Afternoons Podcast Options

3:26 PM.This week we look at Pterodroma inexpectata, Korure or Mottled Petrel! Read more Audio

3:19 PM.Gardening guru Lynda Hallinan talks apples! Which are easiest to grow, which are the best to eat and how to preserve them. Read more Audio

3:07 PM.Julie Biuso on pan drippings and roast chicken Read more Audio

2:23 PM.New Zealand's answer to Ed Sheeran: Mitch James performs our NZ Live gig this week. Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Ken's change of diet over the summer holiday seems to have made him a little more moderate and accepting. Or has it?

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1:38 PM.The 'wrong' kind of smile could stress you out Read more Audio

1:28 PM.Anywhere from the forest, up a hill or at the beach is where children should be spending a lot of their time, says Celia Hogan. Read more Audio

1:23 PM.University of Waikato biologists will give a free lesson in dissection and shark anatomy this weekend Read more Audio

1:17 PM.Christchurch entrepreneur given huge financial boost in his battle to reduce waste from hospitals. Read more Audio

1:09 PM.Jed Parsons performs the first song in our Auckland studio. Read more Video, Audio

9:06 PM.Waikato University researchers are training pet dogs to sniff out pest fish such as koi carp. Read more Video, Audio

3:16 PM.Today we discuss Dog Farm, Food Game by Eamonn Mara. Email us your thoughts to be in to win the latest issue of the short story collection, Sport. Jesse@radionz.co.nz Read more Audio

2:40 PM.The recent school shooting tragedy in Florida has once again sparked the gun debate in the US. But what about NZ? Why have we generally avoided the carnage that we regularly see in the US? Read more Audio

2:27 PM.On Friday Night, thousands of people gathered on Wellington's waterfront for the opening of the NZ Festival of the Arts.  Read more Audio, Gallery

1:43 PM.I hope you've got your wits about you because our next interview is pun-tastic. Dad jokes, word play and wise-cracks are the order of the day as Wellington's Pun Battle kicks off tonight.  Read more Audio

1:37 PM.One of our colleagues in the RNZ newsroom has written a great first person piece about why she doesn't use her Chinese name.  Read more Audio

1:25 PM.A popular Auckland swim race has had to change its venue over the state of the water. There's concern the locations aren't safe for swimming due to ongoing issues.  Read more Audio

3:09 PM.Michael Mosley hosts a BBC show, Trust Me, I'm a Doctor, that busts health myths and does new, independent research. A recent study showed some surprising results for coconut oil. Read more Audio

2:29 PM.Teju Cole is a novelist, essayist, and photography critic for The New York Times. His book Known and Strange Things was named a book of the year by the Guardian, the Financial Times, Time Magazine… Read more Audio