Afternoons for Wednesday 26 March 2008

1:06 Jim's Essay

1:10 Best Song Ever Written: For All We Know by Billie Holiday

According to Emily Dobson.

1:15 Link 3

(I Think I'm) Turning Japanese - The Vapors
Love At First Night - Kim Hart
Fire Lake - Bob Seger
Total Control - Motels
The Rose - Bette Midler
Coward Of The County - Kenny Rogers
Cruisin (Lucy and Ramona and Sunset Sam) - Mike Nesmith
Hard To Be Humble - Mac Davis
Magdalena - Leo Sayer

2:00 News

2:10 Nelson's Natureland Zoo is decided tomorrow night.

Fur's expected to fly in Nelson tomorrow night when the Friends of Natureland (a small zoo) meet members of the Nelson City council who've voted to close the animal park down at the end of the month.
Joining us to look at Naturelands prospects are Joy Shackleton, and from the Nelson City Council, Ali Boswicjk, one of the the councillors who voted to close the zoo, and who has also served on the Natureland Trust.

2:25 Hawera's Drought Party

With much of New Zealand facing drought conditions and the ensuing hardships and stresses the farmers of South Taranaki have decided to party their way out of it. Rain, hail or shine - local farmers are all invited to a free drought relief party in Friday the 11th of April in Hawera.It's the brain child of Williams and Kettles Hawera Store Manager Kim Sharpe, who came up with the idea about a week ago, and apparently the party's just keeps getting bigger.

2:30 NZ Reading A Yard of Pump Water by Norman Bilbrough

Maggie, a tall horsey looking middle aged woman and James, an unremarkable man who watches diggers, have a child, bringing happiness to their lives.

2:45 He Rourou

In He Rourou today, Ana Tapiata talks to Kimo Winiata, one of the many Maori performers at the recent International Arts Festival.

2:50 Feature Album: In Rainbows - Radiohead (2007)

3:00 News

3:12 Virtual World - Helen and Chelfyn Baxter

Changing habits of TV viewers .. from internet TV to telepathy .. Six degrees of separation in instant messaging .. and a "sad" Site of the week http://idonowidont.com

3:33 Auckland Story

The New Zealand Aids Foundation Board meets next month to set the Foundation's priorities for the following five years. It comes just as New Zealand passes the three thousand mark for notifications of HIV, since the estimated statistics began.

3:47 Science Story

Brain researcher Andrew Matus talks to Dacia Herbulock about his life's work exploring the question: can molecules explain the mind?

4:00 News

4:06 The Panel: Sue Wells and Bomber Bradbury.

4:30 News Headlines/Traffic/Weather.