Afternoons Podcast Options

2:08 PM.New York chef Dominique Ansel has produced a cross between a croissant and a doughnut in his SoHo bakery. They go for $5 each and are something of a sensation. Audio

1:27 PM.North-east of Eketahuna and 20 minutes east of Pahaiatua. It's a friendly place as we'll find out with our three Makuri tour guides today: sole-charge Principal of Makuri School Keryl Lee, fly… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.John Brown from Oamaru chooses Sioux City Sue by Willie Nelson. Audio

4:36 PM.Topics - Are you more likely to buy something if the sales person compliments you? Legislation that would place greater restrictions on known and suspected child abusers has unanimously passed its… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The Minister of Education says the newly announced charter schools have been thoroughly scrutinized and will now be extremely transparent and accountable. The five publicly-funded private… Read more Audio

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

3:30 PM.South Auckland families desperately in need of decent housing should benefit from Habitat for Humanity plans to speed up its house building there. Audio

3:10 PM.How can the phone-maker guarantee that the fingerprint you use to open the phone will stay in the phone?; a safe news site for children; woes of the world from Mavis; deep linking; Our dream library… Read more Audio

2:09 PM.Wellington audiences have been entertained there for almost 50 years, but New Zealand's oldest running theatre company is closing down. After the current production 'Live at Six' finishes its run on… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.Andre Prassinos from Rotorua has chosen 'This Train' by Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Audio

1:08 PM.Can you spot the connection in our music quiz? Audio

4:32 PM.Topics - Forbes 400 list reveals America's richest have once again surpassed their net worth. The wealthiest citizens in the U.S. are now worth a record $2.02 trillion. Tauranga's City Council has… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The Government has softened its controversial plan to limit the recreational snapper catch in the upper north island. The Primary Industries Ministry was proposing cutting the allowable catch… Read more Audio

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

3:33 PM.Seven-hundred-and-fifty quota refugees on average come into this country per annum. The current crisis in Syria may see as many as two million people displaced, many orphaned children. Lynda… Read more Audio

3:09 PM.Grayson Schaffer is a senior editor of Outside magazine and he's written a piece called 'The Disposable Man: A Western History of Sherpas on Everest' about the simmering tensions between the people… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.As a photographer Ashlee Wells Jackson is used to getting up close and personal with her subjects. But her latest project is allowing women from all over America to reveal themselves in a whole new… Read more Audio

2:09 PM.A local in Kaikohe asked an artist to paint on her wall to stop the kids from tagging. Fast-forward a few months later, and the Kaikohe Mural Project has taken on a life of its own. The line-up on the… Read more Audio

1:50 PM.The Last Words of 20 Cultural Icons; and Paging Fun Mums. Audio

1:40 PM.'Royals' and 'Team' by Lorde. Audio

1:31 PM.'The Luminaries' by Eleanor Catton. Audio

1:21 PM.'Family Recipes' and 'Duck Dynasty'. Audio

1:09 PM.John Cook from Christchurch has chosen 'Don't Cry My Lady Love' by the Quicksilver Messenger Service. Audio

4:39 PM.Topics - If you got lots of cavities, you could be lowering your chance of head and neck cancer. A bill was passed last month, banning gang insignia being worn on state premises - including schools… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - after an American style election race, David Cunliffe has been named the new leader of the Labour Party. A new voting system was put in place, with MPs, unions and the wider Labour Party… Read more Audio