Afternoons for Tuesday 23 December 2008

1:10 PM.By Quick Silver Messenger Service and chosen by Chris Skellett from Dunedin Audio

2:10 PM.One outfit which seems to have gone from strength to strength in 2008 is Maori Television. Audio

2:20 PM.The BBC sent reporter Tim Healey to join a team of scientists in Madagascar a few days ago. Audio

2:45 PM.In He Rourou today, Ana Tapiata talks to Christmas with Maori leaders, Sonny Tau, Selwyn Parata and Apirana Mahuika. Audio

2:50 PM.Motown legends The Four Tops are to receive a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement. Audio

3:10 PM.Jodie Hedley-Ward argues in her new book,"You Sexy Mother", that motherhood should be reinvented in our post-modern society. Audio

3:30 PM.With Christmas just around the corner it's a very holy time of the year for some. Audio

3:46 PM.A behind the scenes look at Auckland Zoo's Centre for Conservation Medicine. Audio

4:00 PM.With Bomber Bradbury and Gordon McLachlan. Audio