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9:06 PM.Marine scientists in New Zealand make a significant contribution to a global register of marine life. Read more Audio, Gallery

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

3:10 PM.Veteran beer brewer Ben Middlemiss in the USA. Audio

2:45 PM.Dare was the third studio album from British synthpop band The Human League. It was recorded between March and September 1981 and first released in the UK on 16 October 1981 then subsequently in the… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.A new local web course that teaches people how to write for children has taken off all over the world. "Writing for Young Readers: Opening the Treasure Chest" has only been live for 3 weeks but… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.It's all too-common these days to throw something out when it's broken. But a global movement, which started in Holland and has spread to 18 countries around the world, aims to change our "throwaway"… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.New Zealand A to Z today is W for Westshore. The seaside community on the northwest fringe of Napier. Audio

1:10 PM.John Gibbs has chosen Harvest Moon - Bob Dylan. Audio

3:46 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:30 PM.If you're driving from Dunedin and heading southbound, it is difficult not to be in awe of the beauty that is the Balclutha Road Bridge. The art deco-style bowstring structure, built between 1933 and… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Our correspondent, Paul Brislen, is here to talk about technology. Including the Cyber Bullying Bill, Apple Music launch, the EU band roaming data charges, and the death of the father of text… Read more Audio

2:50 PM.Our feature album today is a preview of an album due for release in a couple of weeks in conjunction with the launch of a new Netflix documentary titled: 'What Happened, Miss Simone?' Audio

2:10 PM.When music executives turned away a German engineer who had come up with a way to compress music into digital files, it started the beginning of pirating music, and the end of the glory days for the… Read more Audio

1:27 PM.No clues here. Sorry! Audio

1:10 PM.'The Great Gig In The Sky' - Pink Floyd. Chosen by Chris Wheatley of Ngaio. Audio

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

3:10 PM.As murder mysteries go, the story of a man found on Somerton beach in Adelaide in December 1948 is one of the most intriguing in Australia. Found propped against a seawall in a nice suit and tie, with… Read more Audio

2:45 PM.Today's feature album is The Jazz Singer by Neil Diamond from 1980 which is simultaneously one of the most and least successful creations of Diamond's career. Audio

2:20 PM.'Everesting' is a challenge in the cycling world, and one young Aucklander has just become the youngest New Zealander to complete it. We're not talking about cycling up Mount Everest, that's… Read more Audio

2:16 PM.Today will be one second longer as 'leap second day' sees an adjustment to time. At midday today clocks were delayed for a second. It's done to allow the Earth's rotation to catch up with atomic time… Read more Audio

2:08 PM.An art heist in Whanganui has left gallery staff upset and police with no leads. Five works by artist, Rick Rudd, were stolen from the i-Site gallery on Taupo Quay, just before the floods on 20 June… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:56 PM.Steve McCabe talks about the launch of Apple Music. Audio

1:47 PM.Cushla McKinney reviews 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: & Other Lessons from the Crematory' by Caitlin Doughty. Audio

1:30 PM.Roger Marbeck reviews albums by Eilen Jewell, Leon Bridges and Rickie Lee Jones. Audio

1:22 PM.Irene Gardiner looks at The Mentalist and Aquarius. Audio