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2:30 PM.Neil Finn has decided he wants to use one of his biggest hits for humanitarian aid. And he says it's come about after he read a tweet about the lyrics to 'Don't Dream It's Over'. Right now Neil is… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Christchurch creatives and inventors are investing their energies in a new arts hub: The Exchange. Katy Gosset pays a visit. Audio

2:05 PM.There's just over a month to go until the Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc Yacht Race. The annual event is a race to deliver Sauvignon Blanc from Waikawa to Wellington. The joint venture between Waikawa… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.New Zealand Live today with Wellington five-piece folk band, Eb & Sparrow - their long awaited debut album is just out. Read more Audio

1:05 PM.Amanda Nally from Invercargill nominates 'Black Fingernails, Red Wine' by Eskimo Joe. Audio

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

3:09 PM.Simon talks to Australian set decorator Beverley Dunn, who is an international guest judge for the awards. Audio

3:06 PM.A New Zealand rugby team seems to have run into a little trouble, during its time at the 20th Golden Oldies World Rugby Festival. Audio

2:46 PM.Our feature album is 'Greetings from California' - the debut long-player by American pop rock duo, The Madden Brothers, Just out and Number 2 in the New Zealand charts this week. Audio

2:22 PM.Michelle Attwood. This weekend Christchurch sees the second ever IceFest. Among the highlights is what is being called a family-friendly dog sled racing event. Audio

2:10 PM.Georgia Lines will be competing against other young musicians from throughout the country in this weekend's finals of the annual Smokefree Rockquest competition. Audio

1:22 PM.A to Z takes us to Foxton, a town in the Manawatu-Wanganui region. The town is located on the lower west coast of the North Island, in the Horowhenua district, 30 km southwest of Palmerston North and… Read more Audio

1:07 PM.Ian Purves from Golden Bay has chosen 'Little Things' by Trinity Roots. Audio

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

3:30 PM.How do you turn stressed middle aged men into happier individuals? An Auckland yoga teacher has come up with an idea. Audio

3:09 PM.Nielsen finds older adults are embracing digital video, a new smartphone app gives sight to the blind, how Instagram's drug deals go undetected, Netflix launches new site specifically for spoiling… Read more Audio

2:46 PM.Our feature album is from an unlikely duo - 88-year-old crooner, Tony Bennett and pop diva, Lady Gaga. It's hardly a total shock, given Gaga's childhood love of jazz, and classical training. 'Cheek to… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.One of only two Wurlitzer Photoplayers left in the world, will be on show in the Waikato for the first time in nearly 60 years. Don Paynter came across the century-old relic in a garden shed in… Read more Audio

2:09 PM.Plans are in action for a 105-year-old Kauri Schooner to be fully restored. The SV Te Aroha was built at Totara North out of a single ancient kauri tree. And its current owner, Tex, says it's a New… Read more Audio

1:22 PM.Three songs which all share one particular thing, can you spot it? Audio

1:07 PM.Patrick Murphy of Galatea has chosen 'That I would be Good' by Alanis Morissette. Audio

3:45 PM.Is Qatar going to host the World Cup or not? The secret enclave of the world's leading authors, or some of them. The furore over Hilary Mantel's Margaret Thatcher assassination fantasy. And the brain… Read more Audio

3:12 PM.For a whole year, two Canadian flatmates didn't spend a cent on anything but essentials - food, rent, toilet paper and their mobile phone. They had been rampant consumers, but they re-considered the… Read more Audio

2:46 PM.The stage musical of 'The Lion King' has just been named the highest-grossing production of all time. It's taken more dollars at the box office than any other stage show, or cinema release. Audio