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A cork dork on why wine beguiles
3:07 PM.From not being able to differentiate between boxed and bottled wine, Bianca Bosker is now a sommelier and self-described cork dork. Read more Audio
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Expert Feature: What Is Neuropsychiatry?
2:22 PM.Neuropsychiatry, is a branch of medicine which deals with mental health disorders which can be attributed to disease of the nervous system. It also considers the impact that any damage to the brain… Read more Video, Audio
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Television Critic Alex Casey
2:09 PM.Alex discusses Survivor NZ, All Talk with Anika Moa (Maori TV) and Ru Paul's Drag Races. Audio
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Favourite album: The La De Das
1:43 PM.La de Da's fan Chris Parkin plays us some songs by the kiwi band which made it big in the 1960's and 70's Read more Audio, Gallery
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Hidden Figures
1:38 PM.Today Lillian Grace of Figure NZ tells us all about statistics held about our defence force. Read more Audio
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Alpacas: very expensive pets?
1:32 PM.To mark National Alpaca Day RNZ's own Hawkes Bay reporter, Peter Fowler recounts his grand plans to make his fortune from the woolly animals. It didn't exactly work. Read more Audio, Gallery
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"Parents are too Soft on Millennial Kids"
1:24 PM.Yvonne Godfrey says parents are being too soft when raising millennial kids, creating an attitude of entitlement, with parents becoming 'unpaid servants and bankers' to their children. Read more Audio
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Speed-dating for the Arts, Science and Tech
1:17 PM.New Zealand's arts, science and tech sectors are getting together to see if our performing arts sector can be transformed. Read more Audio
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First Song - Austin Allsup
1:09 PM.Austin Allsup is one of Texas' home grown singer-song writers who's bluesy tone, gritty growl and song writing ability makes fans across all music genres. He's in New Zealand at the moment and is here… Read more Audio
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Critter of the Week: The Castle Hill Buttercup
3:25 PM.The Castle Hill buttercup, also known as Kura Tawhiti (Ranunculus paucifolius) is confined to an area of 6 hectares of limestone debris in a gently sloping basin surrounded by limestone cliffs, tors… Read more Audio
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Cooking with Turmeric
3:10 PM.Healthy food blogger, Kelly Gibney shares some ways to use the spice, turmeric, which has many health benefits. She also shares a recipe for a Turmeric Latte. Read more Audio
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NZ Live: Luke Thompson
2:20 PM.This afternoon, the return of singer/songwriter and troubadour Luke Thompson. He's spent some time in Australia recently and has taken his music as far as Europe. Now, after taking a year off from… Read more Audio
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Go Ahead Caller Ser 5, Ep 4 by Paul Casserly
2:00 PM.Ken says it's time to get the state out of state housing and Annabelle rings in from Christchurch to kill time while she waits for the dog washer.
Voices by Toi Iti, Paul Casserly, Toni Potter
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Favourite album: The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds
1:40 PM.Ted Cohen is back with us, this time in our Auckland studio. We spoke to him on the show on Tuesday, about his career working with some of the world's biggest bands, including Prince, the Pretenders… Read more Audio
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Community orchestra celebrates silver jubilee
1:35 PM.The Risingholme Orchestra is a community symphony orchestra, based in Christchurch, and musicians range from the age of 18 through to 98. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Prince Philip retires: a fan's response
1:25 PM.Angela Thompson was relieved to discover that rumours surrounding a Royal Family death turned out to be false.. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Goff Waters Down 'Bed Tax'
1:15 PM.Auckland's mayor Phil Goff has toned down plans for an additional rate on the city's tourism accommodation. The plan would reduce by one-third the level of rate increase for inner city hotels, and… Read more Audio
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Shedding light on the world of moths
9:06 PM.Ahi Pepe | Moth Net is a Te Reo-focused citizen science project involving primary schools collecting information about moths in their neighbourhoods. Read more Audio
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This Way Up
3:35 PM.Junk Run is a rubbish collection service with a difference. Covering the Auckland area, it collects all sorts of unwanted objects- from aquariums, office furniture and old telephones to kitchen units… Read more Audio
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The Expats: Kathryn Minchin in Kyoto
3:26 PM.Kathryn Minchin first went to Japan on a short homestay programme through Lion's Club during her last year of High School. She fell in love with the country and now lives in Kyoto. Read more Audio, Gallery
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The History of Social Conservatism in NZ
2:32 PM.A lot of NZ's historical writing has focused on social liberalism and been written from a socially liberal perspective. Social conservatism has often been treated as a negative aspect of our society… Read more Audio
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Shamubeel Eaqub: Infrastructure Spending
2:21 PM.Economist Shamubeel Eaqub talks about government spending on infrastructure and the ways to overcome the challenges of scale and volatility. Audio