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Auckland Story for 9 May 2012 - Trees: Cut them Down
9 May 2012There are forty two trees in the street, and the residents of Flatbush Road say they've gotta go. The Otara folk say they've been fighting for thirteen years to get the Pin Oaks cut down, but now… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 2 May 2012 - Pacific Arts Summit
2 May 2012Lisa Thompson went to the South Auckland Pacific Arts Summit, which celebrates a broad spectrum of Pacific arts and culture. Over the month of May, the Summit will feature exhibitions, a live public… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 18 April 2012 - Oldest Paper Boy
18 Apr 2012Jim Halford must rate as one of the country's oldest newspaper delivery boys. At 75 he's just retired, after 26 years on his beat delivering up to 140 copies of South Auckland's Manukau Courier three… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 11 April 2012 - Community Fruit Harvesting
11 Apr 2012Community Fruit Harvesting was started by Di Celliers on the North Shore of Auckland when she noticed fruit rotting on the ground in backyards in her community. So, with a group of friends as… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 4 April 2012 - Johnny Matteson
4 Apr 2012Auckland singer song-writer Johnny Matteson has spent two decades spreading positive messages about mental health through his music. After being diagnosed with manic depression in his teens, he earned… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 28 March 2012 - Lesbian Elder Village
28 Mar 2012A group of Auckland lesbians are looking for angel investors to fund this country's first Lesbian Elder Village. Audio
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Auckland Story for 21 March 2012 - First Passive House
21 Mar 2012A desire to live in an energy-efficient home free from damp, has pushed Philip Ivanier and his family to create an Australasian first. When completed, the Ivanier's Glendowie home will be the region's… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 14 March 2012 - Polish Museum
The survival stories of many Polish orphans brought to New Zealand after World War Two are depicted in a new exhibition of paintings at Auckland's Polish Museum. Audio
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Auckland Story for 7 March 2012 - Mary Rahiti Tumour Redemption
7 Mar 2012Mary Rahiti has beaten the odds by losing half her body weight, surviving a life-threatening tumour operation, and becoming a national body building champion. Audio
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Auckland Story for 29 February 2012 - Robot Building Competitions
29 Feb 2012Sixteen-year-old Albany school boy Mark Glover is one of six finalists world-wide chosen in an international Virtual Robot competition. He's planning to be in the US in April to pick up his prize! Audio
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Auckland Story for 22 February 2012 - The Dolphin Theatre
22 Feb 2012In a time when people are spoilt for entertainment choice, theatres are having to fight harder to attract audiences through their doors. However, one community theatre in Auckland has proven it can… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 15 February 2012 - Earthcombing
15 Feb 2012First there was beachcombing. Now its "earthcombing"… exploring what's under our very feet. Audio
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Auckland Story for 8 February 2012 - Better Teen Dads
8 Feb 2012Teenage fathers are learning how to become better dads, as a result of a new course run by Auckland's Otara Health Charitable trust. So far the centre's run two of the courses, and another starts this… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 1 February 2012 - Bonsaiville
1 Feb 2012Tucked away on a quarter-acre oasis near Mt Albert, Bonsaiville was established in the early 1960s and boasts over 400 bonsai. Lisa Thompson recently met bonsai enthusiasts Bob Langholm and Simon… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 25 January 2012 - Benefit to Job
25 Jan 2012Thirteen South Auckland beneficiaries are ready for the work force after finishing a back-to-work course run by Manurewa's Parenting Hub. Audio
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Auckland Story for 21 December 2011 - Gardening for Children
Author Dee Pigneguy and her husband Mike live tucked away on an urban oasis, deep within Glenfield on Auckland's North Shore. An avid gardener and an advocate of living sustainably, Dee teaches… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 14 December 2011 - Rotoroa Island Reconnects
14 Dec 2011Rotoroa Island in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf is no longer an "island apart". For a hundred years it was the Salvation Army's alcohol and drug treatment centre, and off-limits to the public. Now after a… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 7 December 2011 - From Kids to Police
7 Dec 2011Some South Auckland kids have been out on the streets nabbing speeding drivers near their schools. It's all part of a police road safety campaign, and best of all, the children get to tell the… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 30 November 2011 - Town Hall Centenary
30 Nov 2011Lisa Thompson reports on the Auckland Town Hall Centenary birthday party. Audio
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Auckland Story for 23 November 2011 - Women's Prison Fair
It's being claimed as a first in New Zealand - a public fair day at the Auckland's Women's Prison. All the crafts and baking were done by the inmates and the proceeds went to good causes. Audio
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