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Afternoons for Thursday 3 March 2011

  • Best Song Ever Written - Angel

    1:07 PM.Jess Murray from Pokeno just south of Auckland has chosen 'Angel' by Sarah Mclachlan. Audio

  • Your Place - Takapau

    1:15 PM.We take a short detour off state highway 2 in Central Hawkes Bay. We are only about a kilometre off the main drag and just 20 kilometres west of the nearest main town, Waipukurau. This was once the… Read more Audio

  • Timaru Welfare

    2:10 PM.Thousands of Christchurch refugees have poured into Timaru since the earthquake on February 22, boosting its population by nearly 20 per cent. Social services are giving out hundreds of food parcels… Read more Audio

  • Afghan Refugees

    2:22 PM.A special trauma team has been brought into Christchurch to try to stop a panic exodus of refugees living in the city. Among the 70-thousand people who have fled Christchurch in the last week are… Read more Audio

  • Arts Festival report

    2:32 PM.Reviews of the Auckland Arts Festival productions of the Vietnamese Water Puppets, the opera Xerxes, and Black Grace's dance show Who Are You? Audio

  • Free Cars

    3:15 PM.We are hearing more and more of the generous gestures by individuals, community groups and businesses to help with the recovery effort in Christchurch. One company is Thrifty Car Rentals which so far… Read more Audio

  • Sleeves rolled up in the eastern suburbs

    3:19 PM.Mark Denize is from Arapawa Island in the Marlborough Sounds, but right now, has his sleeves rolled up in the eastern suburbs of Christchurch, with the army of volunteers. Audio

  • The Panel Pre-Show for 3 March 2011

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

  • The Panel with Barry Corbett and Michael Deaker (Part 1)

    4:07 PM.Topics - Eight days on from the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that killed at least 161 people in Christchurch, officials have announced that the rescue effort will now transition to a recovery operation… Read more Audio

  • The Panel with Barry Corbett and Michael Deaker (Part 2)

    4:34 PM.Topics - New Zealand has one charity for every 172 people. A British Christian couple who are morally opposed to homosexuality have lost a landmark High Court battle over the right to become foster… Read more Audio

1:10 Best Song Ever Written

Angel by Sarah Mclachlan chosen by Jess Murray.

1:15 Your Place: Takapau

James Ward at Kintail Honey; Peter Harris, historic Oruawharo Homestead; former All Black now winemaker John Ashworth.

2:10 Feature stories

Major Dean Herring of the Salvation Army in Timaru has been helping Christchurch evacuees find places to stay in the town as well as dealing with the huge piles of donated goods.

A special trauma team has been brought into Christchurch to try to stop a panic exodus of refugees living in the city. Dr Arif Saeid is with the organisation Refugees As Survivors.

2:35 Auckland Arts Festival

Radio New Zealand's Paul Bushnall reviews of the Auckland Arts Festival productions of the Vietnamese Water Puppets, the opera Xerxes, and Black Grace's dance show Who Are You?

2:55 Feature album

Supersystem by The Feelers.

3:12 Feature interviews

Thrifty Car Rentals has already offered around 100 rentals free to those that need them. Emma Gardiner is the general manager for Thrifty.

Mark Denize is from Arapawa Island in the Marlborough Sounds, but right now, has his sleeves rolled up in the eastern suburbs of Christchurch, with the army of volunteers.

4:06 The Panel

Michael Deaker, Fran O'Sullivan and Barry Corbett

FAQs on Christchurch, the silly situation with charities in NZ and the power of pigeons.