Afternoons for Tuesday 6 December 2011

1:07 PM.Jonathan Maze from Auckland has chosen "Haunted" with Shane MacGowan Shane Macgowan & The Popes with Sinead O'Connor. Audio

1:23 PM."The Dovekeepers" by Alice Hoffmann and "When She Woke" by Hillary Jordan. Audio

1:36 PM.TVNZ has announced a part merger with Sky, "Strawberries with the Fuhrer" and "Getting It Up" . Audio

1:48 PM.Natalia Mann, and Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears. Audio

1:55 PM.The last roll of Kodachrome, the nicest place on the Internet and the LA Times celebrates 130 years. Audio

2:10 PM.Astronomers have confirmed the first ever Earth-like planet that may hold life. The Kepler 22-b lies about 600 light years away and is about 2.4 times the size of Earth, with a temperature of about 22… Read more Audio

2:17 PM.Two solar powered cars driven by teams of engineering students have just finished the final leg of their 1700 kilometre trip from Auckland to Bluff. Audio

3:08 PM.Olie Hillie was working all hours of the day, getting by on six hours sleep at night and feeling so stressed his doctor warned him of dire consequences if he didn't make some changes. So he did. Over… Read more Audio

3:37 PM.The Inaugural Asian Short Story Awards got underway in Auckland this year, for the first time giving voice and prize money, to outstanding Asian writers of short fiction in New Zealand. A total of 42… Read more Audio

3:50 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - New Zealand homes are overvalued by 25 per cent and we're at risk of a housing bubble burst, according to the Economist. Next week the 34 surviving members of the Labour Party caucus will… Read more Audio

4:35 PM.Topics - National has agreed to a radical development in the education system - charter schooling as a surprising part of its support deal with the Act Party. National has agreed to a radical… Read more Audio