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Afternoons for Thursday 8 March 2012

  • Best Song Ever Written - The Last Resort

    1:09 PM.Andy Pottinger who is on Castlepoint Beach has chosen 'The Last Resort' by the Eagles. Audio

  • Your Place - Tonga

    1:21 PM.Today we head 1900 kilometres north-east of Auckland, to a very much larger community than usual on this hour. 106,000 people live here on 52 islands scattered over 700,000 square kilometres of the… Read more Audio

  • Singer-songwriter - Noel Coutts

    2:10 PM.Singer, songwriter, poet, actor and occasional pirate, Noel Coutts lives his life in perpetual motion. Noel and his wife Ela spend half their time in New Zealand and half in Poland. Audio

  • Shark attack survivor

    2:24 PM.Peter Garrett was doing a bit of knee boarding at a Taranaki surf break north of Opunake when something bumped into his board. Strange he thought, next thing you know Peter looks down and there's a… Read more Audio

  • Festival Review for 8 March 2012

    2:30 PM.Festival Review discusses Hone Kouka's play Tu, based on Patricia Grace's novel; the Latin jazz concert Cubano Be! Cubano Bop!; and whether this festival buzz has generated big audiences. Audio

  • Southern Story for 8 March 2012 - Gone in a Flash

    3:22 PM.Sage Forest visits some of the folk who lost homes and gardens in the December 2011 storms in Golden Bay. Audio

  • The Panel Pre-Show for 8 March 2012

    3:47 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

  • The Panel with Julian Wilcox and Anna Chinn (Part 1)

    4:07 PM.Topics - Is the Accident Compensation Corporation alleging pre-existing "degenerative" conditions in order to avoid paying out on injuries caused by accidents? Auckland Council says new figures… Read more Audio

  • The Panel with Julian Wilcox and Anna Chinn (Part 2)

    4:35 PM.Topics - The Advertising Standards Authority appears likely to continue its investigations into a Napier billboard that claimed "Jesus heals cancer", despite the removal of the offending billboard… Read more Audio

1:10 Best Song Ever Written

1:15 Your Place

2:10 Feature stories

2:30 New Zealand International Arts Festival review

Hone Kouka’s play Tu, based on Patricia Grace’s novel; the Latin jazz concert Cubano Be! Cubano Bop!; and whether this festival buzz has generated big audiences.

Listen to all our festival related news, reviews and interviews

Gallery: New Zealand International Arts Festival

2:45 Feature Album

3:12 Arts Report

3:33 Southern story: Gone in a flash

In December 2011 Golden Bay experienced as much rainfall in one day as it usually would for the whole of the month. 764mm fell over 48 hours, mostly east of Takaka township - from Clifton to Wainui Bay bordering the Abel Tasman National Park.

Lahar-like flows of debris swept whole trees across the land, wiping out homes and gardens. Miraculously there were no human deaths, but in such an isolated part of the country with a great growing climate, many people rely on their gardens for fresh food.

Sage Forest visits some missing gardens and talks to folk about how they were gone in a flash.

See aerial pictures by Gerry Draper.

Tui Gardens
Tui Community Gardens, Wainui Bay, covered in 1.5m of Point Separation granite sand (slips on hill visible).

Damage in Golden Bay
Left: Birds Clearing destruction, Clifton Hill. Right: a slip on the road to Wainui.

3:40 Our Changing World

4:06 The Panel