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2:46 PM.Our Feature Album, 'Feels Like Home', is the second long player by American jazz/pop songwriter, Norah Jones from 2004. It sold a million copies in the first week of its release, and became that… Read more Audio

2:21 PM.When Ben Tumata set up his Facebook page a year-and-a-half ago to share his passion for hunting he had no idea it would attract nearly 80,000 followers from all over the world. Now the enterprise has… Read more Audio

2:08 PM.As part of Nasa's long term planning to send humans to Mars, a team of American scientists is in Rotorua to work with locals on exploration fieldwork. They're testing a new type of space buggy… Read more Audio

1:21 PM.With surfboard craftsman Roger Hall, Taranaki-based pro-surfer Paige Hareb and Raglan surfing instructor Ryan Bellamy. Audio

1:07 PM.Lorraine Chave from Oruanui has chosen 'The Elizabethan Serenade' bt the Mantovani Orchestra. Audio

3:45 PM.Including: Two Maryland parents stand accused of doing the unthinkable: They trusted their kids, 10 and 6, to walk home from the park. The children got about halfway there when someone saw them and… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.What does it take to make a robot? Well, Lee Bennett, founder of Wellington Makerspace is the very man to tell you what's involved. With a background in robotics and aircraft engineering, he has also… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.What should robots be capable of doing and can a ten year old programme a computer? We find out next when Sonia Sly meets some engaging and bright young students who are learning how to make robots. Audio

3:08 PM.The latest on technology with Paul Brislen. Audio

2:45 PM.'Tango in the Night' is the 14th studio album by Fleetwood Mac. Released in April 1987, it is the fifth (and, to date, final) studio album from the band's most successful line-up of Lindsey… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.One South Island family-run company has reason to feel more than a little pleased with itself at the moment. Coppins Para Sea Anchors, based in Motueka, has beaten off international competition with a… Read more Audio

2:09 PM.A Hamilton woman admits some New Zealanders have not been too happy to hear of her decision to send her young daughter to Maori language daycare. Yesterday Camilla Carty-Melis wrote about sending her… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Three songs with one thing common to them all. What do you think it could be? Audio

1:07 PM.'Waterloo Sunset' - The Kinks. Chosen by Martin Orchard at the Drury Performance Centre in South Auckland. Audio

3:45 PM.Including: the danger of eating a hamburger in a car, couples working together can achieve their fitness goals better (academic research has got simpler over the years). In praise of the bigger… Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Summer is almost over for school children all over the country. We'll talk to therapist Lyn Nicholls about many issues parents struggle with including getting your child back into a routine, where to… Read more Audio

2:45 PM.Our Feature Album, 'The Secret Life Of' is by The Veronicas. Reviewers say the new album represents a powerful, emotive and uncensored account of Jessica and Lisa's journey over the past two years… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Getting back into work routines, after a holiday break, is something many of us will already have come to grips with in recent weeks. And these routines seem to get busier all the time, as modern… Read more Audio

2:08 PM.In the last few hours there's been a shock for fans of the long running British television soap Coronation Street. Anne Kirkbride, the actress who had played Deirdre Barlow for more than 40 years… Read more Audio

1:57 PM.Advice on luggage, from the obvious to the unusual, and Dose.com promises a daily dose of awesome. Audio

1:44 PM.'Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson: The Original', and 'Angus & Julia Stone: Self Titled' Audio

1:37 PM.'Old Fashioned Corners of Paris' by Christophe Destournelles, and 'The Boys in the Boat - Nine Americans and their quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics' by Daniel James Brown. Audio

1:24 PM.TV news over the summer holidays, a New Zealand version of 'The Bachelor' sponsored by Michael Hill, and new 'Thunderbirds'. Audio

1:08 PM.'The Green Fields of France' - The Fureys, nominated by Les Fitton of Upper Hutt. Audio

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