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Spectrum for 28 April 2013

28 Apr 2013

Keen landscapers and DIYers turn up with their trailers, buckets and shovels, eager to collect gravel or river stones from the Otaki river bed for their garden or home projects. Normally permission is… Audio

Spectrum for 14 April 2013

14 Apr 2013

Cantabrians raise funds for their Cathedral by gathering at Lansdowne Park and Homestead to picnic and listen to Mozart arias at a Glyndebourne-inspired concert. Audio

Spectrum for 7 April 2013

7 Apr 2013

Spectrum's Jack Perkins traces the story of Pumpkin Cottage in Silverstream, Upper Hutt, which became an artists' retreat for early impressionists such as James Nairn and Mabel Hill, who travelled to… Audio

Spectrum for 31 March 2013

31 Mar 2013

It's a museum of dreams and memories. A bit tongue-in-cheek really, but its founder was inspired by a friend with Alzheimers. The tiny Jonesonian Institute - think Smithsonian Institution - is hidden… Audio

Spectrum for 17 March 2013

17 Mar 2013

Tenants of Hanson Court in the Wellington suburb of Newtown have had their apartments upgraded by Wellington City Council. But alongside the Housing Upgrade project, the Council is also helping… Audio

Spectrum for 3 March 2013

3 Mar 2013

Residents of Christchurch's historic riverside community The Avon Loop, gather to walk their streets for the last time. Audio

Spectrum for 24 February 2013

24 Feb 2013

Blue lines on Owhiro Bay roads indicate tsunami safe zones. Their faces also painted with blue lines, children of Owhiro Bay primary school and kindergarten sing about coping with an earthquake and… Audio

Missing Something: Loss of Smell

4 Feb 2013

Radio NZ's Jack Perkins lost his sense of smell recently; Amelia Nurse conducts a series of experiments on him, then chats to ENT specialist Simon Robinson about the causes and treatment for loss of… Audio

Spectrum for 3 February 2013

3 Feb 2013

Like-minded folk who travel the north island in housetrucks, vans and buses cluster on a playing field at the back of Waitara central school, north of New Plymouth. Their stalls offer a variety of… Audio