Afternoons for Thursday 4 June 2009

1:10 PM.Nicole Were from Canada has chosen Guyamas Sonora by Beirut. Audio

1:15 PM.Today a visit to the central North Island town well known for it's gumboots, amoungst other things. Audio

2:10 PM.Evidence to support the theory that junk food could be addictive has been uncovered by researchers in Adelaide. Audio

2:20 PM.Spokesperson Annie Baxter discribes how Google has launched the New Zealand version of its"flu trends"software. Audio

2:45 PM.Irirangi Tiakiawa says on his tribal marae around Rotorua, people would never go onto marae at night, but that's changing. Audio

2:50 PM.The debut album from Canadian indie-rock band Arcade Fire. Audio

3:10 PM.Award winning poet and Country Doctor Glen Colquhoun was recently the talk of Wanaka when he spoke at the Festival of Colour. Audio

3:30 PM.A return to the theatre for one of the city's best known performers Elizabeth Moody. Audio

3:45 PM.Veronika Meduna talks to astronomers and cosmologists about some of the most exciting research projects in the Southern Hemisphere. Today with Grant Christie and Alan Gilmore.l Audio

4:10 PM.With Lavina Good and Joanna Black. Audio

4:35 PM.Panelists Lavina Good and Joanna Black. Audio