Afternoons Podcast Options

1:25 PM.The Shires Fruit and Vege Market on Dannevirke's high street is celebrating one hundred years in business. To tell us more about the milestone and the shop's longevity, owner, Suresh Patel talks to… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.The Sustainable Business Network is working with the Milford Foundation to encourage more young South Auckland people to get involved with working in nature. Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Today Shared Kitchen founder Julie Biuso has a recipe dedicated to the people who've been affected by the recent bad weather events around the country. Read more Audio

2:15 PM.Poet and author Tracey Slaughter's been buried under a pile of poems over the past hour - sifting through to find a winner for this year's National slam poetry competition to celebrate National Poetry… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Hamilton is about to host some of the world's best dart players at this year's New Zealand Darts Masters. Darts Referee, Russ Bray is known by fans as "The Voice" is here for it. He talks to… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.We all know that a lack of sleep can put you in a bad mood, but a new study has found it can actually make you more . Eti Ben Simon from the University of California Berkeley authored the study. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.A North Queensland farm is offering cow cuddles as a form of therapy.

Cow Cuddling Co is the creation of former business strategist Lawrence Fox, who has himself felt the healing power of bovine… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.The annual Afternoons poetry slam competition is back for 2022. To celebrate the Phantom Billstickers National Poetry day we invite our listeners to come up with a six line poem using six words we'll… Read more Audio

3:15 PM.Today Mary Holm talks to Jesse about whether retired people can "eat their houses". She's exploring the idea that many retirees are short of cash but own very valuable homes. She has some ideas on how… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Our guest for NZ Sporting History today is one of our top athletes - Dame Susan Devoy. She holds 12 major titles including four World Opens. Read more Audio

1:35 PM.The community of Te Anau have rallied together to create a festival to celebrate all things Ukulele.The Te Anau Ukulele Festival chair, Jackie Knowles talks to Jesse. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.A new way to extract DNA will mean that hundreds of thousands of shell samples in museums will now be available for study. PhD candidate at the University of Otago's Department of Zoology Kerry Walton… Read more Audio

3:35 PM.Dr, Taniela Lolohea of the Auckland University of Technology speaks about his research into low temperature plasma jet technology surface coatings. Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Michael Bungay Stanier is in the business of helping people make changes in their lives not with advice, which he says is overrated, but with inspiration and curiosity. Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Today's bookmarks guest is Erik Zydervelt. He's the founding director and CEO of Mevo, a New Zealand car sharing company aiming to solve the problem of too many cars on New Zealand's roads. Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Last week we spoke to musician Steph Animal about a game she's developed for children called Animal Tracks.  Steph's back to judge some listener tracks mixed using the game she's devised. Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Christchurch's peace train is on track to make its spring debut, thanks to dozens of residents answering a call by the City Council for volunteers. Volunteer and chief train driver, Andrew Wilson… Read more Audio