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It's time to talk sport with writer and sports fan Richard Irvine.

This week Emma is taking a look at the history of seafaring to our fair shores.

Graeme Williamson spent 60 years farming with a shepherd’s crook never far from reach - and eventually learned how to make them himself.

Chris Bishop said that the project would likely be the largest and most expensive infrastructure project ever undertaken in New Zealand.

ABC Wantok Program for 17 August 2026.

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In part two, large parts of Christchurch city are filled with brand new townhouses devoid of any tenants. Nearly 500 dwellings were built in the area in the last year, but only 50 people have moved in. City councillor Nathaniel Herz Jardine unpacks the issue. Then, an Otago group tackling the spread of Sycamore trees have been awarded over $50,000 to continue their work. Joining the show is Jennie Wagner-Gorton, the biodiversity coordinator for Open Valley Urban Sanctuary.