Afternoons for Thursday 19 May 2011

1:10 Best Song Ever Written:

Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) by The Byrds. Chosen by Sarah Gill from Hamilton.

1:15 Your Place: Otane in Central Hawkes Bay

Otane got its start in 1884 when sections in the area were auctioned off in Napier, each fetching around £70 at the time. Within a year the railway was operating, and this became an important terminus. Today Otane is still the centre of a large farming community and has population of just a little over 500.

2:10 Budget Special

Live coverage of the Budget announcement. The 2011 Budget Special will provide in-depth analysis and commentary from our team of specialist correspondents.

3:12 The Arts Report

How te reo Māori will be leading an unprecedented multilingual Shakespeare project next year.

3:20 Southern Story

Elderly residents in Lyttelton have been enjoying free meals while their supermarket is closed and their town is being rebuilt. After February's earthquake, locals found that many of the community's older members felt isolated and had no means of buying groceries for themselves. Christchurch correspondent Katy Gosset finds that Lyttelton is a town that looks after its own.

4:06 The Panel

Finlay MacDonald and Jock Anderson