Afternoons Podcast Options

4:07 PM.Topics - A senior police officer has been brought in from outside Auckland to help investigate a group of young men who've been boasting online about sex with intoxicated girls. The police have been… Read more Audio

3:47 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:31 PM.Lynda Chanwai-Earle visits a Theravada Buddhist monastery in Island Bay during a vibrant 15-day festival that commemorates lost loved ones. Audio

3:07 PM.Newcastle yachtsman Ivan Macfadyen's firsthand account of the Pacific Ocean, which he describes as 'broken' and 'dead'. Ten years ago Ivan charted a course between Melbourne and Osaka. He could throw… Read more Audio

2:19 PM.The principal of Hawera's Ramanui School - Liz Harrison - has just returned from an eye opening trip to Ghana, mentoring untrained teachers there. Liz and another Ramanui teacher, Kaareen Hotereni… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.A villa built on the Sumner Esplanade in Christchurch early last century has been saved from demolition and given a new lease of life. A Queenstown couple couldn't bear to see the beautiful home… Read more Audio

1:54 PM.The vocab test; The weirdest things eaten by travel bloggers; Food for the Horse lover's soul. Audio

1:46 PM.Featuring the tracks 'Forgiveness' and 'Two Pale Moons' by the group Tiny Lies. Audio

1:39 PM.'Eat - The Little Book of Fast Food' by Nigel Slater, published by Harper Collins. Audio

1:27 PM.Block-buster finale drives record ratings for TV3; Nightline is in for a shake-up; The Vote has been given the chop. Audio

1:09 PM.Anne McKenzie of Sumner has chosen the Queen song'These Are The Days Of Our Lives'. Audio

4:34 PM.Topics - The Sydney Morning Herald reports we're actually better able to remember where to find the information we need than the information itself. That was the conclusion of a recent study from New… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.The Labour party is presenting a united front - on the surface at least. Its annual conference in Christchurch was the first under new leader David Cunliffe. Over 600 delegates congregated in… Read more Audio

3:47 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:32 PM.Auckland's night life has just been boosted with the arrival of some unexpected visitors. Long-tailed bats, one of two species of native bat, survive in a few scattered places, but they are now… Read more Audio

3:09 PM.Jacob Tomsky reveals what hotel staff really think about their guests and some of the tips that will get you what you want in his new book, 'Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles and… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Twenty-five years ago, the small Southland village of Tuatapere was struggling to survive. To avoid becoming nothing more than a town to service nearby farmers, the local pharmacist, John Fraser, came… Read more Audio

2:09 PM.What do you get when you mix a beer brewer with a maker of coffee liquers? A coffee stout is the result. In another story from the deep south - a brewer of boutique beers in Dunedin has joined forces… Read more Audio

1:22 PM.Over the last few years William Kircher been getting up at 3am every day and spending hours in the makeup department at Stone Street Studios in Miramar getting an axe embedded in his skull. Then the… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.Andrew Bell from Christchurch has chosen 'From Auschwitz to Ipswich' by Jarvis Cocker. Audio

4:35 PM.Fireworks go on sale tomorrow, they will only be sold for four days, from tomorrow until Guy Fawkes on November 5, A study of what teenagers really want to know about sex has revealed anxiety about… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Sir Douglas Graham will keep his knighthood, despite the conviction for his role in the collapse of Lombard Finance, The former Prime Minister Helen Clark has renewed suggestions New Zealand will… Read more Audio

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

3:40 PM.Forty-six of Taranaki's best gardens will be open for the 26th annual Powerco Taranaki Garden Spectacular this weekend. Audio

3:30 PM.'Thor: The Dark World' and the Australian film 'The Turning'. Sarah's TV pick is 'The Fall', starring Gillian Anderson and Jamie Doran. Audio