Afternoons Podcast Options

3:10 PM.Work isn't working. We are so busy staying busy, with constant emails and new message apps, we end up exhausted says professor Cal Newport.  Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Electricity - how do we generate it, how does it get from a hydro-station to our kettles, and where is the technology involved heading?  Read more Audio

2:20 PM.This week on Made in NZ we meet Shona Garven who's dedicated her business to making and restoring rocking horses. The Rocking Horse Place is based in Turakina just south of Whanganui. Shona explains… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.This coming weekend the New Zealand Association of Scrabble Players (NZASP) is hosting the 44th National Scrabble Championship in Wellington.  Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Research is underway on the barriers on the West Coast which are stopping young freshwater fish travelling upstream to feed grow into adult fish.  Read more Audio

1:15 PM.The Helen Clark Foundation have teamed up with engineering company WSP to release a major new report into our infrastructure deficit.  Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Award-winning local musician Vera Ellen performs a live session in our Wellington studio. Read more Video, Audio

1:45 PM.Our weekly segment where we ask listeners to share their strange and spooky stories. If you have a spooky tale to share, email afternoons@rnz.co.nz or text 2101 with the details. Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Country music fans will be celebrating tonight with the Country Music Honours taking place tonight. As an added treat for country music fans, the original queen of country in Aotearoa, Suzanne… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Burke Family who run Pukekauri Farms at Katikati in the Bay of Plenty have been named as freshwater champions.  Assessors described them as "genuine trailblazers". John Burke from the Burke family… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.An international team of researchers has undertaken the most extensive review of masks so far. Among them was our very own Professor Michael Baker, of the Department of Public Health at Otago… Read more Audio

3:15 PM.Today Simon Wilson's with Jesse to talk about 'green housing' off the back of the NZ Green Building Council Housing Summit held in Auckland this week. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.A three-time Olympic gold medal-winning rower, a Commonwealth Games bronze for road cycling, and soon-to-be Team New Zealand cycler, Hamish's athletic career knows no bounds. Hamish speaks to Jesse. Read more Audio

2:15 PM.Rachel talks about Reb Fountain's cover of OMC's How Bizarre and a new track out from Vera Ellen. Read more Audio

1:45 PM.The New Zealand Catan National Championships take place on June 1st and 2nd at Wellycon.  Read more Audio

1:32 PM.RNZ has created an Asia unit, largely based here in Auckland to reflect the diversity in our communities and share their stories. Read more Audio

1:22 PM.Charlotte Squire helps people write their family history - for themselves and future generations. Why?  Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Central Auckland's Kelmarna Community Farm have been feeding the community and bringing the joy of gardening to urban residents for forty years.  Read more Audio