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4:07 PM.Topics - the Minister for Economic Development, Steven Joyce, has labelled the Green Party's call for the Reserve Bank to start printing money a sign of panic. Waiheke Island protesters who say they… Read more Audio

3:51 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:10 PM.Cyril Callister (1893-1949) was an Australian chemist, and his is a fascinating story. His grandson, Jamie Callister has just written a book about this remarkable family tale. Audio

3:10 PM.Science writer Rebecca Priestley was on board MHNZS Canterbury a few weeks ago, en route to the Kermadec Islands, when the ship encountered a large floating mass of newly erupted pumice - the mystery… Read more Audio

2:22 PM.The Mokau river was once one of the busiest rivers in the country. Its waters were plied by hundreds of vessels carrying timber, and coal, and of course cream from the dairy farms. One of those… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Since he was 18, Erik Harrewijn has had a very specific if somewhat unusual aim in life, to row one of the world's great oceans solo. Next year he'll attempt to row the Atlantic ocean! Audio

1:26 PM.A celebrated chronicler not of millennia but of life in the here and the now, seen in hawks and hares and skies and rivers and grasses and rocks - poet Brian Turner's new collection of Central Otago… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.Brian Clarke from Christchurch has chosen "Rosetta Road" by The Cattlestops. Audio

4:35 PM.A Wisconsin news anchor has gone to air to stand up for herself against a fat-shaming email from a weight-conscious lawyer. Poor street lighting makes driving at night almost three times more… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Not enough has changed in the New Zealand building industry since the The Hunn Report into the 22 billion dollar leaky building crisis came out 10 years ago according to one of its' authors. Teach… Read more Audio

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

3:40 PM.Today, Surf Lifesaving New Zealand's annual national pool championships kicked off in Wellington - at the Regional Aquatic Centre in Kilbirnie - and will run throughout the weekend. Audio

3:25 PM.Sarah reviews Dredd 3D & The Sapphires. Audio

3:18 PM.Belinda Jackson with the wine choices this week. Audio

3:08 PM.We setup your weekend with one of our emerging young chefs, Zac Saunders from The Matterhorn in Wellington. Audio

2:22 PM.In this final episode of this New Zealand Society series produced by Justin Gregory, Krull gets a taste of home while visiting German settlers in Nelson. But first, he casts his eye over race… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.60 year-old Nelson man, Pic Picot started making his own peanut butter in his garage a few years ago, and now everyone wants a taste of it. Audio

1:20 PM.The Auckland based twosome Tattletale Saints. Almost two years on from their last performance on NZ Live, they are back with a new look and some exciting news. Audio

1:10 PM.Frank Metcalfe, Hawkesbury Road, Blenheim chooses this song by Daddy Cool. Audio

4:37 PM.Topics - Education Minister, Hekia Parata telling teachers that they aren't pronouncing children's names properly, went down like the old lead balloon. TVs are getting cheaper and that means we have… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - President Barrack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney went head to head in the first of three debates ahead of the US Presidential election in November. Mortgage Wars , fueled in part… Read more Audio

3:47 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:31 PM.In her new book, 'Mad on Radium', science historian Rebecca Priestley charts New Zealand's unexpectedly rich history as a nuclear nation. Audio

3:20 PM.Sage Forest visits the Piano Man, Bill Wallis, in Golden Bay for a look and a listen to the state of the art Live Performance LX Model player - the only one in the country. Audio

3:10 PM.Australia hasn't had many box office hit movies in recent years, but certainly has one on its hands right now - it's called 'The Sapphires'. Simon Morris tells us all about it, with the film's… Read more Audio