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2:09 PM.It was announced this morning that the Big Day Out festival won't be returning to New Zealand's shores in 2015. The annual festival had been sold to an American-based company called C3 Presents, and… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Europeans didn't arrive until 1835, when Wesleyan missionaries, the Rev James and Mary Wallis arrived and were welcomed by the locals. By 1850 large-scale conversion of land to pasture began after… Read more Audio

1:07 PM.Jan Ludemann of Te Anau has chosen 'You Raise Me Up' by Josh Groban. Audio

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

3:06 PM.More on the roll-out of Google glasses, a parking app in San Francisco, the Amazon Fire Phone is an interesting development, buying a phone developed by a retail store, Lego goes digital and… Read more Audio

2:46 PM.The new album, just out by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. Audio

2:20 PM.Nurse Isobel Thompson worked for CORSO from 1947-50 during China's brutal civil war, helping orphaned children. She was there because of an appeal to NZ from Madame Sun Yat-sen for qualified staff to… Read more Audio

2:07 PM.One of New Zealand's most accomplished wildlife documentary makers is about to try and change the minds of a billion Chinese about using products from endangered animals. In a new documentary, Judith… Read more Audio

1:21 PM.Three very different songs this week. What have they got in common? Audio

1:07 PM.Armin Svoboda from New Brighton, Christchurch has chosen 'You Can't Touch This' by MC Hammer. Audio

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

3:08 PM.For more than 40 years, child prodigy and now Maths Professor, Jordan Ellenberg has been part of the longest ever study of gifted children. He says gifted kids can be damaged by the cult of genius and… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Oceanographers aboard NIWA's research vessel Tangaroa are testing deep-diving Argo floats that monitor changes in the oceans at depths to 6000 metres. Audio

2:09 PM.We've been hearing about the latest The New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, but one author already has her eye on the 2015 awards, perhaps unexpectedly so. Peta Poletti has… Read more Audio

1:52 PM.'The Visible Man', Online air-traffic control simulator game and GrowVeg.com, Audio

1:38 PM.Featuring Lake South, Bailey Wiley and Carnivorous Plant Society. Audio

1:31 PM.'My Salinger Year' by Joanna Rakoff, 'Elizabeth is Missing' by Emma Healey and 'The Silkworm' by Robert Galbraith. Audio

1:22 PM.'The White Queen' and 'Californication'. Audio

1:07 PM.Winn Brendgens from Wellington has chosen 'Cent Mille Chansons d'amour' by Frida Boccara. Audio

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

3:09 PM.Our DNA can be identified, our brains scanned, our personalities assessed, yet still the question of who we are and where our sense of self comes from, remains unresolved. It's a question which has… Read more Audio

2:46 PM.Our feature album today is "Summertime Dream", from Canadian singer songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. Audio

2:20 PM.June 20 marks World Refugee Day. Lynda travelled to the Night Markets at the New Lynn Community Centre to meet the WISE collective (Women - Inspired - Strong - Empowered and Enterprising). That's… Read more Audio