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Tuesday, 1 November 2011
The government cut funding to Adult Community Education in 2009. The number of schools being funded fell from 212 to just 23. More than 150,000 New Zealanders who once attended night school now don’t have the opportunity. Great swathes of NZ no longer have schools offering courses as they… Continue reading
ACE
Community
Education
students
tertiary education
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Monday, 31 October 2011
With the Rugby World Cup over now, election campaigning is well underway.
Last Saturday I joined with Sandringham locals for their annual Spring Festival. Cameron Bennett and I were asked to open up the festival with a couple of songs. I also enjoyed sampling the many different… Continue reading
Community
culture
Holiday Highway
Local communities
Public Transport
Sandringham
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Friday, 28 October 2011
On the David Shearer Show this week I speak to Pennie Blair, the Operations Manager at Student Radio Station 95bfm. Bfm (known then as Radio B) was founded in the late sixties as part of a university capping stunt and has evolved over the years. Today it is a permanent 24-hour station… Continue reading
Community
radio show
students
young people
NZ music
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Wednesday, 19 October 2011
David will be in Kingsland and the Eden Park area this Wednesday (19th October) between 4.30pm and 6pm carrying out a series of street corner meetings.
The schedule for this Wednesday is:
4.30pm Corner of Mountain View Rd and Springfield Rd
4.50pm Corner of Kingsland Ave and… Continue reading
Community
Feedback
Local communities
Kingsland
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Wednesday, 5 October 2011
As Auckland grows and the pressure for increased development also rises. More and more communities find themselves squeezed. This week David Shearer speaks to residents of the Pt Chevalier community who has been fighting back to preserve what they value in their neighbourhood.
Shona… Continue reading
Auckland
Community
concerns
early childhood education
Education
Local communities
Pt Chevalier
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Thursday, 22 September 2011
If you are a citizen of Sandringham village or will be passing through on your way to the games in Eden Park, there will be loads of flavours, fun and music here for you in Sandringham Village.
Many thanks to Elesia Ogg at the Sandringham Business Association… Continue reading
Community
Local communities
Rugby World Cup
Sandringham
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Monday, 19 September 2011
This week I interviewed Joshura Arbury, a writer at the Auckland Transport Blog (http://transportblog.co.nz).
I discussed with him the RWC opening night fiasco, pedestrianizing Queen Street and some of the major transport challenges facing Auckland City.
Check out the podcast here… Continue reading
Auckland
Community
Local communities
Public Transport
Rugby World Cup