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2:08 PM.David Thorpe's song 'Coalface' is original music dedicated to the miners who died in the Huntly mine disaster 100 years ago. It will be performed next month when the tragedy is commemorated… Read more Audio

1:21 PM.The whitebait season has begun in most parts of Aotearoa but if you live on the South Island's West Coast, you'll have to wait another week and a half before you can legally fish for the delicacy… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.Jim Halligan from Christchurch has chosen 'April Come She Will' by Simon and Garfunkel. Audio

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

3:30 PM.Jerome Cvitanovich looks at the phenomenon of car sales from public roads including the risks and moves by local councils to ban or regulate it. Audio

3:09 PM.The anti-Facebook: one in four American neighborhoods are now using this private social network; Ignore No More: the app that forces wayward teenagers to call you back; reading from a screen not as… Read more Audio

2:44 PM.Our feature album is the Dennis Wilson solo LP from 1977, 'Pacific Ocean Blue', sometimes called a 'lost' classic. Audio

2:08 PM.She's 84 years old and still capable of the odd high kick. Irene Holland, or as she was known on stage, 'Irene Starr', was part of one of the most famous dance troupes of last century. They were the… Read more Audio

1:23 PM.Three songs with a certain peculiarity they all share - can you guess what it is? Audio

1:07 PM.Matthew Smith from Waiheke Island has chosen 'The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite' by REM. Audio

3:44 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:07 PM.His Grandfather was responsible for unleashing nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, now Clifton Truman Daniel works to end the threat of nuclear weapons. He says the generation that survived the… Read more Audio

2:21 PM.Back in 1989, New Zealand made its first internet connection. The connection that was plugged into the University of Waikato was the first internet connection in the entire Asia Pacific region. We… Read more Audio

2:08 PM.Christchurch woman, Amy Burke, has been helping the Christchurch homeless all this winter. Her organisation is called 'Help for the Homeless' and she spends every day collecting and distributing food… Read more Audio

1:54 PM.Unfollow a Man Movement, Facebook tests 'Satire' tag to help users, Twitter Robot Teenager chats with real teenagers, and other bots, and the time two Twitter bots started chatting. Audio

1:41 PM.Featuring 'Thee Rum Covers' and 'Sky Scraper Stan' and 'The Commission Flats'. Audio

1:34 PM.'MiStory' By Philip Temple. Audio

1:21 PM.'Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story', 'Once Were Warriors - Where Are They Now?' and a tribute to veteran producer Caterina De Nave. Audio

1:07 PM.David Boyle of Wellington has chosen 'Dead Souls' by Joy Division. Audio

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

3:30 PM.Going since 2006, The Orient Xpress is a nine member Wellington-based band who pride themselves on evoking the sounds of pre-WWII jazz music from Shanghai. They also use traditional instruments like… Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Lennon and McCartney, New Zealand Caddie Steve Williams and Tiger Woods, even J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis; dynamic duos inspire great things according to writer Joshua Wolf Shenk. His new book… Read more Audio

2:45 PM.Our Feature Album is 'Aerial' - by English singer-songwriter, Kate Bush from 2005. At the time, was her first new album for 12 years, since her 1993 record, The Red Shoes. Audio

2:20 PM.According to an early explorer Charles Douglas - the native Kakapo were so common that they would fall from trees like apples. In one of his anecdotes he speaks about shaking a Tutu bush and seeing… Read more Audio

2:09 PM.Twenty years ago, 'Once Were Warriors' burst onto our screens and introduced us to the unforgettable Heke family. Tonight, a new documentary reunites the cast members for the first time since the… Read more Audio