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Auckland Story for 26 September 2012 - John Logan Campbell
26 Sep 2012It's 100 years since the death of Sir John Logan Campbell, considered to be one of the 'fathers' of Auckland. This year's Auckland Heritage Festival is highlighting his contribution. Audio
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Auckland Story for 19 September 2012 - Youthtown
19 Sep 2012A non-profit organisation, Youthtown was formed in 1932 in Auckland with a focus on youth development through sport, arts, dance and technology. It has helped shape the lives of hundreds of thousands… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 12 September 2012 - Eradicate Child Poverty
12 Sep 2012There's a call for New Zealand business leaders to take action to reduce child poverty in this country. It comes from Pam Tregonning, the head of South Auckland's Middlemore Foundation for Health… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 5 September 2012 - Mosquito Flies Again
5 Sep 2012One of the fastest planes of World War II will fly again this month in Auckland. She's a legendary wooden-framed Mosquito and she's taken eight years to restore. Audio
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Auckland Story for 29 August 2012 - Healthy Lunches
29 Aug 2012Four enterprising young women from a Papatoetoe college plan to educate 800 South Auckland primary children on how to have a healthy lunch for less than two dollars. Audio
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Auckland Story for 22 August 2012 - Highwic High Tea
22 Aug 2012One of Auckland's historic homes is getting $1.5 million revamp for its 150th birthday. To celebrate, David Steemson goes to high tea at Highwic. Audio
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Auckland Story for 15 August 2012 - Symonds St Cemetery
Lisa Thompson took a tour through the Symonds Street Cemetery to get a better understanding of why we ought to be preserving this important link to our city's history. Audio
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Auckland Story for 8 August 2012 - Hindi in High School
8 Aug 2012Classes teaching the Hindi language are proving a hit for Auckland's Papatoetote High School. It's a New Zealand first for the school. Audio
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Auckland Story for 1 August 2012 - Tawharanui 10 years old
1 Aug 2012One of the country's first societies to create a secure sanctuary for native fauna is ten years old. Auckland's Tawharanui Open Sanctuary Society first built a $600,000 predator-proof fence… now it's… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 25 July 2012 - Ferry Building 100
25 Jul 2012Auckland's waterfront Ferry Building is getting a face lift for its 100th birthday. The National Maritime Museum almost next door to it, is marking the anniversary with a digital exhibition. Audio
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Auckland Story for 18 July 2012 - Volcanos in Auckland
18 Jul 2012"Be Prepared". So say the boy scouts, and also a big group of scientists studying the likelihood of a volcano erupting in Auckland and its economic effect. Audio
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Auckland Story for 11 July 2012 - Kiwi Boxers
11 Jul 2012Two Auckland women are set to make Olympic history next month when they step into the boxing ring to represent New Zealand. Lightweight Alexis Pritchard and flyweight Siona Fernandes will be the only… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 4 July 2012 - Matariki Planting
4 Jul 2012A truckload of hardy souls have spent a blustery soggy day in the Waitakere Ranges marking Matariki. Matariki, or the Maori New Year, is about new beginnings, and altogether the group planted 1500… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 27 June 2012 - Artillery Band Plays On
27 Jun 2012One of the country's oldest brass bands has vowed to play on, even though the New Zealand Defence Force cuts its funding at the end of this week. Audio
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Auckland Story for 20 June 2012 - Foodbank no food
20 Jun 2012A little South Auckland foodbank is desperate for more help with food, after losing one of its biggest suppliers. Barbara Stone and her husband started their Mercy Missions Foodbank twenty years ago… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 13 June 2012 - The Tepid Baths
13 Jun 2012After a two year period of redevelopment, Auckland Viaduct's Tepid Baths will be officially reopened with a public ceremony on 23 June 2012. The building's multi-million dollar facelift pays homage to… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 6 June 2012 - Community Doctor
6 Jun 2012Some residents of Randwick Park in South Auckland used to walk kilometres to the doctor with their sick children because they had no car and no money for a bus. Now they say they're being very well… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 30 May 2012 - Can you spare a blanket?
30 May 2012A South Auckland woman who's been on a tireless one-woman campaign to feed and clothe the homeless, for the last three decades, says they need warm blankets and sleeping bags right now, to get through… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 23 May 2012 - Mt Eden
23 May 2012Mount Eden has been a popular tourist destination for years. Since Christmas a shuttle operated by Ngatiwhatua-o-Orakei has been giving some folks a helping hand up and along the way they also learn… Read more Audio
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Auckland Story for 16 May 2012 - An Ocean of Books
16 May 2012Aucklander Jeff Evans has got almost 100,000 books delivered free to children at schools in the Pacific Islands. Audio
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