Afternoons for Wednesday 8 July 2009

1:08 PM.If you could take only seven kinds of food to a deserted island, what would they be? Audio

1:15 PM.Simon Fordham from Botany in Manukau has chosen, From The Beginning by Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Audio

1:27 PM.Link3, our music quiz, where we ask you to identify the link between the singers or the songs. Audio

2:12 PM.A female netball team in Palmerston North has been asked to wear skirts while playing, having worn shorts for the last 6 years. Audio

2:18 PM.It appears that New Zealand might not be all that it's cracked up to be as an ideal place for skilled British workers to make a fresh start. Audio

2:26 PM.The King of pop has been laid to rest in Los Angeles attended by the star's friends and dozens of international celebrities. A choir sang as a golden coffin, adorned with red roses, bearing Michael… Read more Audio

2:48 PM.Released in 1972, it's the second of five albums from what is considered his classic songwriting period. Audio

3:11 PM.With Helen and Chelfyn Baxter from Mohawk Media. Audio

3:35 PM.The four masted barque was built in Germany in the early 1900's. But by the second world war she was owned by a Finnish shipping company. Then after Germany invaded Finland, the Pamir was seized by… Read more Audio

3:48 PM.We pick up the story of Brett, a young American boy with Asperger syndrome. He is one of the people Australian film maker Stephen Ramsey has met in Oops, Wrong Planet, as he travels the world to find… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.With todays guests Ali Ikram and Finlay Macdonald. Audio

4:35 PM.With todays guests Ali Ikram and Finlay Macdonald. Audio