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3:40 PM.It's the perfect place for a festival dedicated to the Green Lip Mussel... Havelock situated at the head of the Pelorus Sound in Marlborough is having it's 9th annual Mussel Festival at the Havelock… Read more Audio

3:25 PM.Sarah McMullan has the movie review - the New Zealand-made romantic drama, 'The Red House', and also the crime thriller, 'Broken City'. Audio

3:15 PM.Belinda Jackson's picks are Saint Clair Pinot Gris Rose 2012, Concha Y Toro Casillero del Diablo Merlot, and Castano Monastrell 2011. Audio

3:08 PM.Marinated Lamb Cutlets with Beans, Mint, Feta and Potatoes. Audio

2:52 PM.The Feature Album is 'Born to Run' - the third album by singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen. Four tracks from this album featured on Springsteen's setlist in Brisbane for the opening concert of the… Read more Audio

2:34 PM.Festival Review critiques concerts by Glenn Hansard and Lisa Hannigan as well as Hugh Masekela and the play One Man, Two Guvnors. Audio

2:22 PM.Intimacy (at least that which involves sexual attraction), plays a central role in the human experience. But what about finding love outside the so-called "norm"? These days perspectives are being… Read more Audio

2:09 PM.100 thousand kilometers, two countries, 1400 towns visited over 30 months, and all in a 7.3 metre motorhome. This is the adventure of Garry and Helen Donoghue. When they retired, they decided to buy… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.The Bads had its genesis as The Julie Dolphin. Within a very short time the band had a record deal going in London, an album and much critical acclaim. But by the start of the Millennium, Brett Adams… Read more Audio

1:13 PM.Trudy Moynan in Arrowtown chooses 'Ride On' by Christy Moore. Audio

4:33 PM.Topics - In an attempt to make their productions appeal to a wider audience, some performing arts organisations are offering "tweet seats"- a row at the very back of the auditorium where patrons are… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The first Latin American pope, Argentina's Jorge Bergoglio is a moderate known for his negotiating skills, and for being prepared to challenge powerful interests. The survivor of the RSA… Read more Audio

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

3:29 PM.Many of us have favourite local beach or stretch of coast that we visit regularly. But how well do we actually know it? The New Zealand Marine Studies Centre at the University of Otago is challenging… Read more Audio

3:19 PM.Deborah Nation takes us back to the 1970s in Christchurch when one of the city's strongest riverside communities was created - the Avon Loop. Audio

2:30 PM.Festival Review critiques the plays I, George Nepia and The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart and circus show Urban. Audio

2:21 PM.Silly university hijinks changed Sam Hazeldine's life forever. In his last year of Medical School at Otago Unviersity, he was attempting a back flip off the wall outside the Captain Cook Tavern and… Read more Audio

2:12 PM.In the 100 years since the Waihao Forks Hotel near Waimate opened, a few stories have been told but none as compelling as the one about Ted's bottle. Ted d'Auvergne left the unopened bottle of beer… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.A community of around 700, located 10 kilometres north of Kaikohe and 16 west of Kerikeri in the Bay of Islands. The settlement began in 1862 when Canadians cleared scrubland to build a small village… Read more Audio

1:09 PM.Josh Burgess from Brooklyn in the USA has chosen 'Naive Melody' by Talking Heads. Audio

4:31 PM.Topics - A study by researchers at Cambridge found that clicking Facebook's "like" buttons may reveal more about you than you realize. The NZ First "party" is reported to be upset, after the Greens… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The government has stepped in to stop debt collectors chasing overpayments made through the school payroll system, Novopay. A mortician's embalmer who found herself in the position of having… Read more Audio

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

3:31 PM.Suicide rates amongst Maori in New Zealand are one-and-a-half times higher than for non-Maori. In an attempt to spread the suicide prevention message to Maori across the whole country, a series of… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.The fifth annual Snowcial, algorithms and 'predictive analytics', and digital kids. Audio