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On this week's show Mark has classic tracks from Nick Drake and the Stooges, gospel courtesy of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, new music from Brown Horse plus a Nashville Babylon favourite from Karen Dalton.

Got a long drive coming up this weekend? Emma Rawson of Kete Books reviews five local audiobooks to keep you entertained while your eyes are on the road.

Wellington City Council could hike up rates by more than 15 percent to pay for its leaky water pipe network. Council staff estimate the city needs a 1.1 billion dollar upgrade to water infrastructure… Video, Audio

Wellington city councillors will sit down on Wednesday to try and work out how to pay for an increase in water infrastructure spending.

With water woes plaguing the capital, the council is holding a… Audio

The government's bumped the Wellington water crisis on to an agency to work out who's going to pay for the huge upgrades needed in the capital. Wellington mayor Tory Whanau says the problem will take… Video, Audio

We all know about the cost of living, but what about the cost of dying? It's something you might not want to think about, but it could pay to. Consumer NZ puts the average price of a funeral at around… Video, Audio

Work has stalled on a multi-million-dollar restoration of Wellington's historic Oriental Bay Rotunda because no tenant is willing to take it on.

The council-owned landmark has stood sadly empty for… Audio

Lord Banks is deep inside the pleasure he seeks to destroy. His mission places him at odds with those he loves, but destiny cannot be denied; the world as we know it is at stake.  Audio

Lord Banks' elation at being reunited with Bertie is tempered by his concern for Bertie's heathen plant worship. A game of cricket leads to a discovery that challenges physics, geometry and biology… Audio

The crew trek into the unknown dangers of Pleasure Island as Lord Banks faces a crisis of confidence. A fateful dream leads to an epiphany and a false idol summons nature to attack those who are… Audio

To save the ship from oblivion Solander and Staggers have to solve a cryptic poem. The butterfly takes Lord Banks back to a repressed memory; he seeks revenge with catastrophic consequences, as an… Audio

Lord Banks' prize butterfly taunts him, questioning his botanical credentials and forcing him to confront his past. Solander grapples to wrest control of the ship as he struggles to find a sane… Audio

Lord Banks comes to terms with being stripped of his captaincy as the Fortitude encounters a jelly paradise. A hidden danger lurks beneath the surface and a contagious madness spreads throughout the… Audio

A kayak of surviving Anderlugians are taken aboard the Fortitude and put on trial for an act of hideous depravity. As Lord Banks is about to punish his enemies a foe of a different kind causes… Audio

As Venus casts its shadow on the Sausage Islands tensions build: Lord Joseph Banks has lost his pants and will go to any lengths to wreak vengeance, while a sinister uprising threatens to turn his… Audio

A temptingly phallic plant lures Lord Banks and Solander to explore its mysteries, promising a pathway to pleasure. Julian Gooch revisits the past and the secrets of the Sausage Island sausages are… Audio

Salty Jules is anointed the 'Chosen One' and holds the secrets of Uncle Bertie. To unlock the secrets Lord Banks and his entourage trek through the swamp of the gargling snakes to the Endless… Audio