Afternoons Podcast Options

1:40 PM.Playing in the dirt, picking up bugs, splashing in puddles - being a kid is pretty fun. It's not all about fun though, this kind of play in nature can be beneficial to children as they grow.  Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Maui Solomon, chairman of the Hokotehi Moriori Trust, was listening to yesterday's interview in a marae in the Chatham Islands. He asked to come on the show and tells us about being Moriori and what… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.The annual Sanctuaries of New Zealand workshop will be held next week, bringing together government agencies, environmental groups and researchers to discuss the future of our biodiversity. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.After years of trials, Scion entomologists believe New Zealand could safely introduce a parasitic wasp to control the eucalyptus tortoise beetle. Read more Audio

9:06 PM.Tiny grains of fossil pollen are helping GNS Science researchers piece together the big picture of past environments. Read more Audio

3:26 PM.Rosalie Hosking joins us from Japan, where she is doing a post doctoral fellowship. She specialises in the mathematical problems placed on wooden tablets and hung in shrines and temples during… Read more Audio

2:21 PM.A recent gathering of a group called Women in Super looked at findings from a Financial Markets Authority survey that showed men tend to know more about investing than women and are more confident at… Read more Audio

1:36 PM.If you're interested in making political change you'll get some valuable tips from Murdoch Stephens. He's behind the campaign to increase New Zealand's refugee quota and he managed to get the ear of… Read more Audio

1:26 PM.Vegans and butchery don't really go hand in hand, but Grater Goods is a combo of the two. Plugged as the country's first plant based deli, the soon-to-be-opened butchery was founded by musician Flip… Read more Audio

1:16 PM.There's a prevailing myth that is often brought up in conversations about our history - that Māori killed off Moriori in New Zealand. This is often repeated even by well known New Zealanders, so many… Read more Audio

3:09 PM.Journalist, documentary maker and author Paul Greenberg ate fish every day, three meals a day, for a full year to test the effectiveness of Omega 3 on his own body.  Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Joe is a storyteller who's performed around the world for nearly 40 years. He is the Department of Conservation treaty and strategic partnerships director and a member of the Toi Maori Aotearoa NZ… Read more Audio

1:42 PM.In today's visit to the sound archives of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision with Sarah Johnston, we will hear sound recordings about how and when transgender lives appeared in the media in the past. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:18 PM.Yesterday we discussed the concern about a sexual health education programme, Mates and Dates. Since then we heard from Korowai Tumanako. Its directors believe there is value to specialist services… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Mel Parsons is playing in Nelson this Thursday at a concert to raising money for The Boathouse, a performance venue which was badly damaged by Cyclone Fehi in February. She joins us along with bassist… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

3:07 PM.Restricting our eating hours could be key to curbing obesity, kidney disease, high cholesterol, bad sleeping, joint pain, possibly even cancer, according to recent research. Read more Audio

2:17 PM.We asked you to send in your favourite ever live songs, and the nominations poured in! So we've curated a list and will play what we reckon are the pick of the bunch, including some classic Neil Young… Read more Audio