Afternoons Podcast Options

1:45 PM.Staff at an Upper Hutt Wildlife reserve are devastated after the alleged theft of its "loving and talkative" Cockatoo 'Pepper' Staglands staff believe the 6-year-old sulphur crested cockatoo was taken… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.For over a decade, an irreplaceable ring laser has been trapped in a cavern 30m below Christchurch port hills. The Carl Zeiss laser was installed in an old World War Two bunker in 1997 until a… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Beef cattle account for roughly 10% of Aotearoa New Zealand's total greenhouse gas emissions. There's plenty of research looking into methods to reduce emissions - vaccines, seaweed-based feed, and… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.A new study has found that native plants in Tongariro National Park are being hit hard by the spread of invasive heather, with a 40 to 50 percent decline in native species in some areas. Dr Julie… Read more Audio

3:35 PM.Our Changing World goes in search of one of Aotearoa’s rarest plants – the stunning kakabeak, or ngutukākā. 

Its clusters of bright red blooms, each shaped like a parrot’s beak, make it a popular… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Data is more than numbers on a chart according to graphic designer Dr Giorgia Lupi. Data is a way to tell stories. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Hera has published two books, and some of her poems have gone viral and received international attention, and she's on Bookmarks with Jesse Mulligan.  Read more Audio

2:20 PM.This recipe loosely steals its inspiration for the classic French salad. Get the recipe here. Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Zac Arnold from Naked PR & indie record label Sunreturn plays two new songs from local artists Womb and Caru. Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Jesse talks to the authors of Pilgrimage Aotearoa, a guidebook outlining a New Zealand route for Pilgrims. Read more Audio

1:35 PM.While you're enjoying the summer this year, a group of student scientists will spend it checking for E. coli and enterococci. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Wellington's first 6 Green Star building - 8 Willis St - has been lauded both here and overseas. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Why do crowd estimates differ so much? And how do experts accurately measure crowd sizes?  Read more Audio

3:10 PM."We only deserve it if we share it." This was the unwritten rule in the home where food writer and entrepreneur Lola Millholland grew up. Her parents always welcomed exchange students, friends… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Involving bands like The Vietnam War, The Drab Doo-Riffs, Tourettes and Heart Attack Alley, this was a subgenre that emerged out of one specific suburb in Auckland. Concert promoter, DJ and man about… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Back on the job Brad Foster talks about what's happening in Australia. The big news is broadcaster Alan Jones' arrest due to allegations of indecent assault and a high-profile manslaughter trial… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Pip Adams makes some personal recommendations around books and writing that she found useful when formulating her thoughts around the debate around the bill. Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Our technology expert Dan Watson has just come back from a 5-day tramp in the South Island, and he runs through some of the aps and tools he's used on the journey. Read more Audio

1:35 PM.We check in with reporter Layla Bailey-McDowell who is deep in the crowd amassing at Parliament today. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Every now and again we receive an email from a listener suggesting we speak to a particular person - someone with an impressive story to tell. That's how we came to be in touch with Fergus Morunga… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.On the 3rd Monday of November Timaru echoes with the sound of horns. So much so the first time it happened the police received multiple complaints. But now, 17 years on, the whole community are behind… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.10 years ago, four friends working as Stephen Fry's fact "elves" started a podcast called No Such Thing As a Fish. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.The humble root vegetable has grown to be part of our national identity. Our expert today is Ruawai kumara grower Warwick Simpson. Read more Audio