and has given much of her time to implementing and developing special programmes to help children 5 years and under.

The vast Cheviot Hills farm, with its grand mansion and exotic gardens, was once one of Canterbury's largest properties.