Afternoons for Wednesday 3 March 2010

1:07 PM.Steve Wyn-Harris of Napier chooses 'Lapse' by Bill Calahan, from the Chris Knox Stroke album. Audio

1:20 PM.What do today's songs have in common? Audio

2:10 PM.New Zealand newspapers are lively and fun to read, and their local focus may ensure their survival, even as paper sales around the world decline - that's the opinion of Dr. Kenton Bird, a former… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Apollo 13: Mission Control, Echoa, Mary Stuart. Audio

2:49 PM.It's been 25 years since the establishment of the Taranaki iwi Maori language strategy. Ana Tapiata talks about Te Reo o Taranaki with Ruakere Hond, who's been at the helm of the language waka since… Read more Audio

3:08 PM.With Paul Reynolds. Audio

3:30 PM.David Steemson investigates a transition community in Grey Lynn. Audio

3:50 PM.Have you noticed how, in some summers, flaxes and cabbage trees are covered in a mass of flowers? Botanist Dave Kelly set out to find what triggers such mass flowering events in our native snow… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.With Barry Corbett and Linda Clark. Audio

4:40 PM.With Barry Corbett and Linda Clark. Audio