Afternoons Podcast Options

1:30 PM.Tom Haitoua is on a mission to help out youngsters from hard up families in working class Mount Wellington. He runs an-after school programme  at the suburb's Riverside Community Centre, where one day… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Jacob Leonard from Breakside Brewing in Portland, and Kelly Ryan from Fork & Brewer in Wellington. Audio

1:20 PM.Is it as bad as it feels? There have been tonnes more southerlies, cold mornings and frosts according to Metservice Meteorologist Georgina Griffiths. She joins us to discuss how El Nino has impacted… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.A relentlessly cold winter has exacerbated colds and flu in people across the country - hospital emergency departments say they are seeing record number of sick patients, staff rooms are depleted of… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Golden Brown by The Stranglers chosen by Pete Gillespie of the Garage Project. Audio

9:46 PM.Adding air puffs that we produce during speech to mobile phones and hearing aids might make understanding conversations in noisy environments easier Read more Video, Audio

9:06 PM.Veronika Meduna joins Pacific archaeologists at the oldest cemetery in the pacific to find out about the Lapita and their epic voyage of discovery. Read more Audio

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

3:25 PM.Today we're talking to dancer and choreographer, Malia Johnson. Audio

3:10 PM.Today's expat has bounced from a career in movie making to humanitarian work, all thanks to a job tip from a pen pal in the United States. Audio

2:20 PM.Today we are 15 kms outside of the small Wairarapa town of Carterton, where you'll find a much smaller dot on the map called Gladstone. It's quaint and rural and everyone says its local community is… Read more Audio, Gallery

2:10 PM.Scientists are descending on Whakapapa this weekend to commemorate nearly 20 years since the eruption of Mt Ruapehu. The 1995 eruptions were the most dramatic in five decades and caused disruption to… Read more Audio

1:40 PM.New Zealand singer songwriter Julia Deans chats about her album pick Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis. Audio

1:22 PM.New Zealand's competition for the best beard is later this month, the event's organiser already has quite a head start so you'd better get growing and tweaking now if you want to participate with any… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.It's meteor season - a time of year when you're more likely to spot shooting stars, fireballs and hear sonic booms. Audio

1:10 PM.A British track with a NZ connection - Public Service Broadcasting are the band, they've taken a 1953 documentary about Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay and set clips from it to music. Audio

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

3:30 PM.New Zealand Fashion Week is only a week and a half away, so in the spirit of the theme, Sonia Sly heads in to the workroom of Wellington's Mandatory Menswear to find out how shopping habits have… Read more Audio, Gallery

3:10 PM.The big news is Google's change to Alphabet. Audio

2:20 PM.Morgan McGlone the Maori fried chicken chef taking Melbourne by storm. An American in New Zealand - Michael Dearth from top restaurants the Grove and Baduzzi. Part 3 of New Zealand Society's Eating… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Wellington lawyer Patrick Rosevear has quite an amazing story. He moved to China in 2012 and has fast become a reality TV star over there, with some shows reaching up to six hundred million viewers. Audio

1:45 PM.The Jam's 4th Studio Album "Setting Sons". Chosen by Jonathon Pine. Audio

1:20 PM.There used to be a train that ran from Auckland to a little town in the Bay of Plenty. It was called The Taneatua Express, after the town, and though it's long gone, it's inspired a project by… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Australian Group Tame Impala's "Let it Happen", from their latest album Currents. Audio

1:10 PM.The longlist of 40 flags has been released this week, and it's grabbed the attention, and ridicule, of some. John Oliver mocked the flag debate on his show last year. And now a Washington Post writer… Read more Audio