Auckland Stories
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Auckland Story for 7 September 2011 - Legend of Waka Nathan ( 11′ 07″ )
As a 21-year-old All Black he was known as the "Black Panther", for his feline grace and speed. Waka Nathan, now 71, has been talking to school children as part of the lead up to Rugby World Cup 2011.
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Auckland Story for 31 August 2011 - Eden Park ( 12′ 07″ )
A total of 11 matches will be played at the stadium and along with the All Blacks, there will probably be no-one more nervous than Eden Park's head groundskeeper Mark Perham.
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Auckland Story for 24 August 2011 - Groundskeepers ( 13′ 27″ )
Whilst most of the attention will be on rugby itself and the players, spare a thought for the groundskeepers who have been tasked with preparing, primping and preening the stadiums' pitches for the Rugby World Cup.
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Auckland Story for 17 August 2011 - Merge Cafe ( 11′ 25″ )
Merge Café on Auckland's Karangahape Road is a smart place that serves coffee and good food. It also provides advocacy to the homeless.
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Auckland Story for 10 August 2011 - White Elephants ( 8′ 39″ )
Auckland's leading professor of planning says the world is littered with 'white elephants' following major sporting events. Professor Jenny Dixon is Dean of Auckland University's National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries.
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Auckland Story for 3 August 2011 - Auckland Art Gallery Clock ( 13′ 47″ )
The regular chiming of the bells at the Auckland Art Gallery Clock tower has been suspended to avoid damage while work is done on the Gallery. We find out more about the clock's history from horologist (or clock maker) Michael Cryn.
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Auckland Story for 27 July 2011 - El Sistema ( 11′ 06″ )
Ninety lucky South Auckland kids could have brighter new futures. Over the school holidays they've been taught how to play the violin, in a social development project based on one that's been run in Venezuela for more than thirty years.
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Auckland Story for 20 July 2011 - Wahine Kaha ( 10′ 10″ )
Eight women living with HIV are getting together in Auckland next week, to train as "Positive Speakers", a group which aims to reduce the stigma of HIV in society.
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Auckland Story for 13 July 2011 - Big Sleep Out ( 11′ 15″ )
Seventy-four Auckland business and community leaders slept rough for a good cause the other night. David Steemson went along to the LIFEWISE Big Sleepout to share a little of their pain.
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Auckland Story for 6 July 2011 - Bug Buster Bowden Hamilton ( 9′ 43″ )
There's a surfeit of cockroaches in Auckland this winter and seems the long summer-like temperatures could be to blame.
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Auckland Story for 29 June 2011 - Lasela's Dream ( 9′ 16″ )
Lasela Timu-Poe has worked for the last five years on her dream of becoming a police officer. She found her literacy and speech skills were holding her back and so is being helped by Literacy North Shore. Lasela now hopes to be accepted into Police College early next year.
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Auckland Story for 22 June 2011 - Ranfurly Home Revamped ( 11′ 28″ )
Auckland's Ranfurly Home, which has cared for war veterans for almost a hundred years, is to get a brand new age care facility, to be built as part of a private retirement village on the site. The vast and historic homestead there will be kept and restored, at a cost of some seven million dollars.
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Auckland Story for 15 June 2011 - Ark in the Park Concert ( 8′ 21″ )
An organisation which has brought the native birds back to Auckland's Waitakere Ranges is celebrating its successes and raising funds at a special concert this Friday. Ark in the Park calls itself a "community environmental restoration project". It works with the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society and the Auckland Council.
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Auckland Story for 8 June 2011 - Ludo Campbell Reid ( 8′ 36″ )
Auckland Council's design champion, Ludo Campbell Reid, wants to hear from Aucklanders about how they think central Auckland could be a better place.
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Auckland Story for 1 June 2011 - Webster Organ Detective Story ( 10′ 36″ )
A 160-year-old pipe organ at Auckland Museum is said to be the first western musical instrument made in this country. However investigations are revealing that things may not be what they seem.
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Auckland Story for 25 May 2011 - Revitalising the Waterfront ( 13′ 39″ )
Lisa Thompson finds out about a new pedestrian and cycling crossing, linking to the Viaduct Basin. It's stage one of the four-stage Wynyard Quarter revitalisation, which will be officially opened in August, in time for the Rugby World Cup.
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Auckland Story for 18 May 2011 - Zoo Conservation Fund ( 9′ 04″ )
Auckland Zoo's Conservation Fund is used to help keep animals in their natural habitats round the world. And its reached almost one million dollars. The fund doesn't come out of the zoo's normal budget but money raised through collections and a percentage of all sales at the zoo. It's helping, amongst others, turtles, orangutans and cheetahs.
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Auckland Story for 11 May 2011 - Free Store ( 10′ 03″ )
A new phenomenon for Auckland this year was the Free Store which distributed food and goods to hundreds of people over one month.
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Auckland Story for 4 May 2011 - Crown Lynn china ( 11′ 17″ )
Every New Zealander it seems has a story about Crown Lynn. The companydisappeared in 1989, unable to compete with imported stuff, after trade barriers were removed. But pretty much from the Second World War till the late '80's that's what we New Zealanders used every day. And now, two decades later, it's become retro and trendy.
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Auckland Story for 27 April 2011 - Hulme Court ( 13′ 46″ )
Hulme Court, which sits proudly near the top of Parnell Rise, was constructed in 1843 when Parnell was still a frontier of colonial Auckland. It is the second oldest surviving house and the oldest documented dwelling still situated on its original site in Auckland, and remains one of the best examples of Regency architecture in the country.
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