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1:32 PM.A workshop's being held this weekend for insect lovers who are also internet junkies. Whanganui Regional Museum curator of natural history, Mike Dickison, is in Auckland to share his expertise as a… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:27 PM.This weekend the popular tourist town looks inward, investigating how it can become more liveable and how it can prepare for the future. Specialist speakers will discuss technology, science and ideas… Read more Audio

1:14 PM.Al Gore talks to his about his sequel to his groundbreaking documentary about the impacts of climate change, An Inconvenient Truth. In An Inconvenient Sequel he details the huge groundswell of action… Read more Audio, Gallery

3:23 PM.Millie Lovelock tells us about her thesis mapping the processes of fan and celebrity identity co-construction in the boy band One Direction. Read more Audio

3:07 PM.This week's story is The Kiss by Pip Adam. Read more Audio

2:19 PM.Economist Shamubeel Eaqub joins us for our monthly chat on economics - today we're looking at tourist taxes. Read more Audio

1:39 PM.Christchurch Engineer Helen Trappitt is on a mission to encourage more young young women to consider engineering as a career. Read more Audio

1:32 PM.A Masterton retiree is flouting a hat ban at her local library, and encouraging other older library users to do the same. Read more Audio

1:31 PM.The phrase 'ladies and gentlemen' is still common in NZ whether introducing a function or putting up signs on restrooms. So how did it begin? Read more Audio

1:19 PM.Forget an asteroid hitting the planet and wiping out life on earth, there's a more urgent and imminent danger which has seen Nasa get involved with - Yellowstone Caldera - a super-volcano in the U.S.

3:10 PM.Four out of five New Zealand teenagers now have a smartphone, but this super-connected generation is less happy and more isolated than those who've gone before, according to a new book. Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Professor Lydia Wevers is a literary historian and critic awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to literature. She tells us about her new book and why she's so fascinated with New… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.You probably remember where you were when you heard the news that Princess Diana had died on 31st August 1997. In today's visit to the Sound Archives of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, Sarah Johnston is… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Another sink hole in Waihi has left a 20 metre wide shaft on a council reserve. It collapsed into an old mine which was left partially filled. GNS Science Engineer Sally Dellow tells us how sink holes… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.The national final of the Smokefree Rockquest is on this weekend. It will feature last years runners up, Auckland based 4 piece The Daffodils, who play Jesse's first song today. Read more Video, Audio

1:10 PM.The study, published in The Lancet found that high fat diets were associated with a lower risk of mortality - and those diets with a high intake of carbohydrates were associated with a higher risk. We… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Tusk is Fleetwood Mac's twelfth album. It was released in 1979 and is probably their most experimental album. Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Humans are wiping out species worldwide, but an ecologist says human activity is also responsible for ushering in a new age of biodiversity. Read more Audio