Christchurch roading contractor Trevor Bond went to Wellington as a teenager to work on a telephone exchange but soon found himself driving Rob Muldoon, judges, royals and Hollywood pin-ups around the capital.

The first woman to receive the prestigious Dan Walls Medal, Canterbury University theoretical physicist Jenni Adams, puts her career under the microscope.

Khye Hitchcock is programme director of The Green Lab - a charitable trust that creates green spaces across Christchurch. They talk to reporter Bea Gooding about community connections and well-being.

John Veale closed his optometry business in Shirley on Friday but the 74-year-old will not lose sight of a profession he has been devoted to since abandoning plans to be a tradesman at his father’s insistence.

Sarah Pallett opens up about beating cancer and then Gerry Brownlee on her way to winning the Ilam electorate race.

Mark Brown never quite made the step up to provincial rugby amid stiff competition for a start in Otago’s formidable loose forward trio in the 1990s - so he switched focus to helping other talented players reach the top.