Afternoons for Monday 12 December 2011

1:09 PM.Yvette Parsons has chosen 'Little Fluffy Clouds' by The Orb. Audio

1:20 PM.At the age of seven he played a piano concert at Carnegie Hall. At 15 he was touring the States with his own band. By the time he was 20, he was a member of one of the biggest music groups of the… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.A gun cupboard, more than 110 years old and thought to have belonged to William Larnach, has been found on a Central Otago farm. Audio

2:23 PM.One hundred years ago this week the historic landmark was opened by the Governor General Baron Islington and became Auckland's first permanent seat of administration and entertainment. Audio

3:10 PM.First Officer William Murdoch held his course too long once the iceberg had been spotted, according to the authors of a new book called Report into the loss of the SS Titanic: A Centennial… Read more Audio

3:37 PM.'Glow in the dark' bacteria are a novel rapid screening technique for finding new drugs to combat superbugs. Audio

3:48 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - the Greens say a high-level committee will do nothing for the thousands of people living in poverty in New Zealand and a New Zealander who has been accused of multi-million dollar fraud in… Read more Audio

4:34 PM.Topic - more than half of all New Zealanders want the price of cheap alcohol increased and liquor trading hours tightened, according to a previously unpublished survey. Audio