Afternoons Podcast Options

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

3:28 PM.The first Maori settlers in New Zealand were hunter-gatherers who found a rich larder of seafood for the taking. Archaeologist Ian Smith from the University of Otago tells Alison Ballance how he's… Read more Audio

3:17 PM.From the Radio NZ Vault, a reminder of how fast change can be. In the lifetime of Rewi Alley, China went from agrarian poverty through bloody revolution to become a major power - a communist one which… Read more Audio

2:21 PM.Katherine McIndoe, 19, of Victoria University is the senior prize winner in the Royal Commonwealth Society's 2013 essay competition, which celebrated its 130th anniversary this year. Her essay, called… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.The smell of rotten fish can ruin a $64,000 vehicle. A few months ago, Mark Reihana stopped to buy eight frozen snapper from local fisherman in Miranda near Thames. He got home, parked his Ford Ranger… Read more Audio

1:21 PM.You can say you come from Cave if you live in a district between the Rangitata and the Pareora Rivers in Canterbury - about 23kms northwest of Timaru on the way to Fairlie. The historic settlement… Read more Audio

1:09 PM.Michael Daymond-King from Wellington has chosen 'Sixteen Tons' by Tennessee Ernie Ford. Audio

4:33 PM.Topics - At Wellesley College, regarded as one of America's best universities, they have developed the Maladaptive Covert Narcissism Scale. Its used to determine how narcissistic a person is. The… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.Topics - The UN say chemical weapons have been used in Syria, hundreds of people are dying and the US is threatening military intervention, so are Britain and France. After 11 hours of deliberating… Read more Audio

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

3:30 PM.The first of Auckland's new electric train stock has arrived from Spain - Lisa Thompson takes a turn in the driver's seat. Audio

3:09 PM.Gold-coloured iPhones; job losses in high-tech companies; make money from instructional videos; can Google Glass read your mind?; Instagram: likes for sale. Audio

2:19 PM.Julia Banks of Cockle Bay in Auckland got bored with the board game Scrabble, so she created her own. It's called Squabbles: The Game of Very Cross Words. There is no board and players can rearrange… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Fifty years ago, on 28 August 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr gave a speech that would define his life and his legacy. The "I have a dream" speech delivered to a crowd of over 250,000 from the steps of… Read more Audio

1:22 PM.Can you spot the connection in our music quiz? Audio

1:08 PM.Kate Kerr from Dunedin has chosen 'Black' by Pearl Jam. Audio

4:35 PM.Topics - Research in the UK found pet names like Fido, Spot, Mutt and Patch are out and Charlie, Alfie and Ruby are in. Harry Potter books, children's TV and celebrity names have the biggest influence… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The government is looking towards a new pension scheme, which would allow us to make a decision on when we'd like to retire and how much pension we'd like to claim. The proposed scheme would… Read more Audio

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

3:31 PM.Lisa Thompson discovers why Auckland Airport is laying out the welcome mat to its Chinese visitors. Audio

3:10 PM.Author Michael Parker is deputy principal of Sydney's independent Cranbrook School. He has written the books 'Ethics 101: Conversations to Have with Your Kids' and 'Talk to your Kids: 109… Read more Audio

2:18 PM.Wellington yacht builder Martin Foster was very partial to his E-type Jaguar cars. He tried to take them out every day, but they kept breaking down. Frustrated by the capriciousness of sports cars… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Northland man Ian Calder was out trapping possums on his lifestyle block in Whangarei when he stumbled across the entrance to a cave. The mouth of the cave was little more than a narrow gap in the… Read more Audio

1:56 PM.Steve's favourite web-comic site and the primary portal for the British government. Audio

1:49 PM.'West Side Hori' by Tipene and 'Cobra Jacket' by Sharkness. Audio