Afternoons for Thursday 8 May 2014

1:09 PM.Breton Dukes from Kaikorai Valley, Dunedin has chosen 'Dignity' by Bob Dylan. Audio

1:23 PM.It's an Island off our coast named by early European settlers in 1841 as New Leinster. The name stuck for only five years. In the end its English identity came from the man who first mapped it. Audio

2:09 PM.Today children at Russell School in Cannons Creek near Porirua have the inauspicious claim of being the first pupils selected for children's charity KidsCan's new Nit Busters programme. Audio

2:19 PM.Could you travel to a far-away country with someone you've only met once, jump in a seven horse power tuk tuk and race it three and a half thousand kilometres .. all for a good cause? Houhora police… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Roberto Carvalho loves 3D printing. He builds his own from scratch at home in Lyttelton, and is trying to spread the word on 3D printing in schools. Read more Audio

3:20 PM.Sports physiologists are measuring the performance of elite athletes to help improve their training. Audio

3:43 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

4:08 PM.Topics - the results of the latest Roy Morgan Poll. This bears mention, it's the first indicator of trouble in the polls for the government. The Speaker has cleared New Zealand First MP Denis O Rourke… Read more Audio

4:33 PM.Topics - Many people say they have shark phobias, for other people, it's fear of heights that causes them crippling anxiety. The Christchurch City Council is promising to act on the $534 million… Read more Audio