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RNZ producers David Steemson and Jason Te Kare reflect on an afternoon spent asking for money on Auckland's Queen Street. Video, Audio

A Basque couple comes up with a new way to eat Kumara. Audio

A self-styled sub-Antarctic Islands "nutter" thinks more people should be allowed to visit there. Audio

A New Zealand family recalls a long-dead uncle, killed at Gallipoli. Audio

One of the country's busiest community law centres is getting bigger, despite its frozen funding. Waitemata Community Law services lower socio economic families, free of charge. It's one of twenty… Audio

How does one become a jockey? You have to go back to school. Audio

If you want to say your daily prayers or read the Bible, but don't have the right books, the Internet has an answer for you. Audio

Tiritiri Matangi means 'buffeted by wind'. These days the windy island just off Auckland is a bushy sanctuary to thousands of native birds. Some of them hadn't been seen in Auckland for a hundred… Audio

There are many ways to deal with grief, here's one Aucklander's story. Audio

The cleaning industry is getting better trained to cope with clearing away the toxic mess left by secret P Labs. Audio

David Steemson talks to two women who met through church. Cathy and Liz were two outstanding church women in their country town. Liz, the vicar's wife and Cathy married to a local farmer. But then… Audio

Specially designed sleeping boxes originally made to keep babies safe during the Christchurch earthquakes are now being used for vulnerable infants in South Auckland. The little beds are called… Audio

Experts in the use of Maori weapons gather in Hawkes Bay this week. They're celebrating the 30th anniversary of the revival in traditional weapon training. Audio

The people of Otara are doing it for themselves. It's the South Auckland suburb's new-look neighbourhood support scheme and the locals say it's a better place to live in. Audio

A young disabled Auckland woman, badly burned as a child, is off to South Africa this week to play for the New Zealand Wheel Blacks rugby team. She's the third woman ever to be selected for the team. Audio

The small North Auckland town of Warkworth this week celebrates its founding 160-years ago. Descendants of the first settlers are in for a particular treat… a special trip on the historic scow, The… Audio

As Auckland speeds up intensive housing development, a warning comes from the Tree Council that if Aucklanders fail to recognise the value of trees, they potentially do so at a cost to their own… Audio

Tales from an Auckland cemetery: tours of some of the city's oldest burial grounds have proved a big hit during Auckland's heritage festival. Audio

Everything you've wanted to know about ageing but have been afraid to ask. They're called "Pathways to Positive Ageing". Audio

He's been called a "heritage hero", but it seems he's rather a reluctant one. Dinesh Mistry has spent hundreds of thousands restoring his 100-year old shop building in Mount Eden which he could easily… Audio

South Auckland families desperately in need of decent housing should benefit from Habitat for Humanity plans to speed up its house building there. Audio

Fifty young Aucklanders have this week been awarded their gold medals for the Duke of Edinburgh's Hillary Award, the award's 50th year in New Zealand. Audio

It's all about James Cook but not as we knew him: the first novel about Captain Cook's voyages of discovery to the Pacific. So it's fiction, based on fact. Audio

The small West Auckland vineyard Mazuran's has marked its 75th anniversary by winning 'Best of Nation' and 'Best in Show' awards at this year's San Francisco International Wine Competition. Audio

Several small dogs are helping keep the islands of the Hauraki Gulf pest free. David Steemson meets "Pai", the rodent dog on duty aboard a waka. Audio

Ebooks make up a tiny part of the book stock in Auckland's libraries. But the number of people borrowing them is increasing in leaps and bounds. Audio

It was military training but not as we knew it. Now two young Aucklanders want adults to rediscover their inner child, get back on their feet, and learn to move again. Audio