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2:20 PM.Photographer Qiane Matata-Sipu grew up in the subject of her latest exhibition - a living, breathing pa in the middle of our biggest city. Not three kilometres from the runway at Auckland airport sits… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.School children in Northland will soon be making beautiful music, thanks to a new orchestra scheme that turns nobody away. Under the El Sistema scheme, primary school-age children in Whangerei will… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Traveling to Mars today a man who's become a household presence through his unusual presentation of food. Over the past two years he traveled our highways and byways trying to re-educate his fellow… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Mark Perry from Mangawhai has chosen 'Sylvia's Mother', by Dr Hook. Audio

4:35 PM.Topic 3: Female thinking Topic 4: Mental health Topic 5: UK jobs Audio

4:10 PM.Story 1: Council pay Story 2: MP Behaviour Audio

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

3:40 PM.It's a tradition that started 80 years ago in the driveway of a movie buff in New Jersey: the drive in movie. It was the favorite hangout for American teenagers in the 1950s. This weekend, Mount… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.'The Company You Keep', 'Haute Cuisine', 'Jurassic Park 3D' and 'Maori Boy Genius'. Audio

3:20 PM.Cheap and Cheerful: Mudhouse Haymaker East Coast Chardonnay 2012; Mid Price Magic: Balancing Act Marlborough/Waipara Sauvignon Blanc 2012; Treat Yourself: Haythornthwaite 'Pamela' Auslese… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Phillip Kraal from the Bamboozle Oriental Fusion Kitchen in Sumner provides his recipe of sweet ginger and lemongrass steamed pudding with maple syrup. Audio

2:45 PM.From 2006, 'Everything All the Time' made a splash for a group that has since gone on to a Grammy nomination and to become a mainstay of the US indie rock scene. Audio

2:20 PM.Hearing people in a noisy restaurant or pub can sometimes be tricky - and it's even harder if you wear a hearing aid. Audio

2:10 PM.He's never seen a bowling green in his life, but Mohit Arora is one of the game's rising stars. Audio

1:20 PM.A performer from Britain making his first trip down under. He recorded his first album at the age of 19 and formed a band with three others while studying music at the Guildhall. After the band became… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.Kieran from Alicetown nominates 'Feeling Yourself Disintegrate' by the Flaming Lips. Audio

4:33 PM.Topics - new research at the University of Pennsylvania suggests conservatives may be less likely to buy energy efficient light bulbs if they're packaged as environmentally friendly. An Auckland… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - Fonterra has announced a review of its corporate support services in New Zealand that could involve the loss of 300 jobs and save $65 million a year. Holland has joined Spain in basket case… Read more Audio

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

3:18 PM.Katy Gosset visits the Angels Gate Recording Studio to meet Kevin Allison, a technician and producer who's a bit of a hotshot. Kevin's toured with Ringo Starr, Stevie Wonder, Lenny Kravitz and many… Read more Audio

2:18 PM.On Monday Alison Bradley begins her attempt to beat the world record for the fastest woman to run across America. She plans to run from New York to Los Angeles - a total of 4800 kilometres. Alison is… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Nick Sigglekow can look at old wooden furniture or logs of wood and see elegant musical instruments emerging from them. Nick is a technology teacher at Feilding High school. He takes donations of old… Read more Audio

1:22 PM.In recent years this township has become almost a dormitory suburb of Katikati. Originally it was a landing place for ships in the uppermost reaches of the Tauranga harbour. Two main waves of settlers… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.Lorrane Sutherland from Christchurch has chosen 'Celeste Aida' sung by Placido Domingo. Audio

4:33 PM.Topics - Norway might have a job for you: three weeks in the Arctic wilderness spotting polar bears. Police are seeking to overturn a judge's decision that gave a drink-driving sportswoman a discharge… Read more Audio