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3:09 PM.A former British and UN diplomat, who spent more than a decade in the Middle East living among minority religious groups, whose traditions date back to ancient Babylon and Egypt. Many of these are… Read more Audio

2:45 PM.Our feature album today is the latest from Neil Young, Storytone. It's been a busy year for the Canadian musician, who turned 69 earlier this month. In April he released an album of folk song covers… Read more Audio

2:22 PM.The New Zealand Big Way Record might sound like a compilation of the biggest pop hits of our time. But it's actually all about skydiving. A group of 35 divers have set a new record by creating a… Read more Audio

2:11 PM.You'd be in plenty of company if you said you were a Rolling Stones fan, after tens of thousands saw the band perform in Auckland on Saturday night. But you'd be in a smaller group if you've been… Read more Audio

1:48 PM.Diane Holmes from Pauanui has chosen Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, the first movement. [Topics] music Audio

1:10 PM.There were three and a half million of us then, about one million fewer than today. The 43rd New Zealand Parliament was coming to an end with National holding almost 70 percent of the seats in the… Read more Audio

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

3:30 PM.This year's theme is "Zero Discrimination". There are about two thousand people in New Zealand living with HIV.An estimated five hundred are women. Globally, 35 million people have died of AIDS .… but… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.This week is all about The Hunger Games Mockingjay part 1 with a quick mention of Two Nights One Days. Audio

3:19 PM.Vidal Reserve Hawkes Bay Chardonnay 2013 Trinity Hill Hawkes Bay Syrah 2013 Esk Valley Gimblett Gravels Hawkes Bay Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Malbec 2013 Audio

3:08 PM.Chef Josh Emett has a new book perfect for people like me who always do the exact same thing on the barbecue. It's full of interesting and exciting things to do with meat, fish and veges over the hot… Read more Audio

2:43 PM.Our feature album is 'Beggars Banquet' by the Rolling Stones, who play in Auckland tomorrow night. Audio

2:08 PM.We talk to a man in Oamaru who has a converted chicken coup with 8 Ferrari sports cars inside. Rod Tempero started off building motorbikes, ambulances and fire trucks with his father but has sinced… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.David Simms of Blenheim chooses 'Annie's Song' by John Denver. Audio

9:25 PM.The impact of visual cues from heads-up displays like Google Glass are being examined to determine their impact on climbing Read more Audio

9:06 PM.Since he discovered a colony of fairy prions breeding on the sea cliffs of St Clair, Graeme Loh has provided artificial burrows and monitored the small seabird population Read more Audio

3:47 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:09 PM.Tonight is the biggest night of the New Zealand music year with the Vodafone NZ Music Awards - with all eyes on Lorde, who's up for 5 gongs. Audio

2:47 PM.Our feature album today is 'Singles' by the American synthpop group Future Islands. The three-man band formed back in 2006 and achieved international fame earlier this year after their network… Read more Audio

2:08 PM.Rock pioneer, Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, a defining progressive band of the 70s - and on his way to here for concerts in December. He talks about music, migration and outer space. Read more Audio

1:21 PM.The northernmost town in the Hawke's Bay region, Wairoa is located on the northern shore of Hawkes Bay at the mouth of the Wairoa River and to the SouthWest of Mahia Peninsula. Bruce Kenyon, bus… Read more Audio

1:07 PM.Anna Cook at the Legends Cafe at Pleasant Point in South Canterbury has chosen 'Starman' by David Bowie. Audio

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

3:30 PM.Seventy five years ago several hundred Chinese women and children arrived in New Zealand, fleeing the Japanese invasion of China. These were the wives and children of the Chinese men already here. The… Read more Audio