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Auckland Story for 13 March 2013 - Maori Suicide Prevention
13 Mar 2013Suicide rates amongst Maori in New Zealand are one-and-a-half times higher than for non-Maori. In an attempt to spread the suicide prevention message to Maori across the whole country, a series of… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 6 March 2013 - Arborfield Sanctuary
6 Mar 2013The Arborfield Sanctuary near Wellsford is already looking after unwanted cows, donkeys, pigs and llamas, and says it certainly can't take anymore cockerels! David Steemson's gone calling. Audio
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Auckland Story for 27 February 2013 - Young Film Makers
27 Feb 2013Young Aucklanders have a unique way to comment on a huge Auckland council blueprint that'll shape the city for the next thirty years. The council wants them to make a movie about its giant Unitary… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 20 February 2013 - Tony's Restaurant
20 Feb 2013The original Tony's Restaurant on Wellesley Street in the central city has just celebrated its golden jubilee over the weekend. Audio
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Auckland Story for 13 February 2013 - Reroofing Highwic House
13 Feb 2013Highwic House has just had its 150th birthday and it's getting a new Welsh slate roof. Audio
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Auckland Story for 30 January 2013 - HMS Orpheus
30 Jan 2013Next week marks 150 years since the sinking of the British Royal Navy corvette HMS Orpheus at the entrance to Auckland's Manukau Harbour. The Whatipu Orpheus Commemoration Committee has organised a… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 23 January 2013 - Baches for Hire
23 Jan 2013There's still plenty of summer left and the Auckland Council's "heritage" baches are proving to be a hit with Aucklanders. There are now eighteen of the old farm homesteads and cottages up for rent… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 19 December 2012 - Mandolin Orchestra
19 Dec 2012New Zealand's only fully fledged mandolin orchestra has been playing to the Christmas crowds this week raising funds for the Auckland City Mission down at the Britomart Railway Station. The… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 12 December 2012 - Waikumete Cemetery
12 Dec 2012Waikumete cemetery in West Auckland is expected to reach burial capacity by about 2018 and a cemetery and reserve management plan for the next 10 years has been put out by Auckland Council for… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 5 December 2012 - Auckland City Mojo
5 Dec 2012Central Auckland's controversial new "shared spaces" where cars and pedestrians have to share the street, are putting more money in the tills of businesses. Audio
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Auckland Story for 28 November 2012 - Tamaki Intermediate
28 Nov 2012Tamaki Intermediate School closes its doors for good next month after 55 years teaching the kids from the predominantly state housing area, nowadays nearly all Pacifica and Maori children. From term… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 28 November 2012 - Tamaki Intermediate
28 Nov 2012Tamaki Intermediate School closes its doors for good next month after 55 years teaching the kids from the predominantly state housing area, nowadays nearly all Pacifica and Maori children. From term… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 21 November 2012 - ManaiaKalani
21 Nov 2012An on-line education programme developed to accelerate kids' learning in some of Auckland's poorest suburbs is claiming runaway success. The ManaiaKalani programme provides every child over nine with… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 14 November 2012 - Monte Cecilia Trust
14 Nov 2012For the past three decades the Monte Cecilia Trust in Auckland has been providing emergency housing to families in need. To mark this anniversary, the Trust returns to where it all began - the Pah… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 7 November 2012 - Youth Reoffending Curbed
7 Nov 2012A trial programme developed by police to help young teenagers deal with their fledgling drug and alcohol problems in East Auckland will hopefully be extended, particularly to the South. Audio
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Auckland Story for 31 October 2012 - Botanical Jubilee 75
31 Oct 2012The Auckland Botanical Society is marking its 75th Jubilee, and to celebrate, a new book's been published called 'Auckland's Remarkable Urban Forest'. Audio
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Auckland Story for 24 October 2012 - GEM Financial Literacy
24 Oct 2012The Education Trust COMET says as many as 400,000 Aucklanders don't have good budgeting skills. It's developing what it calls a new financial literacy framework nicknamed "GEM", to help them. Audio
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Auckland Story for 17 October 2012 - Percy Vos boatshed
17 Oct 2012One of the last remaining links to Auckland's historic wooden boat building industry is to get a new life. The old Percy Vos boatshed and slipway at the Wynyard Quarter will become the centre for… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 10 October 2012 - Dutch Elm Disease
10 Oct 2012Auckland's elm population is under threat once more, after 50 trees succumbed to the fast-spreading Dutch elm disease in the suburb of Whitford. While the disease faded from the headlines since its… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 3 October 2012 - Maori Sign Language
A small group for the Deaf in South Auckland is developing sign language in Maori. Audio
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