Afternoons Podcast Options

1:47 PM.If you're in Hamilton over the next week and are looking for some fun, try Urinetown - The Musical! This version will be performed by a local cast and crew. Director Scot Hall tells us about bringing… Read more Audio

1:42 PM.There's concern not enough is being done to control Tahr  in New Zealand. Forest & Bird day the population is now five times what it should be, which could threaten our native alpine ecosystems.  Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Peter has written a book about his wife's journey called Beating Alzheimer's - the enemy at the Gate. He tells us what he has learned, and why he remains angry with many in the medical profession. Read more Audio

1:11 PM.Australian singer songwriter Jed Rowe is in New Zealand for a tour, - his music was described by Rolling Stone as "heartland alt-country shot through with nostalgia." Read more Audio

3:26 PM.New Zealand has around thirty different species of native bees, which pollinate of wild and cultivated plants. Summer is a time that they appear and a time when spraying can easily wipe out an entire… Read more Audio

2:23 PM.A new survey shows New Zealanders are keen on ethical - sometimes called responsible - investing. But not so many are taking steps to ensure their KiwiSaver and other investments follow these… Read more Audio

1:42 PM.A senior doctor in the UK says it's time to ban the sale of energy to children. He argues it would help tackle two major issues in British society - obesity and mental health problems. So could this… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Ten years ago, many of the hills in the Marlborough sounds were riddled with wilding pines. But now the native bush has started to flourish, thanks to painstaking work by the Marlborough Sounds… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:12 PM.Award-winning 17-year-old singer Silika Isaia is back in the studio, this time with a different keyboardist, Gabby Faapuea, to perform their song about racial prejudice, Canvas. Read more Audio

7:00 AM.Health camps have been helping sickly Kiwi kids get better for a century now. What was it like to be at one? And why are the camps today failing to thrive? Read more Audio

3:08 PM.The Money Diaries encourages women to share what they spend every week. Lindsey Stanberry says writing down what you spend and sharing it with the world can really help you see where you are going… Read more Audio

2:28 PM.Paul Diamond is a writer, journalist, historian and broadcaster. He'll talk about his new book Savaged to Suit: Maori and Cartooning in New Zealand as well as his favourite books, music and films.  Read more Audio, Gallery

1:36 PM.Today marks the 125th anniversary of New Zealand women winning the right to vote in 1893. A new online exhibition has been created by Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, called Standing on the Shoulders. Sarah… Read more Audio

Prize-winning Muay Thai and kickboxing fighter Kelly Broerse is one of three fighters in the VICE New Zealand documentary Lethal Ladies. She's also a forensic scientist at ESR. There’s nothing quite… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:16 PM.Australians are having to throw out or chop up their strawberries after needles were found in the fruit, across all six states. Professor Nigel Grigg discusses how damaging this tampering could be. Read more Audio

3:07 PM.Ryan Hampton was  working in the White House for Bill Clinton when he was given a prescription for Oxycontin for an ankle injury. He became addicted, and moved onto harder drugs. Hes' recovered now… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.The early 1990s, musicians, artists, film-makers and even politicians led a pop culture renaissance in Britain, which we now call "Britpop". Read more Audio