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4:07 PM.Topics - sixty children a day suffer abuse in New Zealand and there are few signs that the country's child abuse record is improving. Latest figures show there were 21,778 substantiated child abuse… Read more Audio

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

3:34 PM.As Auckland speeds up intensive housing development, a warning comes from the Tree Council that if Aucklanders fail to recognise the value of trees, they potentially do so at a cost to their own… Read more Audio

3:09 PM.Jules' tough week; what's next in travel apps; Kickass Grammar, FutureLearn: and Cadillac goes electric. Audio

2:22 PM.19-year-old Bevan Dewes has his commercial pilot's licence, and is an instructor for East Canterbury Aviation on Rangitata Island. He may be the youngest person in the country to own a vintage… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.The world is beating a well-lit path to New Zealander Hamish Scott's door for his invention that makes footpaths glow in the dark. He calls the technology Starpath, and it's a spray-on product that… Read more Audio

1:24 PM.Can you spot the connection in our music quiz? Audio

1:08 PM.Chris Blackbourn from Waipu has chosen 'Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence' by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Audio

4:36 PM.Topics - has it ever occurred to you that the GCSB could easily counteract the current unpopularity of its surveillance programs and eliminate concerns over the cost of spying on New Zealanders… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.Topics - Prime Minister, John Key, is confident the SkyCity convention centre deal will proceed despite a Crown Law opinion that a future Government could walk away from the agreement without paying… Read more Audio

3:49 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:32 PM.Lynda meets 80-year-old tap-dancing Diana Wong, a Grey Lynn legend with stories to tell about growing up in the heyday of Auckland in the 1930s and 40s. Audio

3:10 PM.Psychologist and writer Gina Perry's new book 'Behind the Shock Machine: The Untold Story of the Notorious Milgram Psychology Experiments' looks into Stanley Milgram's work testing the power of… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.'Beyond The Edge', a New Zealand film about Sir Edmund Hillary's journey to the summit of Mt Everest, premieres in Wellington today. Shot in the Southern Alps and incorporating original footage and… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Hayden Tee grew up in Maungaturoto, a small town in the Kaipara District where his dreams of performing on the big stage began. Now 33, Hayden's based in the States, and has performed and directed… Read more Audio

1:56 PM.10 bizarre literary landmarks and Chocablog - for chocolate lovers. Audio

1:48 PM.Gregory Porter and Pink Martini. Audio

1:39 PM.'The Bone Season' by Samantha Shannon. Audio

1:26 PM.'This Town' on TV1, 'The Walking Dead' on TV2 and 'Downton Abbey' on Prime. Audio

1:09 PM.Rick Place from Invercargill has chosen 'Shed a Little Light' by James Taylor. Audio

4:36 PM.Topics - In Britain, a child care worker is arguing that an employer has a duty to "reasonably accommodate" the beliefs of a Christian employee. The NZ First leader Winston Peters wants to establish a… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.Topics - A woman has been arrested after a French tourist was pistol-whipped in an attack on a couple in Napier last night. The young (22-year-old) couple were in their van in a carpark at Westshore… Read more Audio

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

3:34 PM.Hauturu-Little Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf is one of New Zealand's most precious nature reserves - and it's now home to nine of our most threatened birds, the kakapo. Most kakapo are… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.In her book, 'Hitler's Furies', author Wendy Lower discusses the roles average German women played in the Holocaust. Many were known as desk murderers, eagerly helping their bosses carry out the… Read more Audio