Afternoons Podcast Options

4:07 PM.Topics - Police Officers leaving frontline duty are not being replaced, putting the public at risk according to the Police Association. Police and the local Council are not doing enough to stop boy… Read more Audio

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

3:32 PM.An Auckland Trust that's collected 25 million pieces of litter from the city's harbour and the Hauraki Gulf in a decade has launched a new boat this week. Audio

3:09 PM.The Facebook Home disaster; Facial Recognition Comes to Google Glass; Now you can hide from the helicopters with the thermal imaging tech on board; Navy drone, in a first, is catapulted from carrier… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Sixty years ago today, Edmund Hillary was making his way up Mt Everest as part of a British expedition to conquer the world's tallest peak. It's a journey which was to make history when he reached the… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.The Tenzing Hillary Marathon is the highest race in the world. Starting at Everest Base Camp, a mere 5,364 feet above sea level, it runs through the Himalayas for 42 kilometres to the gateway to… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Can you spot the connection in our music quiz? Audio

1:09 PM.Steve Wheeler from the Hawkes Bay has chosen 'How Many Worlds' by Brian Eno. Audio

4:40 PM.Topics - Studies show reaction times - a reliable marker of general intelligence - have declined steadily since the Victorian era. The Assistant Commissioner for Road Policing says police chases last… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.Topics - The outgoing National Party MP, Aaron Gilmore, has told Parliament that he has been through the five stages of grief over the past two weeks. The New Zealand Qualifications Authority has… Read more Audio

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

3:30 PM.Over fifty years ago New Zealand's pioneer film maker Ramai Hayward presented a precious gift, a Maori feather cloak from the fifth Maori King, Koroki to China's leader Chairman Mao Zedong. Lynda is… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.The new H7N9 strain of avian influenza has so far affected 130 people in China, 32 of them confirmed dead. Dr. Ian Barr, who's with the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.At the end of next month, four lucky buyers will be getting a slice of outback Queensland for the princely sum of one dollar, Australian. The land, in the tiny township of Richmond, northwest… Read more Audio

1:54 PM.I'm still here: back online after a year without the internet; and Researchers Create a "Hate Map" of the US With Twitter Data. Audio

1:43 PM.The songs 'Instrumental in E ' and 'Follow Every Sound' by Sebastian Warne. Audio

1:36 PM.Reviewing 'The John Lennon Letters' by John Lennon, introduced by Hunter Davies. Audio

1:22 PM.'Seven Sharp' versus 'Campbell Live', and 'Saving Gen Y'. Audio

1:08 PM.Barry Eastwood from the Nelson region has chosen 'Little Wing' by Stevie Ray Vaughan. Audio

4:31 PM.Topics - There is no scientific evidence that psychiatric diagnoses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are valid or useful, according to the leading body representing Britain's clinical… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - Should future Governments be tied to a deal with SkyCity to build a convention centre in Auckland? The National list MP Aaron Gilmore has stepped down, and now the new headline is the utu… Read more Audio

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

3:32 PM.Kauri dieback disease knows no boundaries. It's killing our iconic kauri trees in suburban gardens in West Auckland and in the great kauri forests of Northland. Alison Ballance heads to Titirangi to… Read more Audio

3:09 PM.Akshay Chand was obsessed with the bright, bubbly 18 year old university student Christie Marceau. While out on bail for kidnapping her, Chand went to the Marceau family home, pushed his way past her… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Volunteer firefighter Brian Denton began his collection of fire-fighting collectables with a few toy engines and some old photographs. Fast forward fourteen years, and Brian and his wife Lesley are… Read more Audio