Odysseys

Maria Grace shares her experiences working with sled dogs as a handler in Alaska and Svalbard. Audio, Gallery

For 9 out of the last 13 years, Christine Rose has been keeping a yearly appointment to watch the Australian Humpback Whale migration. Audio

Journalist and writer John Bishop continues his tale of travelling through the lands of the Mississippi River, where he was enthralled by the music and the museums... Audio

Midway through the year, Aucklander Helen Vicary took the opportunity to travel through Spain (which she loves), then Sardinia, Crete, Armenia, and also Iran. Audio

Wellingtonion Tim Grubb recounts honeymoon number three (with wife number one) and the series of incidents - involving fish, dogs and virus - that plagued it. Audio

Lyttleton's Lionel Newbury on his late 70's Moto Guzzi tour where he got on his bike and and just rode... no plan, no backup and not near enough money, from the UK "You go east because it's cheaper… Audio

Adventurer and equestrian athlete Chloe Phillips-Harris along with friends she met at the Mongol Derby, traveled to the furthest north of Mongolia, on the border with Siberia, to search for the last… Audio

On Christmas Eve 1973, Wellingtonian Lesleigh Salinger accompanied her Jewish husband who was keen to learn more about his heritage, to volunteer at Kibbutz Kfar Ruppin in the Beth She'an Valley… Audio

Experimental musician Noel Meek has just returned from a tour through East Java, playing and staying with local musicians... Audio

Post-doctoral researcher at Albuquerque's University of New Mexico, Christchurch raised Tehnuka Ilanko has spent a few years investigating the active lava lake at the summit crater of Mount Erebus. Audio

When Thomas' family rescued a Japanese motorcyclist in distress, he was rewarded with a month's free digs in a village near Osaka with his host Toru. Thomas talks to Bryan about the Japanese seaside… Audio

Patrick Morgan loves to bike, and has done so around the world. He recently returned from four months cycling through central Asia. Audio

As the final excursion of a decade away working and travelling, Northlander James McLean and his wife lived a year in Iraq. Audio

Wairarapa photographer Geoff Walker is currently living in Uganda and attempting to build bridges between there and here. Audio, Gallery

Australian-born, Wellington-based writer Tracy Farr just spent a month at a writing residency in the Australian town of Mildura for their writers festival. Audio

Wellingtonian Neville Martin's decision to travel on a whim became somewhat overwhelmed by the mere logistics of wandering the world. Audio

A couple of years back, TeAra Bergstrom and her husband Seth headed to France (and got paid) to help restore a 300 year old house. Audio

In 1998 Natalie Wilson along with her two-year-old son and husband, caught a train from Berlin to Kaliningrad going through Lithuania, Latvia ,Estonia and back into Russia, crossing from Narva-Joesu… Audio, Gallery

Crossing the red centre of Australia, the Simpson Desert, as part of a vehicle safari with tour operator Steve Beston of NZ 4x4 Treks. Audio, Gallery

London writer and blogger Amy Dicketts found it interesting that people didn't really talk to each other while commuting on the Tube, so she started to converse with them, and take their photos. Audio