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1:20 PM.If you ever wondered how to measure a comet, you're just about to find out. The Rosetta space craft successfully landed a probe on a comet (Comet-67P) last year. And current predictions are that it's… Read more Audio

1:14 PM.The Green Party MP Gareth Hughes will try to table a bill in Parliament today, to have the Red Peak flag design added to the flag referendum. The design has gained popularity in recent weeks, and a… Read more Audio

1:09 PM.Lontalius - 'All I Wanna Say' Audio

3:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:10 PM.Daniel Diaz made his wife a promise just before doctors helped her end her own life. Brittany Maynard had terminal brain cancer. The couple moved from California to Oregon so she could legally choose… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Today's Great New Zealand Concert covers a number of performances from American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. He first visited New Zealand in 1959 and performed at the Auckland Town Hall. He came… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.She's been described as the hero of Tokoroa. Julie King is the heart and soul behind Love Soup, the soup kitchen that feeds more than 200 people per week. A few months ago they were told by council… Read more Audio

1:40 PM.PJ Harvey - Let England Shake. Chosen by Vic Parsons. Audio

1:35 PM.Philip van der Waal owns the Penguino Ice Cream Cafe in Nelson. And he's been crafting up all sorts of new adult flavours. Audio

1:25 PM.The annual Hajj pilgrimage begins on September 22, and for many Muslims, the journey to Mecca is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. More than a million faithful, have already flocked to Saudi Arabia in… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.A spell of extreme weather has left Mt Ruapehu under a deep blanket of new snow, which bodes well for good spring skiing and a busy school holiday period. Audio

1:08 PM.The first single from the new album by Fat Freddy's Drop. Audio

3:46 PM.What the world is talking about. With Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zoe George. Audio

3:30 PM.Will speaking Mandarin be a future economic necessity for New Zealanders? Do New Zealanders need to bridge the cultural and linguistic knowledge gap between China and New Zealand? Is there an economic… Read more Audio, Gallery

3:08 PM.Playful, intelligent and social; dolphins have been described as an aquatic mirror of mankind. Author Susan Casey explores the myths and the magic of dolphins in her new book, Voices in the Ocean: A… Read more Audio

2:52 PM.'Cats' a West End revival of the show that opened in 1981 and ran for over twenty years in London/New York/Sydney. Audio

2:43 PM.R.H.I. by Tim Corballis, Victoria University Press. 'We Are Many: Reflections on Movement Strategy from Occupation to Liberation', edited by: Kate Khatib, Margaret Killjoy, Mike McGuire, AK Press. Audio

2:22 PM.Our music review is Kate Robertson in our Wellington Studio with tracks from Disclosure, Chvches and Kacey Musgraves and Willie Nelson Audio

2:13 PM.'Mr Robot', one of the most talked about new shows of 2015. 'Song From the Inside' the third and final season of the Maori TV documentary. Audio

1:43 PM.Marvin Gaye - What's Going On. Chosen by Jeff Howell. Audio

1:33 PM.Paper Boat is a new film essay. It's a 30 minute film, that follows the journey a book follows when it is published today. It looks at how writers, editors, designers, printers, binders, booksellers… Read more Audio

1:24 PM.The international press are calling it a 'MIRACLE'. That's because upsets like the one Japan pulled off over South Africa at the weekend aren't really supposed to happen in Rugby Union. It led the… Read more Audio

1:14 PM.Auckland's Uptown Business Association has put together a conceptual design, aimed at freeing up one of the cities main traffic bottlenecks. The idea is to create a 'green' pedestrianised zone at… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.'Red' by Annah Mac. Audio

3:44 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio