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3:08 PM.Popular internet TV and movie service Netflix has announced plans to expand to New Zealand next year; fitness app data being used in the courtroom; more than 90 percent of U.S. households have three… Read more Audio

2:46 PM.Our feature album is Brooke Fraser's new release, 'Brutal Romantic'. Her fourth album, this one is produced by Fraser and David Kosten at his West London studio. The New Zealand singer and songwriter… Read more Audio

2:21 PM.Commuting to Iceland from the South Island may seem a bit extreme, but for some New Zealand butchers it's becoming a yearly trek. The group travel to Iceland for its lamb-processing season where they… Read more Audio

2:08 PM.It's been 112 years since the SS Ventnor sank off the coast of New Zealand. And it's finally be found. The steamship was on its way from Wellington to Hong Kong when it sank off the west coat of… 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.Ross Bell at the New Zealand Drug Foundation has chosen 'Dialling A Prayer' by Straitjacket Fits. Audio

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

3:09 PM.With the stroke of a wand, and a lot of hard work, a new therapy is helping kids with a mild form of cerebral palsy called hemiplegia. These children have paralysis on one side of their bodies. The… Read more Audio

2:45 PM.Annie Lennox is taking several leaves out of the Great American song book in today's feature album 'Nostalgia'. The Scottish singer and songwriter gained international fame in the 1980s with the New… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Today marks 67 years since the deadly fire at Ballantynes department store in Christchurch. Forty-one people died when the store was razed by one of the worst fires in New Zealand's history. The… Read more Audio

2:11 PM.Andrew Little has been elected the new leader of the Labour Party. Voting by party members and affiliated unions closed at midday and Andrew Little has taken out contenders Nanaia Mahuta, David Parker… Read more Audio

1:56 PM.An unprecedented look at Stuxnet, the 'World's First Digital Weapon' and Brazil is building an Internet Cable to Portugal to avoid NSA surveillance. Audio

1:42 PM.Featuring the album 'My Dream Duets'. Audio

1:32 PM.'The Naturalist' by Thom Conroy, published by Random House. Audio

1:22 PM.'King and Maxwell', 'Happy Valley', 'Doctor Who', 'Coronation St' and 'Fair Go'. Audio

1:07 PM.Dave Cockerton from Auckland has chosen 'If Tomorrow Never Comes' by Garth Brooks. Audio

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

3:30 PM.Award-winning social entrepreneur Jimmy Pham is Vietnamese Australian. He is also CEO International and founder of the KOTO Vocation Training Centre. (Know One, Teach One) teaches hospitality, English… Read more Audio

3:09 PM.Chinese students get stellar results on international exams in math, reading and science. But it comes at a cost according to an expert on China's education system, Yong Zhao. In his new book, 'Who's… Read more Audio

2:45 PM.Today's feature album is by Chris Martin's Coldplay - it's their very successful 2008 album 'Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends'. Often referred to simply as 'Viva la Vida', it is Coldplay's… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Living a life of self-sufficiency aboard a do-up yacht may not be everyone's cup of tea. But for Luca Nazari it's a dream come true, even if it means living with no refrigerator, television or toilet… Read more Audio

2:09 PM.It's been a long road to restore Christchurch's Isaac Theatre Royal, but tonight, it will finally open its doors again. The theatre sustained considerable damage in the earthquakes of 22nd February… Read more Audio

1:22 PM.Today we are taking you back to the year 1982 to look at the events which made news and had us all talking back then. We were in the Football world cup for the first time, after a marathon 15… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.Dr Hilary Stace at the Health Services Research Centre in Victoria University's School of Government has chosen 'Bread And Roses' performed by Bronwen Lewis. Audio

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