Afternoons Podcast Options

1:25 PM.Getting home at night if you're not a man isn't that simple, as we've heard recently. For female comedians in New Zealand the danger is real and concerning, which is why a fundraiser has been set up… Read more Audio

1:18 PM.Mātauranga Māori is a source of knowledge in Aotearoa, it encompasses values, cultural practice and worldview. And that worldview could inform they way we shape freshwater and marine management. Read more Audio

1:09 PM.Dave Baxter aka Avalanche City dropped by to play his first new single in three years. 'Prayed for Love' is from his forthcoming album My Babylon, which is out in February. Read more Video, Audio

3:28 PM.This fresh water snail is endemic to NZ. In fact it's endemic to the Maitai Cave in Maitai Valley in Nelson. Read more Audio

3:20 PM.Afternoons producer Emile Donovan has just returned from Nepal where he was doing the Annapurna Base Camp trek and he joins us now to chat about it. Read more Audio, Gallery

3:08 PM.Chef Ganesh Raj from Auckland restaurant The Tasting Shed has created a very special dessert for this summer's North West Wine, Beer & Food Festival in North West Auckland – a Whenuapai Trifle made… Read more Audio

2:26 PM.This week's band fuses South American beats and Spanish vocals with classic Kiwi roots vibes. Brazilian-born Bobby Brazuka and Venezuelan singer Jennifer Zea - with a little help from their friends -… Read more Video, Audio

1:41 PM.Christmas Trees! But not as you've seen before. Instead of an actual tree, or a plastic facsimile, Auckland art student Oliver Cain makes the holiday stalwarts from alternative materials; he's used… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:29 PM.Instead of usable medical equipment heading to the landfill, it's picked up by Take My Hands who then shipped to Islands or countries for those in need.  Read more Audio

1:22 PM.A business leader in the Waikato is calling for the region's 12 councils to amalgamate. Mayors aren't happy with the proposal though.  Read more Audio

1:14 PM.There's lots of discussion about what is better in the long run - university or a trade? Caleb Orotaunga had to make that decision, continue with an expensive Engineering degree or go the apprentice… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Info packed answerphone message from the Hawera Mt View Lions Club and Ken's progressive views on cycleways. Audio

8:16 PM.The Department of Conservation and special guests celebrate the dramatic rediscovery of the takahē in Fiordland, 70 years ago. Read more Video, Audio

3:26 PM.Caleb Harris did his masters thesis at the National University of Colombia, in Bogotá on the topic - Sharing and becoming aware, as a society, of grief, mourning, pain and death through the… Read more Audio, Gallery

3:15 PM.Dylan Horrocks joins us to talk about the comic, My Ten Guitars by Barry Linton. Dylan actually did his own cartoon dedication to Barry - check it out here. Read more Audio

2:33 PM.In the recent NCEA history exam, some students did not know the meaning of 'trivial' and struggled to answer the set question. What does this case tells us about the state of history and language?  Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Rebecca Stevenson is Stuff's business editor and today she's tacking the issue of affordable housing - and kiwibuild and whether it might help the Auckland housing market. Read more Audio

2:11 PM.Peter Griffin takes a look at the kinds of new or old technology that people might be looking to buy for Christmas or in the new year sales and asks if i-pads and tablets are now a thing of the past.

1:32 PM.Citizen science is all about the general public helping professionals gather data. Stay-at-home mum Siobhan Leachman contributes to by collating and uploading information about Kiwi flora and fauna to… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:26 PM.Food waste is a massive contributor to our landfills. Skycity decided to change it's practices. Over the past year they've diverted 500 tonnes of food waste to compost, the equivalent weight of more… Read more Video, Audio

1:15 PM.Professor Peter Lineham is retiring from Massey University at the end of this year - after 40 years! But not before he gives one final lecture about the state of religion in the country - its decline… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.When refugees flee their homes in search of safety and a better life, the list of issues they have to overcome is massive; a new language, a new culture and add to the list - a new microbiome that can… Read more Audio