Afternoons Podcast Options

2:45 PM.'Cloud Nine' was George Harrison's 1987 comeback album which, after a five year break, put him back in the news musically. It was co-produced with Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra, a year before… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Lisa Thompson goes for a stroll with the JA walking group through the Auckland suburb of Parnell. Audio

2:10 PM.A team of New Zealanders are trying to be the first in the world to summit an as-yet unclimbed peak in the Himalayas. Hillary knocked off Everest, and now Kiwi climber Rob Frost and his team want to… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Today New Zealand Live hosts new Auckland band Landy & Co. They've played acclaimed live performances at Kingsland's Portland Public House, and already have an album out. Landy & Co is the brain child… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Greg Wood of Auckland chooses 'Silver Turkey' by Japanese rock band Buffalo Daughter. Audio

4:33 PM.Topic 1 - Dirty Netball. Topic 2 - University of Canterbury. Topic 3 - Cheap tablets. Audio

4:07 PM.Topic 1 - Pike River. Topic 2 - User pays. Audio

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

3:30 PM.Long-finned eels are not our most charismatic native species, but they exist only in New Zealand and they are in trouble. Veronika Meduna joins Massey University freshwater ecologist ,Mike Joy and the… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.19-year old Colin Wolfe had been serving in the American Marines for just six weeks when he was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq. Now his mother Amy Grant Wolfe has created a memorial to him. Wolfe… Read more Audio

2:22 PM.For more than 130 years, the clock high on the steeple of St Joseph's Church has kept time for the people of Temuka. The clock keeps on ticking thanks to generations of caretakers, among them is Robin… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Wellington father Chris Cattermole is no DIY king - he'd never really worked with wood before, but he's managed to build a playhouse that looks like a helicopter in his backyard. Audio

1:23 PM.Our tour guides show us Castlepoint, home of the famous Castlepoint races and a longtime popular destination for holidaymakers. Audio

1:09 PM.David Keys from Totara North, Northland has chosen Piano Man by Billy Joel. Audio

4:32 PM.Topics - Motorcar manufacturer Holden has been criticised for suggesting that redundant factory workers should take up a career mowing lawns, cutting hair or get into aged care - as experts warn the… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research's Quarterly Survey of Business says latest figures point to a stronger economic recovery which will prompt firms to hire more people. Arthur… Read more Audio

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

3:33 PM.A Samoan master carver is finishing his work on the last of five poles to be centre stage at a new South Auckland preschool. Each has been uniquely carved with traditional designs of five Pacific… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Phone, tablet rip-offs on transit surge; 'Digital Love: Christian Mingle and JDate; Teens prefer tech to cars; Google Car on the streets of San Francisco; and Mind Control - It's here! Audio

2:24 PM.Duck shooting season opens in New Zealand on the first weekend in May. A Wairarapa country pub is warming up hunters by holding the Regional Duck Calling Championships next week. The winner will get a… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.For seven weeks Dr Clare McMahon lived in a remote village in Kenya working with children, many of them AIDS orphans, treating them for TB, pneumonia, malaria and skin infections. She knew her skills… Read more Audio

1:26 PM.Can you spot the connection in our music quiz? Audio

1:08 PM.Simon Hayes from Queenstown has chosen 'San Francisco' by Scott McKenzie. Audio

4:33 PM.Topics - Love her or loathe her, one thing's beyond dispute: Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain. New Zealanders are evenly split on whether the country needs a constitutional review. An ex-postie… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - the former spy agency chief Sir Bruce Ferguson says Prime Minister John Key must be "smoking dope" for linking failings at the bureau to him and other former directors with a military or… Read more Audio