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3:30 PM.Lisa Thompson finds out about a new pedestrian and cycling crossing, linking to the Viaduct Basin. It's stage one of the four-stage Wynyard Quarter revitalisation, which will be officially opened in… Read more Audio

3:33 PM.Auckland Zoo's Conservation Fund is used to help keep animals in their natural habitats round the world. And its reached almost one million dollars. The fund doesn't come out of the zoo's normal… Read more Audio

3:35 PM.A new phenomenon for Auckland this year was the Free Store which distributed food and goods to hundreds of people over one month. Audio

3:30 PM.Every New Zealander it seems has a story about Crown Lynn. The companydisappeared in 1989, unable to compete with imported stuff, after trade barriers were removed. But pretty much from the Second… Read more Audio

3:31 PM.Hulme Court, which sits proudly near the top of Parnell Rise, was constructed in 1843 when Parnell was still a frontier of colonial Auckland. It is the second oldest surviving house and the oldest… Read more Audio

3:31 PM.Hulme Court sits proudly near the top of Parnell Rise. It was constructed in 1843 when Parnell was still a frontier of colonial Auckland. It is the second oldest surviving house and the oldest… Read more Audio

3:40 PM.Firefox, is the name given by the Chinese to the little red panda bears, natives of the eastern Himalayas and south western China. These days the breed, red panda is classified as vulnerable. At… Read more Audio

3:40 PM.Firefox, is the name given by the Chinese to the little red panda bears, natives of the eastern Himalayas and south western China. These days the breed, red panda is classified as vulnerable. At… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.The Auckland firm that repairs and restores people's broken treasures is on a mercy mission this week to Christchurch. David Steemson finds out more in Auckland Story. Audio

3:38 PM.Lonely Miaow has been rescuing stray and abandoned cats in Auckland for fifteen years now. But the founder of Lonely Miaow Peter Dorman has bigger plans, to get rid of all unwanted such animals from… Read more Audio

3:35 PM.Rechtschaffene Fremde Zimmerer und Schieferdäker Gesellen is the name of an 800-year old German guild of builders and roofers, and two of it's newest members have been in New Zealand for six months… Read more Audio

2:45 PM.The Sir Thomas Lipton mullet boat race is 90-years old this year. Audio

3:36 PM.In Auckland, refugee families across the city are benefitting from a project aimed at giving unused and unwanted bicycles a second lease on life. Audio

3:36 PM.Albertlanders are members of a variety of mostly non conformist churches in the United Kingdom, who came to colonise a little bit of New Zealand, almost 150-years ago. Audio

3:28 PM.She calls herself the"flax doctor", and she's been working with New Zealand harakeke for the last fifty years. Judy te Hiwi is weaver, paper maker and a gardener who tends her flax garden. Audio

3:37 PM.Obesity and diabetes are just two of the epidemics facing western society today and most concerning, increasingly amongst our children. The Garden to Table Trust was set up recently to encourage… Read more Audio

Obesity and diabetes are just two of the epidemics facing western society today and most concerning, increasingly amongst our children. The Garden to Table Trust was set up recently to encourage…

3:35 PM.Arson victims Lindsay Curnow and Juliet Lee talk to David Steemson. Earlier in January the couple were hit by a graffiti attack and a week later their shed and office building right next to their… Read more Audio

3:33 PM.Auckland Anniversary Day commemorates Lieutenant-Governor William Hobson's arrival in the Bay of Islands in 1840. These days it is best known for the huge Anniversary Day Regatta on Waitemata Harbour. Audio

3:37 PM.At Christmas time the minds of many Aucklanders turn to the sea and to their boats. Not least amongst them this year is Radio New Zealand's Auckland Music Features Producer Nick Atkinson. Nick is a… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.An exhibition about television series 'Outrageous Fortune' has opened at Auckland Museum. Audio

3:34 PM.Bees are hard at work across Auckland pollinating our summer crops and making beautiful honey. There is one apiarist or bee keeper in particular, who is helping to encourage Aucklanders into keeping… Read more Audio

The return of the last floating survivor of Auckland's old ferry fleet: The 105-year-old Kestrel should soon be plying Auckland Harbour again.

The return of the last floating survivor of Auckland's old ferry fleet: The 105-year-old Kestrel should soon be plying Auckland Harbour again.

3:33 PM.The return of the last floating survivor of Auckland's old ferry fleet: The 105-year-old Kestrel should soon be plying Auckland Harbour again. Audio