Auckland Stories

Obesity and diabetes are just two of the epidemics facing western society today and most concerning, increasingly amongst our children. The Garden to Table Trust was set up recently to encourage… Read more Audio

Obesity and diabetes are just two of the epidemics facing western society today and most concerning, increasingly amongst our children. The Garden to Table Trust was set up recently to encourage…

Arson victims Lindsay Curnow and Juliet Lee talk to David Steemson. Earlier in January the couple were hit by a graffiti attack and a week later their shed and office building right next to their… Read more Audio

Auckland Anniversary Day commemorates Lieutenant-Governor William Hobson's arrival in the Bay of Islands in 1840. These days it is best known for the huge Anniversary Day Regatta on Waitemata Harbour. Audio

At Christmas time the minds of many Aucklanders turn to the sea and to their boats. Not least amongst them this year is Radio New Zealand's Auckland Music Features Producer Nick Atkinson. Nick is a… Read more Audio

An exhibition about television series 'Outrageous Fortune' has opened at Auckland Museum. Audio

Bees are hard at work across Auckland pollinating our summer crops and making beautiful honey. There is one apiarist or bee keeper in particular, who is helping to encourage Aucklanders into keeping… Read more Audio

The return of the last floating survivor of Auckland's old ferry fleet: The 105-year-old Kestrel should soon be plying Auckland Harbour again.

The return of the last floating survivor of Auckland's old ferry fleet: The 105-year-old Kestrel should soon be plying Auckland Harbour again.

The return of the last floating survivor of Auckland's old ferry fleet: The 105-year-old Kestrel should soon be plying Auckland Harbour again. Audio

Farmers Christmas Parade.

David Steemson looks behind the scenes ahead of Auckland's Christmas Parade. Audio

New life for old. The notorious Centrepoint Community land at Albany is becoming a holistic health centre. Its now owned and operated by Auckland's natural health training institute Well Park College…

The notorious Centrepoint Community land at Albany is becoming a holistic health centre. It is now owned and operated by Auckland's natural health training institute Well Park College, which is… Read more Audio

The New Zealand Transport Agency is a signatory to the government's Urban Design Protocol which is intended to raise the quality of motorway design, so now we have designer bridges! David Steemson's… Read more Audio

Mrs Kathleen Rolfe was found fatally wounded at the Cecil Private Hotel (now Radio New Zealand House) in 1941, while close by her second husband lay dead with a bullet wound and pistol. Now Kathleen's… Read more Audio

Panmure Community Constable Janet Briggs patrols the reserves throughout the Tamaki area on her 12-year-old horse Scout. On Scout's very first day on patrol, they pursued a man on bicycle who has been… Read more Audio

Panmure Community Constable Janet Briggs is now patrolling the reserves or the "green highways" throughout the Tamaki area, from Panmure to St Heliers, on her 12-year-old horse Scout. It's no horsing…

New lives for New Zealand's unwanted mobile phones. By the end of 2010 Auckland's Starship Children's hospital Foundation expects to have raised a million dollars from recycling them. Audio

New lives for New Zealand's unwanted mobile phones. What's more, by the end of this year Auckland's Starship Children's hospital Foundation expects to have raised a million dollars from recycling…