Great South Road
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Search complete. 10 mentions across 9 episodes found for "Great South Road".
Oct 5, 2026
Karl MokarakaGUEST
So I think unlike Ōtāhuhu, which was already established, and like we said, um, the fencibles were there.
Karl MokarakaGUEST
It was a f- like a fortified, uh, you know, for the soldiers way back, and Papatoetoe was a well-established, um, that Great South Road, eh?
Dane GiraudHOST
Mm.
Karl MokarakaGUEST
So Ōtara, I think they s- um, at the end of the '50s, um, from what I've read is they, um, built it on the cheap in, in regards ...
Ryan WolfHOST
At 10 to 9 that same Tuesday morning, a woman called Christina Anderson looked out of her house on Station Road in Papatoetoe, south of Auckland.
Ryan WolfHOST
There was a blue motor car parked outside her gate, close to the Great South Road, sitting on the correct side and facing towards the main road.
Ryan WolfHOST
Nobody was near it, and she wasn't curious, so she left it there.
Ryan WolfHOST
It stayed all that day and all night, and on the Wednesday morning, the local constable drove it away to a garage.
31 MINS LATER
Ryan WolfHOST
Then, the threads converge on two places.
Ryan WolfHOST
One is a scoria pit about 200 metres off College Road, somebody's choice of a place to hide her.
Ryan WolfHOST
And the other is a side street in Papatoetoe, 12 kilometres away, near the Great South Road and the railway.
Ryan WolfHOST
And, as I read it, the only evidence that ever put Bill on the road that day cannot be true at the same time as the pink hat.
CharlieHOST
Back in the days, uh, this is a KFC in Otahuhu.
CharlieHOST
This is in, in the Great South Road inside the Otahuhu Shopping Center.
CharlieHOST
There used to be a, a KFC in there, and I remember walking into the KFC, and I see David Tua-
KayleeHOST
[gasps]
Joe ManaseHOST
You won't.
Joe ManaseHOST
One thing I love about Pastor Peter, he's preaching at Great South Road today, but you go to his house and you'll see a literal stack.
Joe ManaseHOST
I mean, stacks on stacks of Bibles, like real, like literal physical Bibles.
Joe ManaseHOST
And you open them up and there is not a single word that has not been highlighted like 17 times, you know? And then you pick the next one.
Emora MagatogiaGUEST
Ota Hoo was my shopping area.
Emora MagatogiaGUEST
used to be on Great South Road before just down here but then that one closed and went out and sausages I think we get some sausages and but those were the cheap few and and that'll last us quite a long time I wasn't a good cook, but I learned from the bus stop.
Emora MagatogiaGUEST
When I sit in the bus stop, when we talk about...
Emora MagatogiaGUEST
Mrs. Hoskin used to be...
Wallace ChapmanHOST
In terms of the decision to – and I'm looking at the route here.
Wallace ChapmanHOST
You've got Herne Bay, Point Share, Ponsonby, Meadowbank, Great South Road, etc., In terms of the decision to rip the tram network up in Tāmaki Makaurau, can you tell us a bit about that?
James DuncanGUEST
Yeah, for sure.
James DuncanGUEST
Well, during the Second World War, very early on in the war, the government brought in petrol rationing and New Zealanders almost as a nation put their cars up on wooden blocks and they turned back to their city tramways, which put massive pressure on all of the tramway undertakings in New Zealand and, of course, Auckland nonetheless.
RayleneCORRESPONDENT
It's unclear if anyone is injured.
RayleneCORRESPONDENT
And one person has been seriously injured in a crash involving a pedestrian and a vehicle on Great South Road in Auckland's Drury just before 1pm.
RayleneCORRESPONDENT
Axe released its electricity policy saying proper competition is the answer to cheaper power prices.
RayleneCORRESPONDENT
It's promising a crackdown on lines companies using their market power to block better deals for consumers.
Peyton TaplinGUEST
A lot of those field recordings are particularly, like, the water, the moana, are from Te Mana Nuku Nuku O Turora, so from the Manukau Harbour, as well as, um, we took field recordings I think in the Papakura Tavern.
Peyton TaplinGUEST
[laughs] Um, uh, walking down Great South Road into, like, one of the dairies in Papakura township.
Peyton TaplinGUEST
[laughs] Um, up on the Pa obviously, um, um, where a lot, lot of the field recordings were taken.
Peyton TaplinGUEST
Um, and just us going out.
ShirleyAUDIENCE
Entry is $5 for non-members, but they get free afternoon tea for that.
ShirleyAUDIENCE
And so it's in the Radio Hall, Great South Road, Papakura, just south of Pack and Save.
Ruud KleinpasteHOST
Thank you, Shirley.
Ruud KleinpasteHOST
Great stuff.