Afternoons for Thursday 4 September 2008

1:06 PM.Apparently the conscientious mind ages more slowly. Can mental acuity stave-off the ravages of nature's countdown? Audio

1:10 PM.And for Marion Egglestone of Kaiapoi, it's Mendelssohn's Hear My Prayer sung by Dame Kiri te Kanawa. Audio

1:15 PM.Between the Hokonui Hills and Mataura River on the Waimea Plains, Balfour's having an economic renaissance with the dairy boom. Audio

2:06 PM.Some of what you've had to say. Audio

2:10 PM.What would you do to get your kids into the right school and what are they prepared to do to stop you? Audio

2:20 PM.Sam Wicks, host of Radio NZ's The Music Mix, talks with Jim about the nominees and their music. Audio

2:45 PM.Ana Tapiata talks to two Taranaki elders at the signing of the agreement to settle all historical Whanganui-a-Tara Treaty of Waitangi claims by ancestors of Taranaki Whanui. Audio

2:50 PM.By Fleet Foxes and a current global rave therefore presumably one to watch (or listen to). Audio

3:06 PM.Some of what you've had to say. Audio

3:12 PM.Meet Laurence Olivier's son Richard who too loves the theatre and hear of a new play based on the short stories of Witi Ihimaera. Audio

3:30 PM.We all know taxi drivers have the best tales of the city and Katy talks to the one with the most; after all, he's the eldest. Audio

3:47 PM.Bernard Beckett talks about his latest novel, Acid Song, and other books with a science theme. Audio

4:06 PM.If it's au courant, it's fair game for David Farrar and Emily Perkins on The Panel. Audio

4:35 PM.Emily Perkins and David Farrar get to soap-box their gripes on The Panel. Audio