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2:25 PM.A photo taken in 1937 may help solve one of aviations' most enduring mysteries - the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and her plane. Enhancements of a photo taken months after the disappearance show… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Ronald Akana is the ultimate frequent flyer. 83 years old, he's been a flight attendant for 63 of them, clocking up 20 million air miles along the way. He was was just 21 years old in 1949 when he… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Your Place heads to the beach, a part of the country famous for uncrowded sands, sheltered bays and great fishing and surfing - Tutukaka. Audio

1:10 PM.Wellington-based actor Phil Vaughan chooses Paradise By The Dashboard Light by Meatloaf. Audio

4:34 PM.Topics - Sweden was the first European country to introduce bank notes in 1661. Now it's come farther than most on the path toward getting rid of them. We've talked a bit, this week, about the tough… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The National Party MP for Nelson, Nick Smith, has resigned all of his cabinet portfolios telling Parliament he made two errors of judgement relating to a friend who was battling the ACC. The… Read more Audio

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

3:33 PM.A desire to live in an energy-efficient home free from damp, has pushed Philip Ivanier and his family to create an Australasian first. When completed, the Ivanier's Glendowie home will be the region's… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Topics - the LinkedIn agreement, Mike Daisey and 'This American Life', New iPad alert, and stand by for soft control using mobile phones. Audio

2:32 PM.After solo careers, and collaborations with other bands, Crosby, Stills and Nash are back together and will be performing one concert at the Trusts Stadium in Auckland on Saturday. Stephen Stills is… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets members of the Sikh community in Auckland to find out how their faith deals with rituals around death. Audio

1:23 PM.Can you spot the connection in our music quiz? Audio

1:08 PM.George Taggart from Wellington has chosen 'Tenderly' sung by Diana Reeves. Audio

4:37 PM.Topics - A fascinating article in The Guardian challenges Britain's admiration for the Germans as a "hardworking" nation with figures showing German workers take more holidays than anyone else in the… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topic - The Prime Minister, John Key, says councils will have to apply a 'public good' test to their spending under proposed new changes. A panel disucssion with David Thornton from the lobby group… Read more Audio

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

3:37 PM.Lynda Chanwai-Earle checks out an exhibition featuring 12 international and local artists with artwork inspired by their Chinese zodiac signs, as part of the 2012 New Zealand International Arts… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Author Adele Nozedar has written a guide to what those strange images may be trying to say. 'Freaky Dreams: an A-Z of the Weirdest and Wackiest Dreams and What They Really Mean' is a compendium of… Read more Audio

2:17 PM.The number of gum leaf skeletonisers in Northland is growing, prompting a warning to parents to keep curious kids away from the hairy little caterpillars. Touching their spines can cause a painful… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.The Christchurch earthquake last February forced many circus performers to flee the city in search of work. Their base - the Circo Arts school - was damaged in the quake and is likely to be… Read more Audio

1:55 PM.'Examining his own body, Stanford geneticist stops diabetes in its tracks' and 'Public resignation blogs are all the rage'. Audio

1:49 PM.'Realisation' by Nathan Haines and 'Locked Down' by Dr John. Audio

1:38 PM.'Fifty Shades of Grey' and 'Fifty Shades Darker' by the author E. L. James. Audio

1:35 PM.The origins of hundreds of everyday words and phrases are in a new guide called 'The Etymologicon', which makes the interesting point that an influx of words into English often occurs at times of… Read more Audio

1:22 PM.Celebrity endorsment, the show 'Homeland' and last night's story about Marmite. Audio