Afternoons Podcast Options

4:07 PM.Topics - The Bronwyn Pullar affair; a new article. The NZ Herald reports multimillion-dollar Auckland house sales are back at peak 2007 levels and suburbs not previously associated with the top end of… Read more Audio

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

3:32 PM.For the last three years the $340 million Heatsmart programme has been retro-fitting older houses with insulation and efficient heating, and Philippa Howden-Chapman from Otago University tells… Read more Audio

3:22 PM.The Book Discussion Scheme is a not-for-profit organisation that supplies book clubs, and its just signed up its 1000th group. Our Christchurch correspondent, Katy Gosset, visited the scheme and also… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.This week some of our local Kiwi talent will be making it onto the international stage as part of The Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Writer and actor, Ralph McCubbin Howell has written a twisted… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.On Saturday, for the first time in 30 years, New Zealand's second oldest lighthouse will shine again from the 1860s lighthouse on the Boulder Bank in Nelson. Audio

2:09 PM.The 20 songs on the shortlist for the APRA Silver Scroll award for the best New Zealand song award are now down to five finalists. Audio

1:22 PM.Kapuni is barely a village; a handful of houses and a general store, but within 10 kilometres of that store is a vast assortment of industries that ensure the wheels of commerce keep turning here. Audio

1:08 PM.Tom Barber from Auckland has chosen 'Strange' by the UK band The Feeling. Audio

4:39 PM.Topics - When you're smiling, even if you're faking it, you're reducing stress according to a new study. A teenage boy in the UK has been arrested and issued with a harassment warning for sending a… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Thousands of homeowners and businesses in Auckland will be getting a shock in their letterboxes this week when the first rates notices under the new region-wide property rates system arrive. 187,000… Read more Audio

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

3:36 PM.One of the country's first societies to create a secure sanctuary for native fauna is ten years old. Auckland's Tawharanui Open Sanctuary Society first built a $600,000 predator-proof fence… now it's… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Topics - edX - online education success at Harvard and MIT; Futureology - thinking about the future and how our world will be different. Audio

2:25 PM.Iranian Saeid Baroutian arrived in New Zealand just a year ago, but he didn't waste time in making Aotearoa his home. And after arriving in Rotorua and experiencing a bit of the culture there, he… Read more Audio

2:09 PM.The Ross Sea has been called the most pristine marine ecosystem on earth - teeming with fish, whales, seals, and penguins. So far largely unaltered, unspoiled by human activity. But film-maker Peter… Read more Audio

1:21 PM.Can you spot the connection in our music quiz? Audio

1:08 PM.Therese Dennison from Wellington has chosen 'Have I Told You Lately' by Van Morrison. Audio

4:33 PM.Topics - The International Olympic Committee's medical chief says there's no reason to have suspicions over the Chinese teenager, Ye Shiwen's remarkable victory in the women's 400m individual medley… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - Criticism is emerging of the blueprint for a rebuilt inner Christchurch. Canterbury Chamber of Commerce chief executive Peter Townsend says he's enthusiastic for the commercial future of… Read more Audio

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

3:35 PM.It's estimated around 173 million suffer from some form of mental health disorder in China alone. The World Health Organisation is addressing the issues of mental health as a worldwide epidemic. Lynda… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.American arthritis prevention expert, Dr Glen Johnson on what works and what doesn't to prevent the pain of arthritis. Audio

2:21 PM.A Wellington company has come up with a smart technology sign-in system which enables organisations to know in an instant who is (and isn't) in their building. Audio

1:57 PM.The freedom of speech rules on Twitter. Audio