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Afternoons for Wednesday 16 February 2011

  • Best Song Ever Written - The Shape Of My Heart

    1:09 PM.Victoria Jones from Martinborough has chosen 'The Shape Of My Heart' by Sting. Audio

  • Link 3 music quiz

    1:25 PM.What do these song artists have in common? Audio

  • Killer Birds

    2:07 PM.Residents of communities around Mission Beach in North Queensland are being warned to beware of the giant, flightless rainbirds, the cassowaries, which are on the hunt for food after their natural… Read more Audio

  • Missing Time Capsule

    2:17 PM.The mystery of the missing time capsule is gripping residents in the area. The capsule was buried in 1992 when four schools were closed and reopened as one school. Residents are about to celebrate the… Read more Audio

  • Jet Ski Fishing

    2:25 PM.Northland fisherman Clifford Strydom tells us about how he caught and landed a 79kg striped marlin on his jetski. Audio

  • Virtual World

    3:07 PM.Hamish MacEwan takes us through the virtual world and today he talks about wireless advances, could it mean no more mobile towers and smart phones outsell PCs for the first time. Audio

  • Auckland Story for 16 February 2011 - Working Garden

    3:28 PM.She calls herself the"flax doctor", and she's been working with New Zealand harakeke for the last fifty years. Judy te Hiwi is weaver, paper maker and a gardener who tends her flax garden. Audio

  • The Panel Pre-Show for 16 February 2011

    3:46 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on today's Panel. Audio

  • The Panel with Don Donavan and David Slack (Part 1)

    4:07 PM.Topics - The Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has told New Zealand MPs the drive for a trans-Pacific trade agreement is a major opportunity for the economies of both countries. A Christchurch… Read more Audio

  • The Panel with Don Donavan and David Slack (Part 2)

    4:34 PM.Topics - The Government has been criticised for spending millions of dollars on 34 BMW limousines at a time when it is telling people to tighten their belts. Some real estate agents are facing… Read more Audio

1:10 Best Song Ever Written

The Shape Of My Heart by Sting with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra as chosen by Victoria Jones.

1:15 Link 3 - music game

2:10 Feature stories

Residents of communities around Mission Beach in North Queensland are being warned to beware of the giant, flightless rainbirds, the cassowaries, which are on the hunt for food after their natural habitat was badly damaged by Cyclone Yasi. Bob Irwin, father of the late Steve Irwin, tells us about the campaign to protect the cassowaries.

Northland fisherman Clifford Strydom tells us about how he caught and landed a 79kg striped marlin on his jetski.

2:30 Reading

Part eight of our dramatisation of Maurice Gee's novel, In My Father's Den.

2:50 Feature Album

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin.

3:12 Virtual World

Hamish McEwan takes us through the virtual world and today he talks about wireless advances, could it mean no more mobile towers and smart phones outsell PCs for the first time.

3:33 Auckland story

4:06 The Panel

Don Donavan and David Slack.