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Afternoons for Tuesday 25 August 2009

  • The best song ever written

    1:07 PM.Terry Williams of Auckland chooses 'Time of Your Life' by Greenday. Audio

  • Reeling in the years

    1:20 PM.Today we rewind to 1984 with guest Gareth Curtis. Audio

  • Michael Jackson's Death

    2:07 PM.Details of the Los Angeles County coroners' findings were revealed today when a search warrant affidavit was made public in Houston, Texas, where Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, has offices. Audio

  • The Zoo

    2:20 PM.The death of Kashin the elephant has left a jumbo sized hole in the Auckland landscape. Audio

  • He Rourou for 25 August 2009

    2:45 PM.Young actor Sonny Cooper says he's never been one to shy away from the limelight. In He Rourou today Ana Tapiata talks to the 20 year old from the Hawkes Bay township of Wairoa about his passion to… Read more Audio

  • Feature album - Standing in the Rain

    2:50 PM.Our feature album is the new release from New Zealand soul-funk band, Opensouls, 'Standing In The Rain'. Audio

  • Tune your engine

    3:10 PM.Rachael Bermingham and Kim McCosker are two aussie sheilas who came up with one very good, very simple idea. Audio

  • Asian report for 25 August 2009

    3:30 PM.Chinese food by its very nature is made to be eaten with groups, so I took a bunch of friends out to a nearby Yum Cha establishment. Audio

  • Science story

    3:47 PM.Proton beams sound like something out of a bad 1950s sci-fi movie. But at GNS Science's National Isotope Centre, ion beams are created by a particle accelerator and then used to measure and analyse… Read more Audio

  • The Panel (part 1)

    4:10 PM.There's been some debate today about the merits of a proposed fine for running out of petrol on Auckland's motorways. Audio

  • The Panel (part 2)

    4:20 PM.It seems that rising exercise levels are doing nothing to make us slimmer. While obesity levels have grown year on year, so have levels of physical activity. Audio

  • The Panel (part 3)

    4:40 PM.Almost a third of Kiwi women and one in five men will experience violence and abuse at the hands of their partners. Audio

  • The Panel (part 4)

    4:45 PM.The people who engage in media"multitasking"are those least able to do so well, according to researchers. Audio

  • The Panel (part 5)

    4:58 PM.Cash machines in east London are offering customers the option of using the local Cockney rhyming slang to get their hands on their sausage, so to speak. Audio