Afternoons for Monday 19 March 2012

4:36 PM.Topics - People whose minds wander might actually have sharper brains. A pair of well-known Auckland event organisers who felt they were unfairly targetted by the council's dog bylaw enforcement… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - in Tonga, we're told, there is a sombre atmosphere as people digest the news of the death of King George Tupou the fifth. The Labour Party is calling for an inquiry into a breach of the… Read more Audio

3:44 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:33 PM.Join palaeontologists at a Central Otago fossil site that reaches back 16 to 19 million years to prehistoric Zealandia. Audio

3:10 PM.Thomas Edsall is a former Washington Post political editor. He's a columnist for The New York Times and a professor of journalisim at Columbia University. His book, 'The Age of Austerity: How Scarcity… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Final preparations for the inaugural Cycle Tour of New Zealand have started. The eight-day event will see teams of cyclists pedal their way from Cape Reinga to Masterton, or from Bluff to Blenheim… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.A rat trap invented by two New Zealand men is now the weapon of choice in about 20 countries. David Wells of Rotorua and his brother-in-law, Waiheke Islander Luc Desbonnets, invented the Nooski Trap… Read more Audio

1:23 PM.Her nationwide TV debut was on the series 'A Week of It'. Over the years she's done it all within the entertainment industry; she had a pop music career, a TV career as a comedian and as a gardener. Audio

1:09 PM.Rosemary Parbotton from Dunedin has chosen 'And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda' by the Pogues. Audio