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3:10 PM.Some people will try anything from starvation diets to injections of questionable material to stay looking and feeling younger. Journalist Bill Gifford looks at the myths and the science of longevity… Read more Audio

2:50 PM.Hozier, the self-titled first album from singer songwriter Andrew Hozier-Byrne. Audio

2:22 PM.A team of New Zealanders are also on track to try and break their own world record. In 2012 Project 64 Mini took their custom 1964 Mini Cooper S to Bonneville and smashed two records. And this August… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Three University of Waikato students have attempted a world record to cycle across Australia. They're still waiting to hear if it's theirs but they had an epic adventure trying. Tim Chittock, his… Read more Audio

1:50 PM.Technology commentator Ben Gracewood reviews the X Factor fall out and Dot-com is 30 years old. Audio

1:40 PM.Zac Arnold with music from Betchadupa and Shocking Pinks. Audio

1:34 PM.Mary McCallum reviews The Testament Of Mary by Colm Toibin. Audio

1:20 PM.Phil Wallington on Jeremy Clarkson attacking a Top Gear producer and closer to home the X factor has been making headline news around the world, after the axing of judges Willy Moon and Natalia Kills.

1:08 PM.Geoff Hunt from Queenstown nominates White Bird by It's A Beautiful Day. Audio

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

3:30 PM.Xiyao Chen is a guzheng master, originally from Beijing and from a long family line of guzheng Masters. Together with Mongolian Throat singer Jonny Marks and acoustic guitarist Jack hooker they're… Read more Audio

3:09 PM.Scarlet Letters and stockades, tools to shame wrong doers, are making a comeback in a very modern way according to journalist and author Jon Ronson. He meets several ordinary people whose lives were… Read more Audio

2:45 PM.Our Feature Album is Saint Dominic's Preview - Van Morrison's sixth long player. Released in 1972, and considered his most ambitious and best produced album to that stage of his illustrious recording… Read more Audio

2:16 PM.Peter Higgs, Civil Defence Emergency Controller for Gisborne, has just finished his debrief and he's with us. Audio

2:08 PM.Andrea owns a restaurant on the Gisborne waterfront, battered by cyclone Pam Audio

1:22 PM.We're talking about photography this week, and the dramatic changes that have taken place over the past 50 or 60 years in the way we take photos, use cameras, and share those images that capture a… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.Kevin Brookfield from Amberley has chosen 'Southern Girl' by The Eastern. Audio

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

3:40 PM.One of the country's busiest community law centres is getting bigger, despite its frozen funding. Waitemata Community Law services lower socio economic families, free of charge. It's one of twenty… Read more Audio

3:35 PM.Sarah McMullan previews Salt of the Earth, CHAPPiE and Kidnapping Mr Heineken. Audio

3:22 PM.Sentry Hill Feijoa Supreme $15. Esk Valley Gimblett Gravels Merlot Cabernet Malbec 2013 $16. Millton The Crucible Clos de Ste Anne Gisborne Syrah 2013 $75. Audio

3:08 PM.Chef Johnny Schwass from Restaurant Schwass in a jiffy, with Apple, cinnamon & golden raisin pudding. Audio

2:45 PM.Today's feature album is Breakin' Away by Al Jarreau. It remains Al Jarreau's most popular and spent two years on the Billboard 200. The album also hit number one on both the Jazz and R&B charts. Audio

2:10 PM.The first Ultimate Waterman competition kicks off this weekend - it's a multi-sport, iron-man type event for surfers who will compete in short and long-board, stand-up paddle board and Waka-ama… Read more Audio

1:24 PM.Plugged in folk outfit Ezza Rose from Portland Oregon perform live from the Auckland studios of Radio New Zealand. Read more Audio