Afternoons Podcast Options

1:40 PM.If you've ever been tramping in remote parts of the country there's a good chance you've used some of the huts. Permolat is a community group of volunteers that take the time to restore and preserve… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:35 PM.Most of yesterday's terrible weather has passed but on the West Coast the destruction has left at least 600 tourists trapped in the town and another 117 are trapped in Fox Glacier.  Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Ever feel like your friends just get you? They can be the only ones that understand your strange sense of humour or weird takes on the latest TV show. A new study suggests it could be because actually… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.One of the great, free options for keeping the kids occupied in summer is taking them to the local park. But on a hot day they may be hard pressed to cool off with a drink of water.   Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Could chemical camouflage save rare birds by putting predators off the scent? Ecologists are testing the idea in the Mackenzie Basin. Read more Video, Audio

3:24 PM.For his thesis, mountain biker, Matt Miller invented the invented the Brake Power Meter, which automatically measures braking power and time spent braking while you ride, which is a world first.  Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

2:37 PM.New Zealand has seen some of the greatest gold-rushes in the world. Historian, Grant Morris of Victoria University has been digging into Wellington's past and the brief and unsuccessful Karori… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Simon Wilson argues that cycling is good for drivers and good for taxpayers, and should be encouraged in our biggest city. Read more Audio

1:31 PM.School trips, doctors appointments, holidays...organising children can be stressful, even more so when parents aren't together. Now there's a new app to help stop kids being stuck in the middle of… Read more Audio

1:22 PM.A new study has found that people with traumatic brain injury are more likely to be diagnosed with dementia, decades after the injury.  Read more Audio

1:13 PM.Former Tropical cyclone Fehi is causing chaos across the country, with some residents told to evacuate their homes. Heavy rain has caused flooding in Auckland while the South prepares for the… Read more Audio, Gallery

3:07 PM.Wrestling has been around for centuries, and the match fixing and staged fighting began in Roman times. Sharon Mazer, Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at AUT, tells us about her… Read more Video, Audio

2:23 PM.The woman who guided the Christchurch Art Gallery through the "earthquake years" is our guest today. Jenny Harper is retiring from the gallery in March and she shares her favourite books and things… Read more Audio

1:39 PM.New Zealand was on a "Sesqui" high 28 years ago. January 1990 marked the start of our Sesquicentennial year, commemorating 150 years since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.  Read more Video, Audio

1:32 PM.Working in any organisation can be frustrating and sometimes infuriating. Associate Professor Peter O'Connor of the Queensland University of Technology argues that bit of anger in the workplace isn't… Read more Audio

1:26 PM.The National party leader has just held a media conference following his State of the nation speech. It also comes after rumblings within the National Party caucus about its leadership team, with… Read more Audio

1:18 PM.Anyone who has ever been in Auckland traffic will know public transport seems like the better option, but a rise in fares for the city's trains and buses could see customers returning to their cars. 

3:12 PM.There was a time when Hollywood's highest rollers wanted a seat at Molly Bloom's table. Ben Affleck. Leonardo Di Caprio and others would flock her high end poker tournaments. The poker Princess built… Read more Video, Audio