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3:18 PM.One of New Zealand's premier sporting events changed hands recently, marking the end of an exclusive 30 year association with its creator. Deborah Nation reflects on Robin Judkin's reign over his own… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Every week men who have retired or been made redundant come together at the Wellington Menzshed to work on projects that help the community. Now their work is getting international attention. The… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.For 52 years, Ford Motor cars rolled off the assembly lines of a plant built in 1936 in Seaview in Lower Hutt. The Ford Cortinas, Escorts and Transit vans were assembled there until the plant closed… Read more Audio

1:21 PM.It's 80 kilometres upstream from Whanganui and just 11 west of it's twin town Ohakune. In 1887 the New Zealand Company purchased the Waimarino block from local iwi and it proved most profitable. In… Read more Audio

1:09 PM.Chelsea Smith from Swannanoa in North Canterbury has chosen 'Foolish Games' by Jewel. Audio

4:36 PM.Topics - A supermarket checkout assistant has been hailed as striking a blow for modern manners by refusing to serve a shopper who was talking on her mobile phone. Tower insurance's refusal of a claim… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - Teachers feel unsafe in their own classrooms. Auckland council is drafting a bylaw to ban begging on the city's streets. Audio

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

3:30 PM.They're finally putting names to some faces, thanks to an exhibition of photographs of Maori that have lain unidentified for over a hundred years. Audio

3:10 PM.Wallpaper for the Digital Age; What goes on Facebook, stays on Facebook; Digital Age religion; will Edward Snowden spike Google dominance? Audio

2:21 PM.A slice of New Zealand holidaying history is making a comeback. Think back to the 1960s and 70s... so many New Zealanders had their holidays in a compact caravan that could be pulled by the family… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.In 1936 a New Zealand athlete had the opportunity to meet Adolf Hitler just as the Berlin Olympics were about to get underway. His name was Clarrie Gordon, a featherweight boxer from Auckland with a… Read more Audio

1:21 PM.Can you spot the connection in our music quiz? Audio

1:09 PM.Roz Young from Auckland has chosen "Cause" by Rodriguez. Audio

4:34 PM.Topics - The culmination of 29 Australian happiness surveys over 12 years by Melbourne's Deakin University has revealed if you live within the "golden triangle" you're more than likely to be happy… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The Maori Party co-leader, Pita Sharples, says it is clear to him that uncertainty about the party's leadership was damaging its support. New Zealanders scoffed $1.5 billion worth of… Read more Audio

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

3:32 PM.Lynda talks to Wen Chin and Michael Powles, the couple who were New Zealand's top diplomatic representatives in China during the events of the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989. Audio

3:10 PM.Dr Corinna Jenkins Tucker is an associate professor of family studies at the University of New Hampshire. She's just published a study in the July issue of Pediatrics magazine that shows bullying by a… Read more Audio

2:23 PM.New Zealand's reigning scrabble champion, Blue Thorogood. Audio

2:10 PM.In 1939, Gwynnie Peacock made her way from Auckland to England, keeping a diary of everything she saw. She travelled through the Gulf of Aden, and visited Germany under Hitler, documenting her… Read more Audio

1:54 PM.How to swear without swearing; is it a street, road, avenue... Audio

1:49 PM.The songs 'Hills and Valleys' and 'I'm The Wrong Man' by Bannerman. Audio

1:42 PM.'Shift' by Hugh Howey. Audio

1:27 PM.'The X Factor'; 'Mitre 10 Dream Home'; 'John Safran's Race Relations'; 'The Almighty Johnsons'. Audio