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4:35 PM.Bill Gates has revealed that the Control-Alt-Delete function for Microsoft computer systems was a mistake that ended up sticking; A float in tomorrow's Alexandra Blossom Festival parade has been… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.The Prime Minister has used his speech to the United Nations General Assembly to heavily criticise the five permanent members of the Security Council; and the world's most important climate science… Read more Audio

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

3:42 PM.It only happens four times a year, in a month with a fifth Sunday, the gates of the historic Old Gorge Cemetery in Woodville swing open for special tours with guides who know the stories behind the… Read more Audio

3:27 PM.Geoffrey Rush's new film, 'The Best Offer' and 'Planes', showing for the children over the school holidays. Audio

3:20 PM.Belinda with her pick of wines for the weekend. Audio

3:10 PM.A recipe for Paprika Chicken Drumsticks and Pan-Baked Scones. Audio

2:45 PM.Funk band Earth, Wind & Fire's first new album since 2005. Audio

2:20 PM.When you think of an overseas scholarship programme, it's easy to think more of the New Zealanders who travel than of the students who come to New Zealand. The majority of American Fulbrighters who… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.It's a daunting task for a man of any age: walking the 1400 kilometre Wales Coastal Path - along jagged cliffs, across 41 beaches and ancient forests taking in 18 castles. Peter Alan Bray did it by… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.Fashion designer Doris de Pont has nominated today's Best Song Ever Written - 'Nature' by The Fourmyula. Audio

4:31 PM.Topics - In a new book, Dr Valerie Curtis, the director of the hygiene centre at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, argues that feelings of disgust govern our life. Meanwhile, a… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The Mayor of Auckland, Len Brown, says there are plans afoot to give Team New Zealand a warm homecoming welcome. Oracle Team USA successfully defended the team's America's Cup challenge this… Read more Audio

3:46 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:30 PM.We're used to seeing big wind turbines with three blades - but Ruth Beran meets Bill Currie, a Dunedin designer from Powerhouse Wind who is radically rethinking wind turbine design, and he's come up… Read more Audio

2:21 PM.This morning the Football Ferns beat China 4 Nil to win the Valais Cup in Switzerland to show just how far women's soccer has come in New Zealand. The win is providing some much needed tonic for… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.It's a purler of an idea for blokes, get together on a Thursday night and do something besides play cards or watch sport. Mike Dickison is starting a knitting group for men. He calls it the League of… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.There's not much here apart from the beach, the surf club, a rural fire station and the much-loved Bethells caravan cafe. Surfing is the main pastime, along with fishing and bush walking. It's maybe… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Not for the first time in its long existence, the School Journal is under threat. The Vault looks back at the world's oldest children's series publication. Audio

1:07 PM.Alex Hall of Masterton has chosen 'YYZ' by Rush. Audio

4:32 PM.Topic - In a study out of Arizona State University, published in the journal Computers in Human Behaviour, the researchers found young people who are more narcissistic were the ones posting more often… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.Topics - Oracle Team USA have levelled the Americas Cup yacht racing competition, taking both of today's races to tie at 8-all with Emirates Team New Zealand. A Herald-DigiPoll survey suggests support… Read more Audio

3:44 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:28 PM.He's been called a "heritage hero", but it seems he's rather a reluctant one. Dinesh Mistry has spent hundreds of thousands restoring his 100-year old shop building in Mount Eden which he could easily… Read more Audio

3:07 PM.Your Life in a Tweet Challenge; the California Eraser Button Law; Digital Archeology; Russian Kids Use eBooks; the annual Ig Nobel Prize; YouShop. Audio