Afternoons Podcast Options

1:44 PM.A team of Massey University students have won the National James Dyson design award with their electric delivery trike.

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1:34 PM.If you're a fan of old New Zealand cookbooks, you might have noticed a gradual shift in our baking through the years... "We're being supersized," culinary anthropologist Helen Leach tells Jesse… Read more Audio

1:21 PM.Ian Fraser has put together a website to help over 55 year olds find work. He explains it comes after his own challenges finding a job in his later years. Read more Audio

1:15 PM. Smokefree Rock Quest winners, There's a Tuesday Natalie Hutton and Minnie Robberds are today's first song which they also wrote. Read more Audio

9:06 PM.The 20-metre long wind tunnel at the University of Auckland is used to test the aerodynamics of objects as varied as Olympic cyclists and buildings, as well as drones, ancient building designs & tiny… Read more Audio

2:27 PM.To coincide with the start of the Rugby World Cup in Japan, today's biography covers the life of Sir Colin Meads. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:35 PM.New Zealand journalist, Tess McClure's been travelling the world revealing the appalling truth behind the origins of healing crystals, a fast growing industry worth billions of dollars. She talks… Read more Audio

1:28 PM.Forest and Bird have raised some grave prospects for the ocean due to carbon emissions in their report Ocean Acidification - Implications for New Zealand. Chief conservation adviser Kevin Hackwell… Read more Audio

1:21 PM.Medical students are not up to scratch on providing quality nutritional care to patients in spite of the increase in diet related disease around the world. Researchers  Dr Lauren Ball explains where… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Wellington musician Finn Johansson wrote a song in response to the Christchurch Mosque attacks, -All Of The Time/Not At All. He's today's first song. Read more Audio

7:00 AM.On Eyewitness - a look at the drug that affected the lives of 10,000 babies…the story of Thalidomide. Produced by Sonia Sly. Read more Audio

3:08 PM.25 years on and few shows define a television era like Friends. Journalist and pop culture expert Kelsey Miller has written a book about the show and why it's such a phenomenon. Read more Audio

2:18 PM.Poet, writer, editor, blogger and all-around poetry champion Paula Green is our Bookmarks guest today. She shares her favourite past times and songs. Read more Audio

1:51 PM.Each week at we bring you stories from New Zealanders who were forced to leave their homelands and have resettled here. Today we are peaking to Tran Lawrence from Vietnam. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:38 PM.A BNZ economist Paul Conway talks about their survey which showed a link between financial stability and well being. Read more Audio

1:31 PM.To look ahead to Global Week of Climate Action  we speak to McDiarmid co-director Professor Justin Hodgkiss talks about careers which could help save the planet. Read more Audio

1:19 PM.Thornhill Horticultural Contractors bought the old Angus Hotel in Hastings to house seasonal workers and assistance to ex-prisoners Drew Bibby's Thornhill's Projects Operations Manager explains why… Read more Audio

1:13 PM.Auckland-based singer-songwriter Jarni Blair has recently unveiled his latest single which speaks of unrequited love. Light to Burn is from his second EP Sparkle in My Eye. He's in our Auckland studio… Read more Audio

3:07 PM.Liquids – they can kill you, save your life, or combine to make the perfect cup of tea. British scientist Mark Miodownik has written a book extolling their dangers and delights: Liquid Rules. Read more Audio

2:22 PM.Today's music feature is part two of New Zealand's country music scene with Glen Moffatt. Read more Audio