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Auckland Story for 16 November 2011 - Captain Alexandra Hansen
3:34 PM.The first woman to command one of the Navy's commissioned ships is due to end her tour of duty on board the Pukaki next month. A fifth of the Navy's workforce is now made up of women. David Steemson… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 9 November 2011 - St Matthews's New Pipes
3:37 PM.Auckland church St Matthew-in-the-city has a lot to celebrate: the return to work of their vicar; and the unveiling of a million-dollar Henry Willis organ. Audio
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Auckland Story for 2 November 2011 - Te Hana
3:31 PM.It's a "new dawn" for the tiny community of Te Hana, right on the northern outskirts of Auckland's super city. David Steemson takes a look. Audio
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Auckland Story for 26 October 2011 - Super City Birthday
3:34 PM.Auckland has been re-imagined many times over in the last 200 years. Many of the region's maps are now held in the Auckland Museum Library's collection. Lisa Thompson visited the exhibition "You Are… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 19 October 2011 - Zoo Vets
3:37 PM.Auckland Zoo has dispatched staff to help rescue oil-soaked wildlife in the Bay of Plenty, which inspired David Steemson takes a look at the work of zoo's New Zealand Centre for Conservation Medicine.
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Auckland Story for 12 October 2011 - Improv Theatre Q
3:36 PM.It's theatre-sports but not as we know it - Auckland's brand-new Q Theatre is hosting an improv festival. Audio
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Auckland Story for 5 October 2011 - Safety Patrol Volunteers
3:35 PM.A six-month pilot project called 'Tuan Jie', or 'Project Unity', is pairing new Asian Safety Patrol volunteers with Pacific Island counterparts for street patrols. Audio
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Auckland Story for 28 September 2011 - Clean and Green Image
3:32 PM.An Auckland University Professor of Economics warns that visitors here to see world class rugby are also looking at the reality of New Zealand's 'clean and green image'. Auckland particularly is in… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 21 September 2011 - Maori Rugby at the Museum
3:30 PM.Auckland Museum is highlighting the success of Maori in New Zealand rugby history with an exhibition called "AkeAke Kia Kaha: The Spirit of Maori". David Steemson takes a look. Audio
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Auckland Story for 14 September 2011 - NZ Nature in a Nutshell
3:34 PM.Auckland Zoo's new 16-million dollar New Zealand walk-in exhibition area has just opened. Described as a kind of "natural New Zealand in a nutshell", Te Wao Nui covers over three hectares in the zoo… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 7 September 2011 - Legend of Waka Nathan
3:33 PM.As a 21-year-old All Black he was known as the "Black Panther", for his feline grace and speed. Waka Nathan, now 71, has been talking to school children as part of the lead up to Rugby World Cup 2011.
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Auckland Story for 31 August 2011 - Eden Park
3:43 PM.A total of 11 matches will be played at the stadium and along with the All Blacks, there will probably be no-one more nervous than Eden Park's head groundskeeper Mark Perham. Audio
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Auckland Story for 24 August 2011 - Groundskeepers
3:35 PM.Whilst most of the attention will be on rugby itself and the players, spare a thought for the groundskeepers who have been tasked with preparing, primping and preening the stadiums' pitches for the… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 17 August 2011 - Merge Cafe
3:36 PM.Merge Café on Auckland's Karangahape Road is a smart place that serves coffee and good food. It also provides advocacy to the homeless. Audio
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Auckland Story for 10 August 2011 - White Elephants
3:35 PM.Auckland's leading professor of planning says the world is littered with 'white elephants' following major sporting events. Professor Jenny Dixon is Dean of Auckland University's National Institute of… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 3 August 2011 - Auckland Art Gallery Clock
3:30 PM.The regular chiming of the bells at the Auckland Art Gallery Clock tower has been suspended to avoid damage while work is done on the Gallery. We find out more about the clock's history from… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 27 July 2011 - El Sistema
3:30 PM.Ninety lucky South Auckland kids could have brighter new futures. Over the school holidays they've been taught how to play the violin, in a social development project based on one that's been run in… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 20 July 2011 - Wahine Kaha
3:38 PM.Eight women living with HIV are getting together in Auckland next week, to train as "Positive Speakers", a group which aims to reduce the stigma of HIV in society. Audio
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Auckland Story for 13 July 2011 - Big Sleep Out
3:34 PM.Seventy-four Auckland business and community leaders slept rough for a good cause the other night. David Steemson went along to the LIFEWISE Big Sleepout to share a little of their pain. Audio
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Auckland Story for 6 July 2011 - Bug Buster Bowden Hamilton
3:35 PM.There's a surfeit of cockroaches in Auckland this winter and seems the long summer-like temperatures could be to blame. Audio
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Auckland Story for 29 June 2011 - Lasela's Dream
3:37 PM.Lasela Timu-Poe has worked for the last five years on her dream of becoming a police officer. She found her literacy and speech skills were holding her back and so is being helped by Literacy North… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 22 June 2011 - Ranfurly Home Revamped
3:35 PM.Auckland's Ranfurly Home, which has cared for war veterans for almost a hundred years, is to get a brand new age care facility, to be built as part of a private retirement village on the site. The… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 15 June 2011 - Ark in the Park Concert
3:36 PM.An organisation which has brought the native birds back to Auckland's Waitakere Ranges is celebrating its successes and raising funds at a special concert this Friday. Ark in the Park calls itself a… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 8 June 2011 - Ludo Campbell Reid
3:35 PM.Auckland Council's design champion, Ludo Campbell Reid, wants to hear from Aucklanders about how they think central Auckland could be a better place. Audio
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Webster Organ Detective Story
3:40 PM.A 160-year-old pipe organ at Auckland Museum is said to be the first western musical instrument made in this country. However investigations are revealing that things may not be what they seem. Audio