Afternoons Podcast Options

1:26 PM.Ecologist Margaret Stanley says the equivalent of 61 rugby fields full of trees have been cut down in inner city Auckland and surrounding suburbs between 2006-2016.  Read more Audio

1:17 PM.Human trafficking affects millions around the world but few perpetrators are caught and convicted. New Zealand technology is being used to uncover child trafficking rings in Thailand to great effect.

1:10 PM.Jon Sanders and Craig Denham describe themselves as musical adventurers and travelers - and they've joined forces to create the group Alpaca Social Club, and they are about to tour all over the… Read more Audio

3:27 PM.We were incredibly impressed by all of the entries in the inaugural Critter of the Week Bake-off and judging was very difficult. However there can only be one winner, and it is... Jasmin Hollister and… Read more Audio, Gallery

3:18 PM.Tramper, author and photographer Rob Brown was our very first Talk the Walk guest, sharing his stories of the Routeburn track. He's back to talk Iceland.  Read more Audio, Gallery

3:08 PM.Helen Dorresteyn was the first person to farm buffalo in New Zealand, and ten years on her Clevedon Buffalo company is winning awards for its buffalo cheese  Read more Audio

2:25 PM.The Roulettes describe themselves as survivors from a scene of "90s alcohol-fuelled Dunedin rock and roll bands". Justin McLean, Ben Grant and Mark Queenin are now based in Auckland. They play us some… Read more Video, Audio

1:35 PM.A group of broadcasters have formed a trust to take a proposal to the Government to make some of its reserved Freeview digital TV spectrum available to community TV broadcasters.  Read more Audio

1:30 PM.The streets of Sydney are abuzz with bee swarms this spring. Sydney Beekeeper Doug Purdie lets us know what's going on.   Read more Audio

1:19 PM.PledgeMe chief Anna Guenther was flabbergasted at the lack of women at the launch events for the NZ High Tech Awards.  Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Back in March we spoke to musician, music producer and screen composer Rhian Sheehan for Bookmarks, and he told us he was working on his fifth album.  Read more Video, Audio

9:07 PM.A Honey Landscape Map for New Zealand could help beekeepers find the best flower-rich sites for their beehives. Read more Audio

3:23 PM.Maru Nihoniho's masters thesis involved launching the on-line game, Takaro. The word means play in Te Reo, and the game focuses on STEM subjects. Read more Audio

2:34 PM.New Zealanders spend a lot of time obsessing about suburbs - but where do they come from?  Read more Audio

2:17 PM.As drone technology gets cheaper, more and more New Zealanders are buying and launching their own little hand-controlled flying cameras. RNZ tech correspondent Peter Griffin talks to a drone-dubious… Read more Audio

1:38 PM.Weta Digital artist Gino Acevedo says he was "born a monster guy". He grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, but has been in Wellington for over 20 years now. Gino has curated a (sold-out) Halloween exhibition… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:17 PM.Brazil is in the middle of a weeks long presidential election and one of the candidates, the far-right Jair Bolsonaro is a very divisive figure.  Read more Audio

1:17 PM.It's Royal Tour season, and many New Zealanders are giddily anticipating the Duke and the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. But what is the significance of a visit by the British royals for… Read more Audio

1:11 PM.Lachlan Oosterman and Matt Church from Te Awamutu are the two members of the group, Suggested Serving Size.  Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Tinkering around with things teaches us to be curious, patient and inventive but children don't do it anymore, says animal behaviour scientist and autism spokesperson Dr Temple Grandin. She has a new… Read more Video, Audio