1:10 Best Song Ever Written - David Verrall of Hokitika nominated 'When You and I Were Young, Maggie' by John McCormack.

1:20 Eight Months To Mars - best selling author and New York Times columnist, Lily Koppel.

2:10 - Online Stargazing - Terence Galuszka - A lifestyle block in rural Masterton is the setting for a new observatory where it is hoped generations of students will learn how to follow the stars. The 'Kea' Observatory at Stronvar, is the brain-child of local star gazer  Terence Galuszka who estimates it'll take about six months to construct, and cost upwards of a hundred thousand dollars to fit out fully. But it'll be time and money well spent he says, if it brings a world-class star dome to the bottom of the North Island.

Galactic Kiwi is an online resource for young people interested in astronomy administered by Terence.

2:20 Outward Bound Cutter -  Bruce Cardwell - It's been a rite of passage for thousands of young New Zealanders for 51 years. Outward Bound is the outdoor education course that teaches teamwork, leadership, and resilience to young people all over the world,since it was first founded in Wales in 1941.

The name: 'Outward Bound' refers to the moment when a ship leaves the pier, and that's particularly apt for New Zealand , because learning how to handle a vessel is central to the Outward Bound experience here.

The cutters of Outward Bound have been sailing the Marlborough Sounds for over half a century, and the organisation has just christened a brand new boat, all the better for the latest generation of bounders to get their sea legs on.

2:30 Reading - Today we begin a 5-part adaptation of 'One of the Family'  by Nora Brocas Sanderson - an entertaining account of a girl growing up in the Hokianga during the early years of the 20th Century
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MUSIC DETAILS      
'Miss Annabelle Lee' (trad) from the Album 'Pleasures & Treasures'  [ Saydisc SC SDLC 362 ]
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INTERACTIVE:      
One of the Family by Nora Brocas Sanderson  Pub: Steele Roberts (1999) ISBN-1877228184

2:45 Feature Album - Minute by Minute - The Doobie Brothers (1978)

3:10 Feature Author -  She Left Me the Gun: My Mother's Life Before Me' by Emma Brockes 

3:30 Three Kings Islands Marine Expedition - Alison Ballance joins Auckland Museum's Three Kings Islands Marine Expedition, which spent 10 days at the islands surveying their underwater life. We hear from: Kareen Schnabel from NIWA and you also heard seaweed experts Roberta D'Archino and Wendy Nelson from NIWA, and fish experts Vincent Zintzen from Te Papa, and Ged Wiren and Tom Trnski from Auckland Museum.
BACKGROUND
Auckland Museum's Three Kings Marine Expedition website
   
4:06  On The Panel today Peter Elliot and Rosemary McLeod - Peter Dunne's career, spying on your citizens, the trouble with Volkswagens, the nature of time, and the problem with productivity in our workforce.