Afternoons Podcast Options

4:33 PM.Topics - Sir Tipene O'Regan, on behalf of the Constitutional Advisory Panel, has encouraged all New Zealanders to talk to their family, friends and communities about their aspirations for New Zealand… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.Topics - Unemployment fell at the end of last year as more people gave up looking for work. The Prime Minister and the Labour party leader have both voiced their support for a four-year parliamentary… Read more Audio

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

3:32 PM.Alison Ballance navigates her way to the University of Auckland to hear how homing pigeons might, in future, help us find our way around on distant stars. Audio

3:22 PM.A cycle renaissance is on the road as two wheelers begin to reclaim the quake-damaged streets of Christchurch. Audio

3:10 PM.Palm trees, turquoise lagoons, trade winds, music wafting on the breeze - Amelia Nurse takes us along as she discovers the music of the Cook Islands. Audio

2:30 PM.In 1863 the HMS Orpheus went aground in the treacherous waters of the Manukau Bar. 259 men were on board, and 189 lost their lives, making the sinking of the HMS Orpheus the worst maritime disaster in… Read more Audio

2:09 PM.All over the world, fans of Monopoly have been voting online for a new token, and to save the traditional ones. The iron, wheelbarrow and shoe were in the firing line. US National Monopoly champion… Read more Audio

1:24 PM.The town of Tuakau is 56 kilometres south of Auckland's city centre, and 83 north of Hamilton. In 1914 it became a town district, and was awarded borough status in 1955. With the local body boundary… Read more Audio

1:07 PM.Rebekah Tyler from Auckland has chosen 'Somewhere over the Rainbow' performed by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. Audio

4:34 PM.Topics - The Reserve Bank of Australia has admitted some of its forecasts are no more accurate than random chance. the phrase used is random walk, no better than random walking. The Chinese-owned… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The Prime Minister John Key says history will judge him as the leader who had the courage to keep going back, year after year, to Waitangi. A motorcyclist who suffered brain injuries after he… Read more Audio

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

3:29 PM.Lynda Chanwai-Earle travels throughout the Auckland region to chat to members of our 'gaysian' community - that's the friendly nickname that gay Asian New Zealanders here have given themselves. Audio

3:09 PM.American writer and blogger Leslie Morgan Steiner wrote 'Crazy Love', a memoir about her marriage to a man who routinely abused and threatened her. Audio

2:19 PM.Dr Toby Mandel is a researcher in Sports Science at Massey University. He's currently investigating the effects of heat on athletes. Audio

2:10 PM.A 500-year-old skeleton found under a carpark in the British Midlands has been identified as Richard the Third. Audio

1:55 PM.Little-known punctuation marks like the interrobang, the percontation point and the irony mark. Audio

1:51 PM.Looking into the origins of the phrase "the whole nine yards". Audio

1:42 PM.Featuring the songs 'Ca Va Bien Merci' by Andrew Keoghan; and 'Walk Away' by Anika, Boh and Hollie. Audio

1:32 PM.Reviewing "Wool" by Hugh Howey and "Mage's Blood" by David Hair. Audio

1:21 PM.Topics - Seven Sharp and Agent Anna. Audio

1:08 PM.Lloyd Jerome from the Far North has chosen 'Wild is the Wind' by David Bowie. Audio

4:36 PM.Topics - Scientific evidence has been produced to confirm a long-derided advertising slogan which claimed that chewing gum speeds up thinking and alertness. Some rain has fallen in various parts of… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The Labour Party has overwhelmingly re-elected David Shearer as its leader. Police are taking legal advice on whether they will appeal a court decision to discharge a sportswoman on… Read more Audio