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3:08 PM.They are traditionally places where men go, to be with their mates, to talk men's talk, watch sport, drink beer, and play music ..loudly. A man's retreat, then, often described as a "man cave". And… Read more Audio

2:46 PM.Our Feature Album is Main Course by the Bee Gees, from 1975 - and rated at the time as the best sounding BG's album by Rolling Stone mag. Others call it their breakthrough album - it was afterall… Read more Audio

2:19 PM.The New Zealand wine industry wants to get skinny. In this case, the word "skinny" refers to wines which are lower in alcohol, and lower in calories. The industry is mounting a 17 million dollar… Read more Audio

2:08 PM.The New Zealand aerospace company Rocket Lab has big plans to open up space for business. The company has unveiled a greener rocket capable of sending small satellites into space for a fraction of… Read more Audio

1:23 PM.A to Z calls into the tourist destination of Hanmer Springs in the Huranui District. Our tour guides are Graham Abbot, Rosemary Ensore and Mary Holloway. Audio

1:07 PM.Jenny O'Connor from Wellington has chosen 'Is That All There Is?' by Peggy Lee. Audio

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

3:30 PM.The lives of eight Auckland accessible rental tenants and their families are being changed for the better with help from a "small but mighty" Northland housing trust. The Whangarei Accessible Housing… Read more Audio

3:09 PM.Scientists invent pure lithium cells that may mean phones last four times longer, a new app called Fixed calculates your chances of getting out of a parking ticket that you feel you got unjustly… Read more Audio

2:46 PM.Our feature album today is Hypnotic Eye, the new offering from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The band starts a new tour this weekend in the United States, kicking off in San Diego. Audio

2:18 PM.A recent interview featured New York journalist and author Nina Teicholz who says "fat is not the enemy", and that our long-held beliefs about fat don't add up. Today Professor Rod Jackson helps us… Read more Audio

2:06 PM.Peter Williams QC was Arthur Allan Thomas' lawyer at the Royal Commission of Inquiry that exonerated him of the murders. Read more Audio

1:24 PM.We'll play three songs with one thing in common, guess what it is. Audio

1:12 PM.Lynda Kitchingham from Clarence has chosen 'Every Grain of Sand' by Bob Dylan. Audio

1:08 PM.Police have released the findings of a nearly four-year long review of the murders of Jeannette and Harvey Crewe in 1970. Arthur Allan Thomas was twice convicted of the murders, but later freed after… Read more Audio

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

3:30 PM.Great Fermentations was an International Science festival event that combined fermented foods and matched beers with discussions about the science of food Audio

3:08 PM.Journalist Nina Teicholz has written for the New Yorker, the Economist, and the New York Times. She says the F-word - Fat - is not the enemy, and that our long-held beliefs about fat don't add up… Read more Audio

2:46 PM.Our Feature Album is Venus and Mars - the fourth album by Wings, and the follow-up to Band On The Run. Audio

2:21 PM.Usually if people want to get better at something, they practise. In the case of Wellingtonian Mat Enright, he wanted to improve his guitar playing and singing. But rather than practise in the privacy… Read more Audio

2:08 PM.There is a proud history of young Pasifika people doing very well in the field of opera. Continuing this tradition is 21-year-old Tongan Filipe Manu, who was recently awarded a Dame Malvina Major… Read more Audio

1:55 PM."Witty Woman Writing", "We Worry": A blog for the anxious, and six creepy brainwashing techniques you can use today. Audio

1:43 PM.Featuring Dictaphone Blues and Marlon Williams. Audio

1:34 PM."The Bees" by Laline Paull. Audio

1:22 PM.'Folye's War', 'Garrow's Law', 'Jonah from Tonga', and 'Prince George at One'. Audio