Afternoons Podcast Options

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

3:33 PM.It started as an informal and small gathering of mums in Wellington about 10 years ago, now the Himawari Japanese Playgroup meet regularly once a week in Wellington, to keep their language and culture… Read more Audio

3:09 PM.Every day in New Zealand 50 people are diagnosed with diabetes. New Zealand has one of the highest diabetes rates in the OECD. Professor Merlin Thomas is a clinician scientist and Otago University… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.One of the most unusual maritime tragedies in New Zealand is being remembered, thanks to a new art exhibition in the Far North. The steamship Ventnor was on its way from Wellington to Hong Kong when… Read more Audio

1:55 PM.The dinner party conundrum - where best to sit and if it's all getting too much you can go to the quiet place. Audio

1:51 PM."Whom", the least-used pronoun in the English language, is dying... Audio

1:39 PM.The songs 'So Beautiful Or So What' by Paul Simon and 'Demons' by The National. Audio

1:33 PM.'Nothing Gold Can Stay' by Ron Rash. Audio

1:18 PM.'Thelma's Gypsy Girls', 'Game of Thrones', 'GC' and 'Global Radar'. Audio

1:07 PM.Neil Brown from Banks Peninsula has chosen 'New Found Year' by Paul Kelly. Audio

4:32 PM.Topics - Momentum Machines, a San Francisco-based company, has created a burger-flipping device that can crank out custom-made burgers - extra lettuce, hold the mayo - at industrial speeds. One less… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The Prime Minister is welcoming more Chinese investment in New Zealand - as long as it's the right type of investment. Insurers have begun imposing excesses of five thousand dollars for… Read more Audio

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

3:28 PM.The North Island is still in the grip of the most severe drought on record, and there are reports that native trees and wildlife are suffering. So what will happen if droughts like this become more… Read more Audio

3:09 PM.For decades, the bravery of New Zealanders at Gallipoli during the First World War has taken centre stage on ANZAC Day. But author Dr Ron Palenski says The Battle for Crete should also command a very… Read more Audio

2:09 PM.Sharon Barbour is a BBC journalist and film-maker who has spent a good portion of her life putting together the various parts of the tragic story of the Wahine. Her efforts began as a young journalist… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Today's Mars guest is certainly well-travelled. She's probably flown to Mars and back in equivalent air miles. She has a new book out, a novel which saw her travel for research to both the American… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.Jason Hall from Auckland has chosen 'Carolina Rain' by Ryan Adams. Audio

4:40 PM.The BBC concludes there are now 7 different social classes, the NZ flag is lowered at Kiwibase in Bamiyan province, the British PM says it would be "foolish" to abandon its Trident nuclear deterrent… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.Auckland house prices to rise by 12% over the next year, and the Council of Trade Unions describes Mighty River Power directors' pay rise "obscene". Audio

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

3:42 PM.There are more than 30 pilots with brightly-coloured hot air balloons taking part in this year's Balloons Over Waikato. Michele Connell is the organiser of the event. Audio

3:29 PM.'The Host', 'Trance', and 'Identity Thief'. Audio

3:19 PM.Mahi Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2012 ($19); Chateau Saint-Paul Cru Bourgeois Haut-Medoc 2010 ($29.95); Kumeu River Hunting Hill Chardonnay 2010 ($50). Audio

3:10 PM.Jacob's recipe for Grissini with Cured Pork Belly or Jowl. Audio