Afternoons for Monday 27 June 2011

1:10 Best Song Ever Written

Proud Mary by CCR , chosen by Warren Jowett of Staveley.

1:15 8 Months To Mars

Swazi man - Davey Hughes.

2:10 Dr Baukje Lenting - veterinary resident at Wellington Zoo looking after Happy Feet

The emperor penguin dubbed Happy Feet that arrived on the Kapiti Coast a week ago is recovering after a two hour operation at Wellington Zoo this morning. The penguin survived two attempts at the weekend to clear sand from its body after it was taken to the zoo from Peka Peka beach on Friday in a critical condition.

2:15 Plunket books could be phased out in favour of technology

Plunket books, used by parents for decades to record the development of their young children, could be phased out by technology. Plunket is planning to give nurses and volunteers tablet computers to record details from home visits. Parents could then log on to a secure website to find out about their child's development. Brenda Hynes is Plunket's national clinical adviser.

2.25 Moose in Fiordland

For sixty years Fred Stewardson from Northland has kept secret four photos he took of moose in Fiordland. Fred took the photos on a hunting trip to Wet Jacket Arm in 1953, but his hunting companion told him to keep the pictures secret. The snaps include the only known picture of a group of three moose - a bull, a cow and its calf. Moose chaser Ken Tustin from Bull Creek, near Milford is delighted with the photos.

2:30 NZ Reading

Part six of a 12-part reading by Lloyd Geering of his own book, Wrestling with God.
Published by Bridget Williams Books (5-Nov-2006)
ISBN-978-1845400774

2:45 Feature Album

Watertown by Frank Sinatra (1970).

3:12 Music author David Browne

David Browne, Rolling Stone editor and New York Times contributor, talks about why the year 1970 deserves more than its 15 minutes of fame. His book is called Fire And Rain: The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY, And the Lost Story Of 1970.

3:35 Our Changing World

Alison Ballance accompanies some rowi, New Zealand's rarest kiwi species, on a transfer to Blumine Island in the Marlborough Sounds.

4:06 The Panel

Irene Gardiner and Jon Bridges.