Katy Gosset hops aboard the tall ship Lord Nelson which has taken more than 14,000 people with disabilities to sea. Katy climbs the rigging, shares a bunkroom and finds preserved ginger to be a fine remedy for seasickness.

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Herea Te Tangata Ki Te Whenua 'Bind the people to the land'. The life and story of land activist and noted Maori leader Whina Cooper, interviewed by Alwyn Owen. Part 2 of 2.

Archival audio from Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision ID22211.

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Herea Te Tangata Ki Te Whenua 'Bind the people to the land'. The life and story of land activist and noted Maori leader Whina Cooper, interviewed by Alwyn Owen. Part 1 of 2.

The life and story of land activist and noted Maori leader Whina Cooper, interviewed by Alwyn Owen.

Archival audio from Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision ID22211.

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Deb Nation looks back at the 1977 Christchurch United Women's Convention with the key players, including Sister Pauline O'Reagan, Alison Cooper, Nedra Johnson, Jane Chatwin and Jenny Heal. It was a time of change, choice and chances and a controversy raged over the presence of male reporters at the conference. John Bishop recalls his eviction by lesbian feminists.

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision ID25006.

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Retired Rotorua mid-wife Katie Williams has spent the last few years, ticking off her Bucket List: get a tattoo, go skydiving, build my own coffin. The casket is now tucked away at her house, decorated in burgundy wallpaper, some of her 'bling' and the words 'Live, love and laugh'. Katie also set up a Coffin Club which now sees members get together each week to cheerfully build and decorate their coffins.

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Spectrum's Lisa Thompson gets fired up at the Auckland Studio Potters annual Big Clay Day Out bash, an annual celebration of ceramics, food and fun held at the premises of the Auckland Studio Potters in Onehunga.

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Amelia Nurse talks to Jack Kelly and Tom Horn about their business Abel Tasman Kayaks and how things have changed over the years. And she joins guide Callum O'Leary and a group of kayakers for a paddle and a few yarns.

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Nairn St's Colonial Cottage, built in 1858 by William Wallis, is only a stone's throw from the central city, yet the cottage, along with its herbal garden and its heritage chickens, retain the flavour of early Wellington. Spectrum's Jack Perkins explores Colonial Cottage aided by a time line display which relates the history of the cottage and the Wallis family to events in Wellington and the wider world.

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On December 23, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh began a five week tour of New Zealand which created unprecedented demonstrations of patriotism. Drawing on RNZ Archives and recollections of broadcasters and others involved, Jack Perkins looks back on the old-style Royal Roadshow. The programme was first broadcast in December 1989 and marks 60 years since the 1953-54 Royal Tour began.

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Dog trainer Jo Goddard offers a variety of services which allow dogs and their owners to enjoy each other in a safe environment. Spectrum's Jack Perkins drops in on a Saturday morning training session at Canine Solutions in Seaview near Wellington.

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