Afternoons for Wednesday 11 May 2011
1:10 Best Song Ever Written
The Pearl Fisher's Duet, as chosen by Jack Chivers of New Plymouth.
1:15 Link 3 - music game
2:10 Feature stories
An Australian diving team that set world records for cold water diving wants to return to New Zealand to find the mysterious source of the Pearse River near Motueka. Their adventures have just been published in National Geographic Magazine. The divers reached a depth of 194 meters without reaching the end of the submerged cave in the Kahurangi National park
National Geographic New Zealand Cave Diving Video.
Wellington Zoo staff are fighting to make sure the number of rare Chatham Island taiko doesn't go from 140 to 139. A sick taiko chick has been brought to the zoo for treatment. Taikos are one of the world's rarest birds. This may be the first time the magenta petrel, on the edge of extinction, has been brought to the mainland. DOC staff on the Chatham Islands decided they had to get help for the rare bird after it was found bedraggled and damp with no waterproofing.
2:30 Reading
Episode 8 of The Orphan Gunner by Sara Knox, read by Deana Elvins.
2:45 Feature Album
Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here.
3:12 Virtual World
Dr Jules Older, psychologist, magazine editor, author, app creator, YouTube video blogger; currently living in San Francisco.
3:33 Auckland story
David Steemson looks at the concept of free stores, giving away food from suppliers that would otherwise be wasted.
4:06 The Panel
Finlay MacDonald and Penny Ashton.