Afternoons Podcast Options

1:10 PM.Rangitoto High School student Gretel is a finalist in this year's Smokefree Rock Quest, which will be held on 22 September. She performs her original song 'Catch Me If You Can' in our Auckland studio.

3:08 PM.When stand up comedian Dave Chawner went days without eating, or exercised manically in his bedroom as a teenager, it wasn't about how he looked. Chawner says for him anorexia was about taking… Read more Audio

2:33 PM.Dr Ann McEwan says the real test for a heritage building is if people are prepared to lie down in front of a bull dozer to save it.  Read more Audio, Gallery

2:26 PM.The Dunedin Gardening Club is about to celebrate 100 years and it's marking the milestone with a naked calendar. It's a fundraiser but the club is calling for more than donations this year, its on the… Read more Audio

1:39 PM.Memes, cat videos, youtube compilations - the way we make and consume comedy has completely changed since the birth of the internet. It's no longer just sitcoms and stand ups, we're getting our laughs… Read more Audio

1:27 PM.A new documentary series launched today on rnz.co.nz, profiling a range of New Zealand women working in minimum wage jobs.  Read more Audio

1:18 PM.E-scooters are coming to the footpaths of Christchurch – and possibly Auckland, too – but they may usher in tighter transport regulations, says infrastructure consultant Louise Baker. Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Our first song today is being performed live by a young band from Dunedin - Marlin's Dreaming They've got a new EP out later this week, Talk On/Commic. Read more Audio

3:27 PM.Corals are always a little tricky to figure out: what exactly is a coral? What does it do? Why does a black coral look white? Read more Audio

3:17 PM.Tim Sutton loves mountain running and tells us about the Tararua S-K traverse, widely accepted as one of the biggest "single- push" challenges in New Zealand. Read more Audio, Gallery

3:08 PM.Jess from Jess' Underground Kitchen shares with us a tasty way to up your intake of greens – a very versatile (and vegan) green dressing. Read more Audio

2:22 PM.One of NZ's finest songwriters treats us to a live session ahead of his nationwide Free Flight tour. Don McGlashan is joined by the highly-accomplished Sean Donnelly (SJD) and Chris O'Connor (Phoenix… Read more Video, Audio

1:36 PM.It's Bee Awareness Month, and beekeeper Steve Leslie's is EXCITED. He joins us to explain why bees are so important to the natural world, and he's also got some tips on how you can help them thrive. Read more Audio

1:30 PM.The demise of the brick-and-mortar bookshop has long been prophesied, but Unity Books is bucking the trend. Last weekend it opened a brand new store in the Auckland CBD, catering to children's books… Read more Audio

1:23 PM.Sonny Ngatai is the host of the Sky TV series Tiki Towns, and along with his two young co-hosts Bobbie and Te Ataakura, he's on a mission to get Kiwis up to speed on the pronunciation and history of… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.Labour's Clare Curran has resigned as Broadcasting Minister. Ms Curran had already been demoted from Cabinet and stripped of two of her portfolios last month after she failed to properly declare a… Read more Audio

9:00 AM.Simon Bridges gets a little funky and NZ Politics Museum opens. Read more Audio

2:20 PM.From non-flowering kōwhai to kitten poo to tickling your seedlings - Lynda Hallinan answers more of our listeners' gardening questions. Read more Audio