Afternoons Podcast Options

1:41 PM.Kite-surfing lets water-loving daredevils soar up to 20 metres above the ocean. The author of the new book The Leading Edge Tom Crosse, joins us Read more Audio, Gallery

1:34 PM.US President Donald Trump's campaign chief Paul Manafort was convicted today on multiple counts of fraud, at the same time Trump's former Lawyer, Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to fraud and campaign… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.The government says next year's budget will be the "Wellbeing Budget", focussing on how we are doing rather than GDP. It's a nice idea, but can it work? Economist Dr Ganesh Nana is here to discuss… Read more Audio

1:11 PM.Dean Lewis' latest song Be Alright has just hit number 1 on the Australian singles chart. He performs live in our Auckland studio. Read more Audio

3:07 PM.For centuries humans have looked up into the night sky and wondered, are we alone? Why would we be? After all, there are hundreds of billions of plants and stars in the galaxy. That conundrum is known… Read more Audio

2:21 PM.Our regular music expert, Musicologist and AUT lecturer Jared Mackley-Crump takes us on a tour of the history of Pacific Pop. Here are his Pacific music picks.

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1:43 PM.RNZ studio operator Brad Warrington and his daughter Asha are in studio to tell us about their night out at Katy Perry's Auckland concert.  Read more Audio

1:38 PM.'Prison Bake', a programme partnering Rimutaka Prison inmates with the Good Bitches Baking charity, has been giving prisoners an opportunity to give back to the community, founder Nicole Murray says.

1:30 PM.Electricity bills, especially in winter, can be crippling for many households. We often hear that we could save money by switching providers - but it's not always clear which ones are cheaper. Read more Audio

1:22 PM.In the last few hours Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called for a spill and then survived a challenge from Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton. Mr Dutton then resigned.  Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Last week we were blown away by cellist Helen Gillet who performed live from our Christchurch studio We got so much positive feedback and were so amazed by what she can do with a cello, we invited her… Read more Audio

3:09 PM.When it comes to eating right, willpower will only get you so far. That's because most of us eat without any thought. If a bag of potato chips is on the counter, they're gone before we even have time… Read more Audio

2:28 PM.The Man of Steel is one of the most enduring and recognisable of all pop culture icons. Superman superfan Stein Dando joins us in studio to talk all things Kal-El. Read more Audio

2:16 PM.The lengths which some go to protect their surf patch is in the spotlight today after surfers were shot at on the West Coast. The people were surfing off the Taharoa Coast, south of Kawhia, last week… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Ron Finley almost got arrested for growing carrots in his South Central LA neighbourhood. Since then he's been dubbed the Gangsta Gardener. He decided to take action against the food desert he lived… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

1:26 PM.We are a product of our environment and right now, we're facing a crisis of human habitat. That's the view of author Murray Rae in his book Architecture and Theology: The Art of Place.  Read more Audio

1:16 PM.Men being involved in their kids lives is better for both the children and the dads. Researchers have been looking into how to get them more involved, particularly in parenting programmes. Read more Audio

1:09 PM.Auckland four piece band SushiCats perform their new song, Cyanide, live in RNZ Studio B in Auckland Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Waiuatua, or shore splurge, is a species of Euphorbia which decorates many traffic islands around the capital. Its milky sap has been used to sooth the skin and relieve dermatological ailments for… Read more Audio