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2:30 PM.We all know the saying, you can't choose your family, but you can choose your friends. Well workplaces are much the same, you can choose your job but you can't choose who you work with. Which can mean… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.We're going to talk classical music now because we've teamed up with the RNZ Concert team to bring you a game called Bangers and Match. Here's how it works, each week for the month of October, we are… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.TV Critic Linda Burgess joins us with her picks of what to watch.

Jane Goodall Famous Last Words ( Netflix) 
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1:35 PM.Peta Mathias might be best known for presenting food TV shows, but she's also written 19 books. Nineteen! Her latest "It's been six weeks since My Last Confession" was released yesterday. Peta joins… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Traditionally most of us think of NZ as having a strong screen production industry. And that was certainly the case 4 or 5 years ago with seemingly jobs aplenty and heaps of international productions… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Cashpoints is a new customer loyalty programme that has launched today. Its' co-founder Ian Sutcliffe - who was also behind the popular AA Smartfuel loyalty programme - promises that Cashpoints is… Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Time to talk food now, and we've got Dish magazine Editor Sarah Tuck here to share some recipes .. she's got a new cookbook out with Dish Food Editor Claire Aldous .. it's called FAST Two and is… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.It's time for NZ Live, and today we're joined by singer-songwriter Riiki Reid. Riiki's back with a new EP 'The Drench' following her success with last year's E.P 'Skin' Riiki has opened for the likes… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Kate Rodger shares her must watch films: Went Up the Hill in cinemas now House of Dynamite (Kathryn Bigelow) in cinemas and on Netflix from October 24 Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Time for Freaky Friday .. our chance to dive into the supernatural .. the odd .. the unusual. Today we chat to Harmony from Motuek about their unsettling experience in 1970s Portland. Read more Audio

1:35 PM.This weekend the third Whangarei Maritime festival takes place at the town basin. There will be boats - obviously - but also live music, a maritime careers fair, food and all the rest. This year, not… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Tomorrow is national bookshop day and given that a number of bookshops have had to close their doors this year, we think bookshops need some celebrating. Independent booksellers around the country are… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Freedom camping is a classic Kiwi pastime, but restrictions are getting tighter and tighter. Queenstown Lakes District Council has voted in a new bylaw that will restrict freedom campers to 15… Read more Audio

3:15 PM.It's time to talk money with Mary Holm now, which is something Mary and Jesse have been doing for ten years this month. To mark that anniversary Mary asked you to send in the tips and tricks that have… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Time for our next instalment of A-Z of Aotearoa, we've covered Inventions, Fish & Chips, Charles Upham, Dairies, the Great Walks, Billy T James and today we're looking at the career of the first true… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Right, it's time now for Group Chat, our chance to talk about all the conversations filling up your chats, the topics discussed at the school gate or in the office kitchen. Today Jesse is joined by… Read more Audio

1:50 PM.Jesse speaks with geopolitical analyst Geoffrey Miller about the Gaza deal announced today.  Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Here on Afternoons, we're big proponents of conservation efforts so we're thrilled to chat to our next guest. Cally Whitman is the author and photographer of a new book that is an historical… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.We're talking about firefighters now, but less about them fighting fires, and more about them promoting mental health. Bevin James is with me, he's a former firefighter now turned flower farmer, but… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Endometriosis is estimated to affect one in ten Kiwi women, it can cause debilitating pain and really affect women's ability to live life to the fullest. But today we saw an exciting headline - the… Read more Audio