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Afternoons for Wednesday 3 September 2014

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  • Best song ever written - Debaser

    1:07 PM.Chris Howell has chosen 'Debaser' by The Pixies. Audio

  • Music Trivia game

    1:23 PM.We play the first three songs. Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to tell us what common trait all three songs share. Audio

  • Housebound with Rima Te Wiata

    2:08 PM.This horror comedy, Housebound, tells the story of Kylie, a delinquent girl placed on home detention, who must return to the house she grew up in and share it with her mother, Miriam. Rima Te Wiata… Read more Audio

  • Nga Mana Whenua o Tamaki Makaurau Redress

    2:20 PM.Changes are afoot in the way some of Auckland's volcanoes and islands are administered. Audio

  • Kiwi cast in Power Rangers

    2:22 PM.Landing a role in the new series of long-running show Power Rangers could be a big break for young New Zealand actor James Davies. James will feature in the 22nd season of the show, being filmed here… Read more Audio

  • Feature album - All Things Must Pass

    2:45 PM.Today's choice is former Beatle George Harrison's 1970 hit 'All Things Must Pass'. Harrison's early studio albums are being re-issued later this month in a digitally remastered 8-disc boxset entitled… Read more Audio

  • Online world with Hamish MacEwan

    3:07 PM.For sale: systems that can secretly track where cellphone users go around the globe, Disney seeks drone-related air show patents and NASA working on automated traffic control system for drones, and… Read more Audio

  • The Panel pre-show for 3 September 2014

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

1:10 Best song ever written

Debaser by The Pixies chosen by Chris Howell from Hastings.

1:20 Music Trivia game 

2:10 Housebound with Rima Te Wiata

This horror comedy, Housebound, tells the story of Kylie, a delinquent girl placed on home detention, who must return to the house she grew up in and share it with her mother, Miriam. Rima Te Wiata plays the role of Miriam.

2:20 Kiwi cast in Power Rangers

Landing a role in the new series of long-running show Power Rangers could be a big break for young New Zealand actor James Davies. James will feature in the 22nd season of the show, being filmed here, as the New Zealand character Black Dino Charge Ranger. The programme is currently broadcast in 150 countries.

Power rangers
Photos courtesy: Saban Brands

2:30 NZ Reading

Tuvalu – Part 13: Noah Tuttle has returned to Australia and learnt the details of Tilly's death from her father. In today's episode of 'Tuvalu' by Andrew O'Connor he faces the hard decision of what to do next. Read by Garth Holcombe.

2:45 Feature album

George Harrison 'All Things Must Pass' (1970)

3:10 Online with Hamish MacEwan  

3:30 New Zealand Society

Thirteen Auckland tribes have won back ownership of some of Auckland's most significant volcanic cones and islands as a result of the new  Nga Mana Whenua o Tamaki Makaurau Redress Act. Rangitoto and Motutapu Islands were ceremonially handed back on one very windy morning. David Steemson was there.

3:45 The Panel Pre-Show

Zoe George on foraged foods: the answer to weight loss and long life or affectation; the teacher punished, seemingly, for writing a novel about a school shooting; The correlation between religiosity and happiness around the world. The world's most-expensive-ever corporate video, choosing the wrong queue in Saudi Arabia, and television physicist Brian Cox warns about asteroids.