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1:18 PM.A couple of Dunedin lads are sharpening their knives. They're about to head off to the National Butchers competition final in Auckland next month. James Biggs is representing the Lower South Island in… Read more Audio

1:09 PM.It's the 25th Anniversary of the day a helicopter went down traveling from Alpine Valley to Chicago, after a legendary show that featured Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan… Read more Audio

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3:35 PM.Imagine having to beg for your child's life with nothing but a couple of cigarettes as a bribe. Thirty years after their trauma, a group of 10 Cambodian New Zealand women are only now able to tell… Read more Audio

3:25 PM.For Radio New Zealand's online magazine The Wireless, Natasha Frost spoke to young men and women in New Zealand who are devoting their lives to religous institutes. Audio

3:09 PM.Our technology correspondent Paul Brislen busts a myth about the effect screen-time has on kids' reading ability, has some advice about what to do with your device in an emergency and answers your… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Rachel Taulelei is the CEO of Yellow Brick Road which provides high quality well sourced seafood to New Zealand restaurants. She's also founder of the WEllington City Market and shucks a mean oyster… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Taranaki farmer Allan Clothier was moments away from a shotgun suicide when the light in his shed blew out. He tells Jesse Mulligan about coming back from the brink. Read more Audio

1:40 PM.Simon Grigg is the author of a new book on Pauly Fuimana, front man of OMC. The book is called How Bizarre, so is the album. Audio

1:38 PM.A small team is still working to try to save a large whale that's stranded not far from central Auckland. The whale is about 8-metres long and is on mudflats at Point Chevalier near the north-western… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.It's day three of New Zealand Fashion Week and the New Zealand Weddings Magazine Collection is about to start at The Viaduct. It includes presentations from Barkers, Crane Brothers, Natalie Chan, Hera… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.She's one of the top ultra marathon runners in the world, and she's achieved it against the odds. New Zealand athlete, Lisa Tamati, was often hospitalised with asthma as a child. Yet she's gone on to… Read more Audio

1:14 PM.While the Department of Conservation attempts to keep a whale alive near Point Chevalier beach in Auckland, Whale Rescue has another operation underway out from Whangarei Harbour. Audio

1:10 PM.New York musician Tim Barr, once a member of Lana Del Rey's backing band, is currently winning critical acclaim in his own right for Pureland the new album from his band Silverbird. Listen for… Read more Audio

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3:09 PM.Simon Rich might be the funniest person you've never heard of. He's done all sorts but he's most famous for his short stories which have been published in the New Yorker, among other places. Audio

2:16 PM.Dire Straits - 1986, Lancaster Park ChCh, Athletic Park Wgtn, Western Springs, Auckland. Audio

2:10 PM.Matt Silver urgently needs help housing his collection of seventeen old fire engines. The storage facility he's currently using is about to be demolished. Can you help him? Please call 0800FIREENGINE.

1:40 PM.Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure. Chosen by Phil Ethridge. Audio

1:33 PM.It's day two of New Zealand Fashion Week with shows on this morning which included Twenty Seven Names, followed by the Choose Wool category with; Wynn Hamlyn, Hailwood, Liz Mitchel, Sabatini, Perriam… Read more Audio

1:23 PM.One of the most historic luxury hotels in New York, the Algonquin Hotel is known for its rich history. It played host to The Algonquin Round Table - a group of journalists, authors, publicists and… Read more Audio

1:16 PM.A 90-year-old woman's home has been burgled, and the theft includes a pendant that's considered a national treasure. Nola Sinclair's home at Patetonga, north of Morrinsville, was broken into recently… Read more Audio

1:13 PM.A man's died after an incident at a central Auckland hotel. Our reporter, Kim Baker Wilson, is at the scene. Audio

1:09 PM.Clap Clap Riot - Back Into Your Life. Audio

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