Afternoons for Tuesday 1 May 2012

1:09 PM.Grant Hamilton from the Far North has chosen 'Man of Colours' by Australian band Icehouse. Audio

1:22 PM.A new television channel on Freeview called Choice, documentaries on the box, the Edge Festival, and Tainui Stephens' program 'Requiem for Charlie'. Audio

1:38 PM.'Beastly Things' by Donna Leon and 'The Forrests' by Emily Perkins. Audio

1:46 PM.The songs 'Montauk' and 'Jericho' by Rufus Wainwright. Audio

1:54 PM.A UK court rules that some ISPs must block the Pirate Bay website and the 'Descriptive Camera' that prints what it sees. Audio

2:10 PM.Oceanographer, Giora Proskurowski, says wind drives large amounts of rubbish deeper into the sea and believes this isn't being picked up by researchers who only take samples from the ocean's surface… Read more Audio

2:22 PM.Throughout the country, maimais are being built and shotguns and duck-callers are being dusted off, as about 50,000 duck-hunters prepare for the opening of the season on Saturday. Audio

3:10 PM.At any time of the day or night, technology allows us to connect with people all over the world. But whatever happened to a good old fashioned face to face chat? Some experts believe relentless… Read more Audio

3:33 PM.Lynda Chanwai-Earle gets a close up look at the miracles of plastic surgery with reconstructive plastic surgeon, Dr Swee Tan. Audio

3:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - pressure continues on Prime Minister John Key to stand down the ACT leader, John Banks, from his ministerial roles while police investigate donations to his campaign. There's been a big… Read more Audio

4:33 PM.Topics - Complaints about a Napier church billboard that claimed 'Jesus heals cancer' have been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority. Car makers say the tastes of Chinese consumers are having… Read more Audio