Auckland Stories

Lisa Thompson talks to Bob Kerridge who is leading a fight to have the doors to the St James Theatre in downtown Auckland re-opened. Audio

Thirteen thousand people are involved in preschool education and care centres and kindergartens in this country. Of that thirteen thousand, fewer than two hundred are men. Audio

It seems the big majority of people living on Great Barrier island are not keen on the idea of renewed mining there. Audio

David Steemson looks at an archive preserving the history of the Dalmatian people in New Zealand which is now twenty years old. The founders are concerned about what might happen to it. Audio

First discovered in the 70s on Great Barrier Island, Kauri Dieback or Pytopthora taxon Agathis is a water mould that causes the collar rot fatal to Kauri. Audio

One of Auckland's long established coffee roasters is getting into the Japanese Plum wine business, and as a direct resultstrange as it may seem, is now backing the publication of a book on one of… Read more Audio

David Steemson visits members of Auckland's Suburban Amateur Radio Club at the old Musick Point Radio Station. Audio

A pilot scheme aimed at getting children to learn to swim has been hailed a success. The Pools To School scheme takes the swimming pool to the many schools which can no longer afford to build and… Read more Audio

Every week a group of volunteers and their pets, visit Oranga's classrooms as part of the Outreach Therapy Pets programme. Jointly run by the SPCA and St John, the reading programme is helping pupils… Read more Audio

The newly restored Auckland Town Hall Organ, a $4,000,000 project, was launched on the weekend. Audio

A visit to Duffy Academy where ten-to-fourteen year old students are learning about the adult world of finance. Audio

David Steemson looks at the electrification of Auckland rail. Audio

David Steemson investigates a transition community in Grey Lynn. Audio

A vacant croquet lawn at the edge of the East Tamaki Domain in South Auckland has been transformed from a barren wasteland being choked by weeds, into a green oasis of vegetable plots. Audio

Dozens of bright young things are treading the boards at free performance workshops in Auckland. Its all part of a plan by the Auckland City Theatre Academy or ACTA to encourage children and young… Read more Audio

The Manukau Institute of Technology is designed to cater for students who're not succeeding within the academic restrictions of the mainstream education system. Audio

The concrete sewer eye-sore that's snaked across Auckland's Hobson Bay for nearly 100 years is on the way out. Audio

Lisa Thomson was lucky enough to be shown through the Remuera home of the late Sir Edmund Hillary by his daughter Sarah. Audio

Sapna Samant takes a mini-tour of the land along the Orakei Marae with Ngarimu Blair and Te Hira Hawke of Ngati Whatua. They look at Ko Te Pukaki, a project through which the tangata whenu are… Read more Audio

Stephen and Paul Pepperill are home for their first New Zealand Christmas in a long time, after spending eight years sailing round the world in their 14 metre classic yacht"Long White Cloud". Audio