Afternoons Podcast Options

4:37 PM.Topics - The NZ Herald reports The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was the biggest December opening for the US ever, earning $NZ100.3 million in its first two days. The co-leader of the Maori Party… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - Tropical Cyclone Evan continues to batter Fiji, with hurricane winds reaching the main island of Nadi. The United States President Barack Obama has arrived in the Connecticut community… Read more Audio

3:48 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:34 PM.For many years the Heathcote-Avon estuary was the dumping ground for Christchurch's sewage. Then, in 2010, the wastewater was diverted well out to sea, via a long pipe. David Schiel from the… Read more Audio

3:09 PM.Professor Clay Christensen, world-renowned for his ideas about innovation in business, had a conversation with his class at the end of term about looking at their own lives the way smart business… Read more Audio

2:09 PM.'Dogfight: The Battle of Britain' tells the stories of the New Zealand and Australian pilots who risked so much in one of the crucial battles of WWII. The author is Massey University Historian Adam… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Playwright, novelist, stand-up comic, screen writer and collector of awards; This year - another of Duncan Sarkies's stories was turned into a movie, starring Flight of the Conchords Bret McKenzie… Read more Audio

1:07 PM.Andy Kane from Christchurch has chosen 'Caledonia' by Dougie Maclean. Audio

4:34 PM.Topic 4 - Pharmacies could provide the emergency contraceptive free to 12-24 year olds under a new Taranaki Youth Health strategy. Topic 5 - We're not exactly feeling merry and bright about our… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.Topic 1 - Bain Report. Topic 2 - Auckland Transport. Audio

3:50 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:43 PM.A World War II bomber makes its long awaited appearance at a fundraiser at the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre from 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Audio

3:34 PM.Sarah McMullan's been to see a couple of holiday season heavyweights that have opened, The Hobbit and Love is all you Need. Audio

3:20 PM.Yvonne's wine picks : Bishop's Leap Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2012 $10.99, Richmond Plains Nelson Chardonnay 2011 $19, Esk Valley Winemakers Reserve Gimblett Gravels Merlot Malbec Cabernet Sauvignon… Read more Audio

3:09 PM.Champagne Ham Glazed with Apple and Cinnamon. Audio

2:50 PM.Our Feature Album is the musical re-union of "Grease" movie sweethearts, Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta - 'This Christmas'. Audio

2:21 PM.Amelia Nurse continues her series which looks at abilities and senses some people don't have and how it affects them. This time Amelia's focus is tone deafness. Audio

2:20 PM.Ever since he was a boy Mick Paul of Whanganui has dreamed of racing on that Mecca for those who want to go faster than ever on a motorbike, the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, USA. Burt Munro is a… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.NZ Live sees the return for Christmas time of Cathy Harrop and friends - always a highlight. Audio

1:09 PM.Sarah Joan Lawrie of Flatpoint in the Wairarapa has chosen 'Working on Something Big' by Tom Petty. Audio

4:33 PM.Topics - America's National Intelligence Council, made up of 17 U.S. government intelligence agencies, has released its predictive master-work, Global Trends 2030: Alternate Worlds. The New Zealand… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The report by the Canadian Judge on the David Bain compensation claim recommends that Mr Bain be paid compensation. The Justice Minister Judith Collins has released the report, and a peer… Read more Audio

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

3:33 PM.Te Papa holds the world's largest collection of Maori woven cloaks, dating back several hundred years. But age and a condition known as 'vinegar syndrome' are taking their toll, and many of the cloaks… Read more Audio

3:20 PM.Sage Forest at a rites-of-passage event for girls on the journey to womanhood, in Golden Bay. Audio