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Afternoons for Monday 20 September 2010

  • Best Song Ever Written - Ulysses

    1:08 PM.Carrie Rae Cunningham from Auckland has chosen 'Ulysses' by Dead can Dance. Audio

  • Eight months to Mars - Steven Whiting

    1:22 PM.A rising star of the opera directing world. Born in Austria, Steven has spent time in Vienna, Manchester and is now based in New Zealand. He is currently Assistant Director on New Zealand Opera's… Read more Audio

  • Liberace Museum closing

    2:10 PM.For 31 years, tourists from all over the world have come to the Liberace Museum to see outrageous costumes and pianos collected by the showy performer and master musician. But visitor numbers are down… Read more Audio

  • Sea Cucumber joint venture

    2:23 PM.They look like sausages on the bottom of the seafloor and the Chinese cannot get enough of them. Sea Cucumbers are a delicacy in Asia and a major venture to farm them here in New Zealand is in the… Read more Audio

  • He Rourou for 20 September 2010

    2:46 PM.In his time, Wiremu Kaa was the most senior Maori in the Ministry of Education, yet when he was young he hated school. In He Rourou today Wiremu Kaa talks about the terrible things that happened to… Read more Audio

  • Cyndi Lauper

    3:10 PM.She is best known of course, for that voice. A helium yelp straight out of Brooklyn, instantly recognisable and completely unforgettable. The voice of the songs that defined a generation. True… Read more Audio

  • Our Changing World - Beach clean-up with the Lions Rugby team

    3:32 PM.The Wellington Lions rugby team won their match against Hawkes Bay at the weekend - and that was despite taking time out from training last week to join a beach clean-up on Wellington's South Coast. Audio

  • The Panel Pre-Show for 20 September 2010

    3:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on today's Panel. Audio

  • The Panel with Jonathan Krebs and Bomber Bradbury (Part 1)

    4:07 PM.Topics - Air New Zealand's been accused of insensitivity for including the words WHOOP WHOOP in its advertising and the Invercargill City Council held a special meeting today and will announce details… Read more Audio

  • The Panel with Jonathan Krebs and Bomber Bradbury (Part 2)

    4:36 PM.Topics - Mason High School in southern Ohio has installed baby carrots in school vending machines in an effort to encourage vegetable consumption and at the other end of the vending machine spectrum… Read more Audio

1:10 Best Song Ever Written

Ulysses by Dead can Dance as chosen by Carrie Rae Cunningham of Te Atatu.

1:15 8 Months To Mars - what would well-known people do on an trip to Mars?

Steven Whiting is currently Assistant Director on New Zealand Opera's production of MacBeth which opened in Auckland on Saturday night.

2:10 Feature stories

They look like sausages on the bottom of the seafloor and the Chinese cannot get enough of them. Sea Cucumbers are a delicacy in Asia and a major venture to farm them here in New Zealand is in the works in the Bay of Plenty.

For 31 years, tourists from all over the world have come to the Liberace Museum to see outrageous costumes and pianos collected by the showy performer and master musician. But visitor numbers are down and the museum will close in October. We'll talk to Liberace performer Wes Winters.

2:30 Reading

Dreams of a Suburban Mercenary, written by Carl Nixon and told by Jed Brophy.

2:45 He Rourou

In his time, Wiremu Kaa was the most senior Maori in the Ministry of Education, yet when he was young he hated school.In He Rourou today Wiremu Kaa talks about the terrible things that happened to Maori children when he was at school.

2:50 Feature Album

Our Feature Album is Science & Faith - second LP from Irish band, The Script.

3:12 Cyndi Lauper

She is best known of course, for that voice. A helium yelp straight out of Brooklyn, instantly recognisable, and completely unforgettable. The voice of the songs that defined a generation. True Colours, Time After Time, Girls Just Want To Have Fun. The hits were huge, they've gone on to become the soundtrack to an era.

3:35 Feature

The Wellington Lions rugby team won their match against Hawkes Bay at the weekend - and that was despite taking time out from training last week to join a beach clean-up on Wellington's South Coast.

3:47 Our Changing World

To help mark Conservation Week and National Clean Up New Zealand week, the rugby players joined with staff from Ricoh, the Department of Conservation and the Friends of Taputeranga Marine Reserve to pick up rubbish from around Island Bay. Alison Ballance joined them on a rare sunny lunchtime

4:06 The Panel

Jonathan Krebs makes his debut on The Panel today with Bomber Bradbury.