Afternoons Podcast Options

1:53 PM.More information on the weather related events in Hobsonville this afternoon. Audio

1:45 PM.Jim recaps events today in Hobsonville. Audio

1:41 PM.Todd Niall in Hobsonville. Audio

1:36 PM.Dan Corbett from the Metservice. Audio

1:30 PM.A tornado has reportedly hit Hobsonville. Emergency services are racing to multiple callouts. Audio

1:26 PM.The tornado was understood to have hit the area about 12:15pm. Audio

1:16 PM.There are reports that three people are dead and some injured after a tornado ripped through the Auckland suburb of Hobsonville about 12:15 this afternoon. Audio

1:09 PM.Rex Nairn from Wellington has chosen 'Satisfaction' by the band Devo. Audio

4:35 PM.Topics - A fascinating new study finds bald cats are friendliest and moggies are the grumpiest. A (female) member of Hawkes Bay's legal profession has promised to boycott the annual Law Society… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.Topics - MP Brendan Horan, who was yesterday expelled by New Zealand First, has been back at Parliament today sorting out a new office as he takes up the role of an independent MP. The Herald reports… Read more Audio

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

3:32 PM.Central Auckland's controversial new "shared spaces" where cars and pedestrians have to share the street, are putting more money in the tills of businesses. Audio

3:10 PM.To fix or replace your computer?; cheap way to add speed to a computer; Windows 8; publishing eBooks; Vimeo and YouTube. Audio

2:23 PM.Every Tuesday night for the last six years, members of the 'Coro Club' met in a pub in Nelson to get out of watching Coronation Street on the telly with their partners. Audio

2:10 PM.Shake the Dobson family tree, and dozens of stories about the South Island's most famous locations and compelling stories come tumbling down. The family boasts connections to the town of Dobson on the… Read more Audio

1:18 PM.Can you spot the connection in our music quiz? Audio

1:07 PM.Justine Summers from Nelson hasd chosen 'Buffalo' by The Phoenix Foundation. Audio

4:35 PM.Topics - It's been reported today that the Queen and Prince Charles were only told of Duchess Catherine's pregnancy hours before she was admitted to hospital with acute morning sickness. Is it ok for… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The Prime Minister John Key denies what's been characterised as the Government "casting about to get the advice it wants" on compensation for David Bain. Is the Press "the enemy of the… Read more Audio

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

3:34 PM.Yes, her name really is Virginia Woolf, but it wasn't always. Chinese New Zealander Virginia Ng changed names and vocations radically when she married Canadian husband Dallan Woolf. Career hopping… Read more Audio

3:06 PM.There is an unwritten rule about the humble holiday greeting card. If you get one, most of us feel compelled to give one, even to people who are no longer part of our daily lives. It's called the rule… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.He's the chief navigator of two waka built in Northland that have been voyaging from Auckland to Easter Island, or Rapanui, over the past three months. Twenty sailors have made the 5000 nautical mile… Read more Audio

2:07 PM.Inge Carolus, who is 15 years old, is one of a number of ballet dancers from around New Zealand and the world selected to compete in the Genee International Ballet Award, which begins on Thursday in… Read more Audio

1:54 PM.Where's the line between luck and skill; apes have a mid life crisis too; Straight from the Source; and laughter as exercise. Audio