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Feature album - Halcyon
2:47 PM.Our feature album is 'Halcyon' - the second studio album by English singer/songwriter, Ellie Goulding, from two years ago. Audio
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Pinnocchio rex - Dr Stephen Brusatte
2:22 PM.They lived a long time ago but experts are still discovering new dinosaurs. The latest is one dubbed Pinocchio rex. The almost complete tyrannosaur skeleton was discovered in China this year… Read more Audio
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Supergroove - Dr Karl Steven
2:08 PM.It's been 20 years since Supergroove released its 1994 debut album, 'Traction', and now the band is being inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. Dr Karl Steven fronts Supergroove and he… Read more Audio
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Simon's A-Z
1:21 PM.Ron Cooke on Taumarunui's history; Ian Balme on the Forgotten World Adventure; and Jamie Downes, who bought the pub and turned it into a gym. Audio
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Best song ever written - This Is the Day
1:07 PM.Craig Jackson from Auckland has chosen 'This Is the Day' by The The. Audio
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The Panel pre-show for 15 October 2014
3:46 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio
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Preparing for Ebola in Auckland
3:30 PM.How Middlemore, one of New Zealand's largest hospitals, is preparing for Ebola. Read more Audio
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Online world with Hamish MacEwan
3:10 PM.Russian hackers used Windows bug to target Nato, Google targets Amazon with new delivery service, Game of Thrones spawns an app, and ultra-fast charging batteries that can be 70% recharged in just two… Read more Audio
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More on the settlement of Kaktovik - Ellen Kroeker
3:06 PM.One of our listeners has lived in the small settlement on the remote island on the northern coast of Alaska that we were discussing in our earlier story about a polar bear. What are the odds that this… Read more Audio
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Feature album - So Long, See You Tomorrow
2:46 PM.Our Feature Album is 'So Long, See You Tomorrow', the fourth studio album by London group Bombay Bicycle Club. It is a nominee for the prestigous Mercury Prize, which is handed out in the UK at the… Read more Audio
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Polar bear patrol - Mike Pederson
2:19 PM.The job of patrolling for polar bears is not one that many New Zealanders would know about. But for Alaskan Mike Pederson, close encounters with the predators is just part of his day. Mike… Read more Audio
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Back from the dead - Rob MacLean
2:08 PM.He suffered an 11,000 volt electric shock and he's more than a little lucky to be alive to tell the tale. Thirty-eight-year-old yachtie, Riki Te Tau, had a brush with death when he brought a four… Read more Audio
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Music trivia game
1:23 PM.Three songs with one thing common to them all. What do you think it could be? Audio
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Best song ever written - Bach Concerto for Two Violins
1:07 PM.Ann Brower from Lincoln, South West Christchurch has chosen 'Bach concerto for two violins in D minor, 2nd movement'. Audio
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The Panel pre-show for 14 October 2014
3:43 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio
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Ginger Alden
3:09 PM.Just before Elvis Presley died, he proposed to former beauty queen Ginger Alden. She was the last person to see The King alive. For 37 years, Ginger Alden said little about their relationship, and her… Read more Audio
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Feature album - Lost In Love
2:45 PM.Our feature album is by one of Australia's major music success stories - Air Supply - the soft rock outfit, based round the duo of Graham Russell (chief songwriter) and Russell Hitchcock (lead singer… Read more Audio
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Dr Chris Reid - Portraits of patients.
2:18 PM.A Bay of Islands GP, Dr. Chris Reid, has photographed virtually every patient that walked into his surgery during the past two years. He has just published a book of his work. Read more Audio
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Otago Waka
2:09 PM.A historic waka unearthed from Papanui Inlet on the Otago Peninsula is a significant find, says Otakou runanga kaumautua Edward Ellison. Audio
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Best song ever written - Can't You Hear Me Knocking
1:07 PM.Mark Manson of Takaka has chosen 'Can't You Hear Me Knocking' by the Rolling Stones. Audio
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The Panel pre-show for 13 October 2014
3:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio