Afternoons Podcast Options

1:20 PM.It's pretty easy now to find out where you came from. Spit in a tube and send it off to a DNA website and you get back a breakdown of your ancestry. But do these tests do more harm than good? Read more Audio

3:07 PM.Well before the tragedy in Christchurch journalist and author Ginger Gorman warned about the dangers of Facebook Live and the connection between online rhetoric and murder. Read more Audio

2:14 PM.How do we navigate the world of music - especially when so much of it is now at our fingertips?  Read more Audio

1:40 PM.Armageddon Expo kicks off in Wellington in a week or so, and it's announced rule changes, in light of the Christchurch terror attack.  Read more Audio

1:29 PM.Community foundations are fast becoming a popular way for kiwis to help their fellow locals. A new community foundation, Te Awa, is launching tomorrow. Read more Audio

1:17 PM.The Brexit deadlock continues, with MPs rejecting all four proposals for leaving the EU. So the question is, what happens now? A new deal, an extension to decide, or a no-deal Brexit?  Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Get lots of natural light, not too much direct sun, and avoid blue light at bedtime. Those are the simple rules to live by when it comes to our ancient and complex relationship with the sun.  Read more Audio

2:36 PM.Broadcaster and Māori language proponent Stacey Morrison talks through some of the nuts and bolts of speaking te reo. The grammar, the dialects, popular sayings, and some of the subtleties of the… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.They provide clean air for us to breathe, beautify our spaces and bring nature to our doorstep - but not all areas in Auckland have as many trees as others. Auckland council has released a strategy to… Read more Audio

1:22 PM.Decades worth of rubbish is washing up on West Coast beaches following bad weather. Heavy rain eroded the Fox landfill, so waste from it is flowing into the Fox River.  Read more Audio

1:13 PM.Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said teaching against extremism should be put into education systems. But making teachers look for potential "radical" students can have negative consequences.

3:29 PM.In today's session with DoC's Nicola Toki we discuss the Flax Weevil (Anagotus fairburni). Read more Audio, Gallery

3:08 PM.Sammy Akuthota from Satya Chai Lounge on K Road shares a recipe for Channa (chickpea) Chaat. Read more Audio

2:29 PM.Something different for New Zealand Live today - we have a one man band in the studio: Li'l Chuck the one man skiffle machine - AKA multi-instrumentalist David Thorpe Read more Audio

1:41 PM.Max Cryer attended the world premiere of Hair in New York in 1968, and joins us to tell us what it was like Read more Audio

1:34 PM.James Cox was not an extraordinary man, by most accounts. He arrived in New Zealand in 1880, at the age of 30. He worked in a variety of tough, largely unskilled jobs. And he died, in 1929, aged 79… Read more Audio

1:23 PM.When our trees "mast", they produce heavy flowering and seeding - providing lots of food for native wildlife, but also bringing out a LOT of rodents along with it Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Our producer Ali Ventura has been organising RNZ's live coverage of the event and is with us from North Hagley Park. Read more Audio