Afternoons Podcast Options

2:24 PM.Mimi (Aimee Belton) first met Rivers (Chris Baigent) during the aftermath of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. As Mimi & Rivers, the duo plays folky tunes with pop melodies and strong harmonies. Read more Audio

1:33 PM.Did you know New Zealand had an official international women's handball team? Neither did we! And as it turns out, they're heading to Japan for the 2018 Asian Championships in a couple of weeks time.

1:25 PM.Sam Moore is better known online as uglyīnk - he's a Christchurch-based artist and illustrator whose People of New Zealand drawings, which satirise familiar Kiwi "templates", are hugely popular online… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:15 PM.The GO Club is a girls-only after-school group based in Paraparaumu and Paekakariki where primary school aged girls go to learn more about science, technology, engineering and maths subjects. Read more Audio

9:08 PM.New Zealand has a growing population of older drivers and an important issue is 'when do they give up driving?' Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Mary Holm discusses reverse mortgages, which can be a good way for retired people to make use of the money they have tied up in their homes. Read more Audio

1:34 PM.Whether you subscribe to it or not, acupuncture has definitely captured a lot of people's imaginations. John Black runs his own acupuncture clinic in Nelson and joins us to explain a bit about this… Read more Audio

1:27 PM.Mindfulness is a therepeutic technique which involves focussing on the momen. Jen Sievers wants children to benefit from it, and she's written a new book to that end - Just Breathe: a mindfulness… Read more Audio

1:14 PM.The world's fastest electric motorcycle now lives in Auckland along with the woman who built and rides it - and she's confident her next bike design will be faster than any on earth. Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Comedian and writer Sarah Cooper spent years working in the testosterone fueled tech industry for companies like Yahoo and Google. She's just published a tongue in cheek guide to the workplace called… Read more Audio, Gallery

2:26 PM.Actor turned scriptwriter Tim Balme's today's Bookmarks Guest. His series, The Brokenwood Mysteries, is in its 5th season screening on Prime. He talks about his early years and inspiration along the… Read more Audio

1:42 PM.Erotic journal Aotearotica is entering its fifth print run and its editor Laura Borrowdale is fresh from giving a presentation on "writing sex" at LitCrawl over the weekend. Read more Audio

1:32 PM.It is Cup and Show Week in Christchurch, which means racing at Addington and Riccarton race courses and the country's biggest A and P Show.

This year the Canterbury Show has been renamed and is now… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:24 PM.A lot of people reckon offering hospitality staff higher wages and less stressful working conditions could be a good way to attract more skilled applicants. Employment advocate Chloe Ann-King joins us… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.The Guardian newspaper has called Damien Dempsey "the greatest Irish singer of his generation." Read more Audio

3:10 PM.In New Zealand millions of dollars are spent to control rats, possum and other non native species that are a huge threat to our native birds. But Dr Arian Wallach says conservation killing is not… Read more Audio

2:08 PM.We asked people to tell us their favourite TV themes, and were INUNDATED with suggestions ... Read more Video, Audio