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3:30 PM.Katy meets a couple who've just gone a year without rubbish. Audio

3:30 PM.This month has marked 35 years since the city hosted perhaps its biggest sporting event, the Commonwealth Games. Audio

3:20 PM.Our correspondent, Katy Gosset, has uncovered a small group of people who are living in the past. Audio

3:30 PM.This week we're at the Dread Shed - where an increasing number of the city's dreadlocks are being created. Audio

3:35 PM.Tim Bell, the creator of Computer Science Unplugged - a school programme that's now taught around the world. Audio

3:30 PM.A local man has just been installed as the new Grand Master of the New Zealand Freemasons. Audio

3:33 PM.We're in Christchurch at the city's Free Shop - a concept set up by local ideas man, Baz Hailes. Audio

3:30 PM.This week, Katy investigates new student newspaper Veritas for it must surely speak the truth. Audio

3:30 PM.Last weekend, as part of a fundraising campaign, the Christchurch Arts Centre took a step back in time. Audio

3:30 PM.The garden city is now home to Xocolatl, a boutique chocolate shop named after the Aztec word for our favourite fix. Audio

3:30 PM.Katy talks to a top roller skater who is preparing to glide her way to success at next month's World Champs in Taipei. Audio

3:33 PM.Katy visits the Super Shed on its 8th birthday to find out why this massive warehouse is such a popular shopping destination. Audio

3:30 PM.Cantabrians can count themselves lucky to have the country's top barista serving them - Luciano Marcoleno. Audio

3:30 PM.It is the city's 20th Anniversary Model Train Show and some ten thousand hobbyists are expected. Audio

3:30 PM.We drop in on the historic Wednesday J life drawing class, which has been running for 20 years. Audio

3:30 PM.We all know taxi drivers have the best tales of the city and Katy talks to the one with the most; after all, he's the eldest. Audio

3:30 PM.A visit to one of the city's police stations which is rich in history but short on space. Audio

3:30 PM.Katy Gosset finds herself surrounded by porcelain body parts and well dressed teddy bears. Audio

3:33 PM.Katy Gosset finds out that the sight of SUVs and station wagons may be giving way to transport of the two-wheeled type. Audio

3:33 PM.Our correspondent visits the Thar Show where local marksmen and women have been scoping out the latest trends in the sport. Audio

3:33 PM.Katy Gosset attended the latest round of the National Cup Series which drew up and coming climbers from around the country. Audio

3:30 PM.Christchurch Story. Audio

3:30 PM.To Christchurch and though Volunteers Week is over - it seems rising fuel costs may be making it harder for some to contribute. Audio

3:30 PM.A freshly-formed opera group says there's a growing market for the genre often seen as high art. Audio

3:30 PM.Maria Dorothea has the unlikely title of Clutter Coach and her services are called upon more often than you might think. Audio