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2:30 PM.Joseph Romanos is an award-winning sports journalist and commentor. He is also the author of numerous New Zealand sports books, on everyone from tennis player Chris Lewis to cricketer Martin Crowe. In… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.A long drop has gone on display at the Dannevirke Gallery of History. The president, Murray Holden, says the long drop is part of our New Zealand psyche - it goes a long way back and a long way down… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Under the Radar has teamed up with Yeehawtheboys cartoonist and musician Daniel Vernon to give music fans a totally new way to enagage with artists. It's called 'Down Under & UnderTheRadar', and it's… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.In the face of huge budget deficits, Victoria and Otago Universities are working together to save their language courses. It's a potential solution for languages that were on track to be… Read more Audio

3:35 PM.How did penguins go from flying in the air, to 'flying' underwater? Claire Concannon speaks to a palaeontologist to learn about penguin evolution across 62 million years and the extinct giant penguin… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Generational and cultural changes mean that parenting adult children today is very different to any time before, says psychology professor Lawrence Steinberg. "It's uncharted territory and filled with… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Today's Bookmarks guest is none other than Bike Auckland chair Karen Hormann. In addition to her cycling advocacy, Karen also raises funds for pancreatic cancer patients and their families, including… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.A recent addition to the weekly Afternoons roster, Collectors Corner sees Jesse speak to our listeners about their quirky collections. If you're a collector and would like to tell us about the things… Read more Audio

1:55 PM.Two years ago, Dr Tom Mulholland spoke to RNZ about the "massive hole" he'd seen left in the lives of family and friends when a person dies suddenly. This week, his own loved ones are mourning the… Read more Video, Audio

1:45 PM.In parts of Aotearoa you can see rocks left over from when Zealandia and Gondwana separated around 100 to 60 million years ago. Zealandia - Te Riu-a-Maui - is right underneath us, and was the last… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Using old e-scooter batteries and artificial intelligence, a Christchurch-based charity and company is developing technology to target possums, stoats, rats and other pests. Shaun Ryan is the managing… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Working out of the charming hamlet of Greytown, illustrator, comic artist and author Giselle Clarkson is best known for her non-fiction comics on conservation and the environment. She's lent her… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Last month a petition was presented to Auckland Council in a plea to stop the sale of the Downtown Carpark on Fanshawe and Lower Hobson Street. The building has more than 1900 spaces and petitioners… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Before 'X Factor' or 'Idol' there was 'PopStars'; a New Zealand-created reality TV show searching for the next Spice Girls. Bardot was born in 2000 with five women in Australia chosen from more than… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Today for our Tuesday music segment we celebrate famous songs that feature New Zealand violinists. Glenn Moffatt is a reporter and a musician. His 1995 album 'Somewhere In New Zealand Tonight' is… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Today, Dan Watson joins Jesse to break down adblocker browser extensions and discuss the importance of 'RTFM'. Read more Audio

1:35 PM.As bed bugs storm Paris, Nelson pest controller Shane Warland predicts that many Kiwis there will unknowingly be bringing some tiny eight-legged souvenirs home. "They'll crawl in your bag and bon… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Aotearoa's red admiral butterfly used to be common, but now they're struggling, especially up north. They live on one of our most poisonous plants, which is often eradicated in urban areas. The Moths… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Authors have been shocked to find out their books are being used to train AI. Alex Reisner, an American journalist with the Atlantic, acquired a data set of nearly 200,000 books known as "Book3"… Read more Audio