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All Things Vintage
12:05 PM.Claire Gormly and Rose Jackson don't just dress up in vintage clothes, they live things vintage. They've collected clothing, jewellery, hats, and handbags from the Victorian era to the 1970s, in fact… Read more Audio
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Radio Baker
11:46 AM.A Northland family clears away a decades-old collection of classic radios. Read more Audio
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Bikes, BEARS and the Britten Legacy
12:13 PM.They call them the Bears: enthusiasts of British, European and American motorbikes. Recently riders from around the country gathered in Christchurch, both to race and to pay homage to one of the… Read more Audio
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The Moa Mania of 1993
12:10 PM.In January 1993, publican Paddy Freaney claimed to have sighted a large moa near Lake Brunner on the South Island's West Coast. (First broadcast 1993) Read more Audio
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Hooves and heroes
12:10 PM.The Karekare Beach races had been an annual fundraising event for the tiny beachside community for nearly 30 years, but due to dwindling numbers, time was called in 2013. But with the local surf club… Read more Audio
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Beyond Punch and Judy
12:10 PM.Little Dog Barking Theatre, directed by Peter Wilson, creates endearing tales for children using puppetry and clever props. Spectrum's Jack Perkins drops in on a rehearsal of 'Guji Guji' by acclaimed… Read more Audio
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Port Waikato Sunset
12:05 PM.If your bones haven't told you to stop, you keep going!" So says septuagenarian lifeguard Malcolm Beattie. Read more Audio
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Saving the falcon
12:05 PM.The New Zealand native falcon (karearea) is severely threatened with fewer than 6000 left. The Marlborough Falcon Trust (supported by Brancott Wines) is determined to save this beautiful bird by a… Read more Audio
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Catch of the day
12:06 PM.Every time Auckland couple Sue and Scott Tindale throw their fishing lines over the side, they are trying to hook yet another record. And with over 200 approved and pending world records to their… Read more Audio
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Spectrum for 1 February 2015
12:10 PM.Supergrans is a volunteer organisation which offers practical support to assist members of the community in acquiring life skills such as cooking, budgeting, menu planning, sewing and gardening… Read more Audio
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Spectrum - Camptown
12:10 PM.60, 000 soldiers were trained at the Featherston Military Training Camp from 1916 to 1918. It was built in under a year by 1000 workers, driven by World War One's urgent need for men to fill the… Read more Audio
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Spectrum for Sunday 18 January - The Silver Horsemen
12:12 PM.It happens every year, and the good people of Eketahuna are used to seeing women with flowing locks and bearded men striding around garbed in leather, wool - and often chain mail, and carting a sword… Read more Audio
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Spectrum for 11 January 2015
12:05 PM.The Catapult Cowboy, Messenger Mick, Simple Simon Green, The Skycop, all were heroes in comic books with names like 'Young Men of Great Britain', 'Beano' and 'Dandy'. From the late 19 century till… Read more Audio
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Paddy Burgin Luthier
12:10 PM.Jerome Cvitanovich drops in on luthier and musician Paddy Burgin. In his backyard workshop Paddy crafts guitars, bouzoukis, mandolins and harps, in fact, he can make any stringed instrument. Read more Audio
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Spectrum for 28 December 2014
12:10 PM.In 1993 the doors closed for the final time on Napier Prison, New Zealand's oldest penal complex, ending over a century of incarceration for inmates which included Te Kooti and Mr Asia drug syndicate… Read more Audio
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Spectrum for 21 December 2014
8:20 PM.Russian expatriates in Auckland ensure their children learn about their distant homeland. Read more Audio
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Marlborough’s milkmaids and Daffodil the community cow
12:12 PM.A team of Marlborough women -and one bloke- take turns hand-milking Daffodil at 3pm each day. From the Jersey cow's milk they process a variety of goodies from cultured butter and cream to cheeses and… Read more Audio
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Spectrum for 7 December 2014
12:05 PM.Napier's homeless have been thrown a lifeline by one local family, determined to try and help through the common language of food. Kiri and Kevin Swannell, along with their children, spend every… Read more Audio
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Spectrum for 30 November 2014
12:05 PM.Unitec Communication students use multi-media to better understand New Zealand as it was 100 years ago. The exhibition was devised by Unitec Communication programme Leader Dr Sara Donaghy, and an… Read more Audio
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Spectrum for 23 November 2014
12:10 PM.Lifelong innovator and ideas man Lee Bennett has created a workshop space where he and assistant Wolf Hatch encourage young and old to experiment with technology, think like entrepreneurs and sow the… Read more Audio
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King of the Perch
12:05 PM.Spectrum's Lisa Thompson joins Mac Armstrong in the lead up to the 2014 Invercargill to Auckland pigeons race and learns what it takes to be king of the perch. Read more Audio
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Spectrum for 9 November 2014
12:06 PM.If you'd given the best years of your life in the service of your employer you'd like to retire to life of gelato ice-creams and kids' "fluffy" drinks, right? Find out more about Jak the rodent dog. Read more Audio
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Bikers Bit of a Do
12:10 PM.Scores of bikers ride their BSAs and Nortons, Indians, Harley Davidsons, Ducatis - you name it - to the Boyle Kawasaki shop in the Wellington suburb of Newtown. As well as the bikes, beards (mostly… Read more Audio
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Torpedo Bay
12:10 PM.Devonport's Torpedo Bay has seen moa hunting and been a launch site for floating mines. Spectrum's Justin Gregory signs on for a sail through Torpedo Bay's history. Audio
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The martyrs of Ripa
12:10 PM.In June 1913, William Massey's government clamped down on youths who were avoiding recently introduced military training. When a dozen or so young conscientious objectors were incarcerated in Fort… Read more Audio