Afternoons for Monday 16 March 2009

1:17 PM.Author, broadcaster and columnist and a self confessed animal nut. Audio

2:10 PM.Hawkes Bay's fruit growers face a major shortage of workers to help harvest the region's bumper apple crops Audio

2:18 PM.A little known slice of New Zealand wartime history is being rediscovered in Waihi. Audio

2:43 PM.Ana Tapiata talks to Mereana Selby, the Chief Executive of Te Wananga o Raukawa, the Maori university based in Otaki. Audio

3:10 PM.Author of"Tunnel Vision: The true story of my probably insane quest to become a professional surfer". Audio

3:33 PM.The industry's worth 2 billion dollars a year and there are nearly half a million workers based mainly in China. Audio

3:47 PM.New research into language evolution suggests most Pacific populations originated in Taiwan. Audio

4:07 PM.With today's guests Jane Clifton and Rosemary McLeod. Audio

4:40 PM.With today's guests Jane Clifton and Rosemary McLeod. Audio