Afternoons Podcast Options

1:30 PM.Catherine Mohr is a world-leader in surgical robotics. She's based in Silicon Valley but in New Zealand to deliver the Pickering Lecture for the Institute of Professional engineers. Read more Audio

1:19 PM.A Whanganui woman is calling on New Zealanders irked by missing hyphens, or errant apostrophes, to join her crusade to correct grammar mishaps. Read more Audio, Gallery

3:30 PM.Millions of Indians fought for the British and allies during both world wars, including two Sikh New Zealanders who, despite discrimination, snuck their way into service to fight for New Zealand in… Read more Audio, Gallery

3:08 PM.When it comes to achieving big goals, sometimes a nudge is better than a push.  Read more Audio

2:30 PM.While vitamin C is useful to help ward off colds, it could also have benefits as an adjunct treatment for more serious diseases such as cancer, a researcher says. Read more Audio

1:46 PM.Rumours is the eleventh studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, and is the sixth best selling album in US history. It is known for the various personal dramas going on within the… Read more Audio

1:31 PM.A leading pain specialist is warning medicinal cannabis gives ''false hope'' for chronic pain relief. Professor Milton Cohen is a specialist pain medicine physician based in Sydney, and he says… Read more Audio

1:23 PM.Mental health crusader Mike King has stepped down from his post on New Zealand's suicide prevention panel, saying the government draft prevention plan is "deeply flawed" and "self-serving". Read more Audio

1:12 PM.Te Waikoropupu Springs has some of the clearest waters ever measured on earth. But high levels of E-coli have been recorded from water flowing overland near the country's largest freshwater springs… Read more Audio

3:26 PM.Our critter of the week is Paryphanta busby, the Kauri Snail, Pupu Rangi. Read more Video, Audio

3:07 PM.Jacob Brown, of The Larder in Mirimar, Wellington, has tips on making your own poultry salt, which makes things like hot chips pretty tasty. He shares a recipe for his duck neck salt. Read more Audio

2:22 PM.Loren and Mark are from opposite ends of the earth. Twelve years ago they met in Nashville, Tennessee and found a shared love of bluegrass music and the finger guitar stylings of the late Chet Atkins.

1:37 PM.The Metservice has taken a lashing on social media for its newly-upgraded smartphone app. Tech commentator Paul Brislen, a long-time user of the previous MetService app, reviews the new one. Read more Audio

1:22 PM.Fungus fans and mycologists have descended on Opononi in Northland for the annual Fungal Foray. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:15 PM.New Zealand Post is branching out from delivering your parcels and post, to delivering hot meals. Read more Audio

9:06 PM.Six months after the destructive magnitude 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake, scientists are still unravelling what happened during this very complex seismic event. Read more Video, Audio

3:20 PM.Corinne Ambler is based in Suva where she works for New Zealand Red Cross covering emergencies across the Pacific. Read more Audio, Gallery