Afternoons Podcast Options

2:29 PM.Chris Bourke is a musician, historian, editor, writer and producer whose work covers the first recordings to arrive in NZ to new beats being made now. Read more Audio

1:38 PM.It's now 75 years since Kiwi and American soldiers landed on remote Mono Island in the Solomons to recapture it from occupying Japanese forces during WWII. In the ensuing fights, which became known as… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

1:26 PM.Dunedin poet Ruth Arnison established Poems in the Waiting Room in 2008 to inject some life into waiting rooms.  Read more Audio

1:17 PM.Wool is still big business, but how is it being used? Woollen air filters have been designed for space travel by a New Zealand company and are being tested by NASA. Read more Audio

3:07 PM.There is a place that only the absurdly rich frequent and you won't find it on any map. It's a place where money – much of it belonging to kleptocrats and/or looted from nation states – buys you… Read more Video, Audio

2:15 PM.Country music has a bit of a stereotypical image. But it has many different sounds and some of them are distinctly pacific.  Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Our book critic today is Kiwi Booktuber Steph Soper, who talks about Naked Girls Reading. Read more Audio

1:38 PM.There are new ways for us to understand the details of the impact dementia can have. Art therapy is being trialled in a global effort to find out more.  Read more Audio

1:26 PM.Where our energy comes from and how its stored is a huge part of conversation around preserving our environment. New battery design might offer an answer.  Read more Audio

1:16 PM.New research has found that despite tobacco companies saying they're helping create a smoke-free future, products are being made to target new markets.  Read more Audio

1:09 PM.Greg Johnson is marking his 30th anniversary as a live performer with a tour, and joins us in the Auckland studio to perform one of his songs. Read more Audio

3:29 PM.Until recently, it was believed that the pygmy blue whales seen in the South Taranaki Bight were just animals passing through the area.  Read more Audio, Gallery

3:20 PM.Every Friday afternoon on RNZ National, DOC's Threatened Species Ambassador Nicola Toki introduces us to an uncharismatic but lovable member of New Zealand's wildlife community in the segment Critter… Read more Gallery

3:14 PM.Today we have tramper, photographer and tramping author Shaun Barnett on to talk about the Orongorongo track near Wellington. Read more Audio, Gallery

3:08 PM.Potato focaccia is pretty easy to make at home so it's a good bread for everyone to have in the stable, says Casey McDonald, a Michelin star chef now heading up the kitchen at Terroir at Craggy Range… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Auckland band Daffodils are have exploded on to the scene these past few years. The former Rockquest winner are juggling study with playing gigs and releasing four singles. Read more Video, Audio

1:38 PM.Otago Museum has an incredible Roman coin collection, one to rival international institutions. But most of the coins are stored in the museum's vault, out of the public eye. Read more Audio

1:32 PM.Every year on Labour Weekend bagpipers all over the country get together for the Silver Chanter Piping Championships. In what's believed to be a world first, 2018's judging panel will be all-women. Read more Audio

1:16 PM.This week RNZ listener Joanne Sorenson got a letter that her household had been selected to be interviewed for the New Zealand General Social Survey (NZGSS). The letter stated that the survey… Read more Audio

1:09 PM.Wellington band Anxiety Club are back with us today - they were on New Zealand Live in February, and have just released a new EP called Black Heart. They perfom one of their new songs live. Read more Audio