Afternoons Podcast Options

1:46 PM.Zed: Silencer. Audio

1:37 PM.It's time to talk about our great kiwi album of the week - can you believe it's been twenty years since Zed dropped Silencer on our airwaves?  Read more Audio

1:26 PM.Dating in 2019? Who can be bothered? Certainly not Harriet Pudney. She's written a piece for Metro called Dating Sucks and she's ringing in from Melbourne to outline her reasons. Read more Audio

1:18 PM.Is it too tough to be a farmer in New Zealand as rules and regulations increase? New Zealand Primary Industries body AGFIRST says that the high costs of compliance are making it harder and harder to… Read more Audio

1:12 PM.The finals of the Smokefree Rock Quest take place next month in Auckland... where the best high school bands and performers in the country will compete to take out the top prize. Read more Audio

8:00 AM.Osmium is extremely rare and expensive. It is the densest chemical element, rivals diamond as being the least compressible of all known substances & has a distinctive 'pong' according to Allan… Read more Audio

3:28 PM.Doc's Threatened Species Ambassador, Nicola Toki talks this week about the newly discovered Northland mudfish which she says is nationally vulnerable. Read more Audio

3:20 PM.Charlotte Ryan new host of Music 101 on RNZ is in to talk about Rob Ruha's new song Ka Manu which has just been released today. Read more Audio

3:07 PM.Julie Biuso from Shared Kitchen is in to share her recipe for the perfect comfort food for chilly winter lunches or dinners - jacket-baked potatoes! Simple you may think!  Read more Audio

2:23 PM.Kiwi musician and actor Troy Kingi has just released his third album in as many years – Holy Colony Burning Acres. He dropped in to perform live and have a chat to RNZ's Jesse Mulligan. Read more Video, Audio

2:06 PM.Graeme today reviews Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Mystify: The Michael Hutchence Story. Read more Audio

1:53 PM.The name Colin McCahon for many of us will raise images of huge text over sparse backdrops, but he was an artist of many colours and moods. 2019 is the centenary of the artist's birth and the McCahon… Read more Audio

1:41 PM.The Topp Twins are household names in New Zealand but they haven't forgotten their fans in the regional centres!  Read more Video, Audio

1:31 PM.This Sunday is the anniversary of the battle of Long Tan in the American Vietnamese War. It was a huge battle for all sides of the war and ANZAC troops were heavily involved.  Read more Audio

1:19 PM.Today is the last day to enrol to vote in local body elections without casting a special vote.  Read more Audio

1:14 PM.Folk duo French for Rabbits are currently touring New Zealand but are taking some time out todayto join us in our Wellington studio for First Song. Read more Audio

9:00 AM.Ken draws a proverbial line in the sand, starting just right of centre and taking it out further to the right.

By Steve Braunias and Paul Casserly

Voices - Paul Casserly and Toni Potter

Studio… Read more Audio

9:06 PM.Electronic gaming machines, or the pokies, are highly addictive. Sonia Sly investigates why problem gambling develops and how it is associated with other disorders. Read more Audio

3:25 PM.Many parents consider whether sending their child to a private school is 'worth it'. The origin of our private schools is surprising and their history is more a story of independence rather than… Read more Audio, Gallery

3:15 PM.Rebecca Stevenson, National Business Editor for Stuff, has been thinking about whether money can buy you happiness. Obviously the answer is no, but it can buy you less stress - and more choice. Read more Audio

2:31 PM.Today's biography is about one of our great entertainers and the first musician to have a number one hit in Te Reo, it's Prince Tui Teka.  Read more Audio

2:14 PM.Brad Warrington aka DJ Sticky Fingaz reviews Time by NF and Black Moon Rising by Black Pumas. Audio

1:35 PM.In 2014 teacher Kevin Powell realised his passion was outside the classroom. So he and his wife Jane decided to open a hands-on, outdoors classroom where children could learn about farming, food, and… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:29 PM.A 15-year-old Kiwi girl's song will be reviewed by the legendary composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. Sophie Brown won the School of Rock - The Musical: Songwriting Competition, under her stage name girl. Read more Audio