Afternoons Podcast Options

1:20 PM.Welcome to Omaha Beach, just an hour's drive north of Auckland and 15 minutes east of the nearest town, Warkworth. Situated on the edge of Matakana Wine Country with a 4 and a half kilometer stretch… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Jim Lowe of the Kapiti has chosen 'Air That I Breathe' by The Hollies. It was a major hit in 1974. Audio

4:37 PM.Topics - Southland Mayor Frana Cardno says she doesn't know how Aucklanders can afford to feed themselves after paying their mortgage bills or rent. The BBC has moved to protect one of its most… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - have you heard of the Higgs Boson but you don't really have a clue what it is? The National Grid Operator, Transpower, says it is impossible to deliver a continuous supply of electricity. Audio

3:44 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:35 PM.Rotoroa Island in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf is no longer an "island apart". For a hundred years it was the Salvation Army's alcohol and drug treatment centre, and off-limits to the public. Now after a… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Researcher's video shows secret software on millions of phones logging everything, what is the FBI up to?; Twelve things you didn't know Facebook could do; and Christmas gifts - e-Readers & cute… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Forty-nine-year-old Michael Hayman has reached a milestone he's been chasing since he was 16 years old. He's taken his 700th senior wicket 10 years after getting his 699th. Audio

2:07 PM.One hundred years ago today, Roald Amundsen and his team of explorers from Norway became the first men to reach the South Pole. Dirk Jensen, a guide with Polar Explorers, talks with Jim Mora along… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Can you spot the connection in our music quiz? Audio

1:09 PM.Anne Purnell from Hamilton has chosen "In These Shoes" by Kirsty MacColl . Audio

4:36 PM.Topics - A woman who lit a gas stove to bake a cake is in hospital with severe burns after the house she was in blew apart. Dog owners in the Auckland area are demanding a better deal for their pets -… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - David Shearer and Grant Robertson are the new leader and deputy leader of the Labour party. Do we need tougher laws to stop the publication of intimate photographs, maliciously impersonating… Read more Audio

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

3:35 PM.Lynda Chanwai-Earle with the first part of a story about groundbreaking research at Auckland University's School of Population Health into the health of Asian and ethnic minorities in New Zealand. Audio

3:09 PM.For parents, it's one of the most frustrating and sometimes embarrassing experiences when raising a young child: The dreaded temper tantrum. Although tantrums feel like they go on forever when they… Read more Audio

2:22 PM.A mountaineer who has scaled Mt Taranaki 1700 times is calling for keen young climbers to beat him at his own game. Ian McAlpine still holds the record he set in 1981 when he tackled the Four Peaks… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.When Duncan McKee started his law degree at Victoria University, the Vietnam War was still raging. Thirty nine years later Duncan has just walked with thousands of other graduands on the parade… Read more Audio

1:55 PM.Advice for finding the best queue; More Time To Spend Together; for the Christmas dinner cook - a turkey calculator; and information for people contemplating New Year resolutions. Audio

1:47 PM.The songs 'Give Me Your Love' by Sisters Love and 'Sail' by A.W.O.L. Nation. Audio

1:36 PM.'Death Comes to Pemberley' by PD James and 'Turn Of Mind' by Alice LaPlante. Audio

1:25 PM.'Mildred Pierce', 'Tabatha's Salon Take Over' and 'Make me a Perfect Wife'. Audio

1:07 PM.Chris Rae from Wellington has chosen 'White Wine in the Sun' by Tim Minchin. Audio

4:34 PM.Topic - more than half of all New Zealanders want the price of cheap alcohol increased and liquor trading hours tightened, according to a previously unpublished survey. Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - the Greens say a high-level committee will do nothing for the thousands of people living in poverty in New Zealand and a New Zealander who has been accused of multi-million dollar fraud in… Read more Audio