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10:12 AM.Leon Havill's been brewing this amber tipple made from honey for more than 40 years. We drop into his meadery in Rangiora. Audio

10:12 AM.Charles Steadman's a Meccano collector who measures his collection in tons. Audio

10:12 AM.First up- how much of the food you buy ends up in the bin and who's to blame? We speak to Tristram Stuart and the big supermarket chains. Audio

10:12 AM.Experts Mark Prestwood and Phil Chant on the automated teller machine or ATM. How do they work and how have they changed since 1967? Audio

10:12 AM.More Brazil nuts get exported from Bolivia than from Brazil. Alison Sandle on the nut that's sparked a bit of diplomatic tension over the years. Audio

10:12 AM.Andrew Whitley is a baker and one of the founders of the Real Bread Campaign in the UK. He reckons modern bread is less nutritious, and is causing health problems like Coeliac disease and gluten… Read more Audio

1:40 PM.Sonia Yee visits a big craft fair plus why is craft so in at the moment? Is it economics, recycling culture or just a bit of creative fun? Audio

1:25 PM.Our executive agrarian adviser Colin Walker fields some of your gardening related queries. Audio

1:10 PM.Alison Sandle on the half-open nut with a scientific theory named after it. Audio

12:55 PM.Skin whitening creams targeted at the metrosexual male are causing a big debate in India. NPR's Philip Reeves reports. Audio

12:40 PM.Bill Thompson with more technology news. Facebook announces yet more changes to its privacy settings and Windows 7 updates are causing some headaches. Audio

12:15 PM.Why do retailers make these offers and how easy are they to use? With retail writer Martin Craig and Jonah Lehrer. Audio

1:55 PM.We're off to Israel with NPR's Peter Kenyon, where an elevator's annoying the religious authorities. Audio

1:30 PM.Neuroscience buff Robin Goldstein's testing how our expectations shape our experience of foods and drinks. He's blind tasted 6,000 glasses of wine and shown many people prefer cheap wine to far more… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Peter Griffin reviews the latest personal video recorders or PVRs. So what are the things you need to consider if you're choosing between TiVo, MySky and MyFreeview? Audio

12:50 PM.Sonia Yee steams in to the world of model train collectors, meeting fans and enthusiasts at a recent exhibition. Audio

12:15 PM.The modern bra's an amazing piece of engineering. We're looking at the history of the brassiere with historian Dr Caroline Daley, and the aesthetics of the push-up bra with curator Alison McCann. Plus… Read more Audio

1:50 PM.Rahul Ganguli of Teledyne Scientific's on a team of US scientists developing a clever way to stop barnacles and all sorts of other marine life building up on ships' hulls. It could save boat-owners a… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.The Parisian authorities are getting serious about people urinating in public. They're using everything from splash-back wall coverings to undercover police surveillance. Susana Ferreira's been out on… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Colin Walker drops in to our urban veggie patch to see how the compost heap's getting on. Audio

1:15 PM.Justin Schmidt's an entomologist who's spent years developing his pain rating scale for insect stings. He's been stung thousands of times all in the name of research! Audio

12:15 PM.First up- how much of the food you buy ends up in the bin and who's to blame? We speak to Tristram Stuart and the big supermarket chains. Audio

1:50 PM.Sarah di Gregorio lives in New York where smoking in city parks and on beaches could soon be banned. Also millions of car rego stickers are falling off windscreens due to faulty glue. It's become a… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.We get flour and water and a bit of free range bacteria together with Maggie Forest. It's an easy way to start a sourdough and make your own tasty bread. Audio

1:10 PM.We’re planting spuds, and Colin’s got a swag of varieties for me to plant in the iPlot. Using the bio-intensive style we’ll get nearly 30 plants in a four-metre long bed, and with a bit of crafty… Read more Audio