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1:15 PM.There are new speed cameras on the streets of Auckland and they come in the form of non descript trailers, without any signage.  Read more Audio

2:16 PM.Time to check what's happening in Australia and today Brad Foster focuses on a new report from the Australian Climate Service, the banks coming under fire and a John Farnham Musical! Read more Audio

2:08 PM.Catherine Robertson joins Jesse to talk about her reading recommendations. Fangs for Nothing by Steffanie Holmes (Atria/Simon and Schuster) The Lost Saint by Rachael Craw (Allen and Unwin) Murder on… Read more Audio

1:49 PM.It's Tuesday which means we get an insight into the issues bubbling away in the tech world ... Tim Batt is here to share the latest and today he's looking at Nintendo and a patent legal challenge. Read more Audio

1:32 PM.How New Zealand media covered Covid-19 made the pandemic seem like a competition or a war the country was winning. That's according to a University of Otago study. Bioethics researchers analysed more… Read more Audio

1:24 PM.Mark Campbell has won this year's National James Dyson Award and taken home $11,000 NZD in prize money. Read more Audio

1:11 PM.A shortage of registered pharmacists means the sector is under an immense amount of pressure.  Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Loneliness isn't the urgent crisis we've been led to believe. It's not a new problem. It's not an emergency and it's not beyond our control says psychiatrist and Professor at Trinity College Dublin… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Time for our expert feature. Today we're looking at energy. That is electricity, petrol, oil and all the fuels that make the modern word run. The expert we'll be putting talking to is Geoff Bertram… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Time now for me to make a cold call, which always adds some spontaneity to my, and hopefully your, Monday. Will they answer? Will they be happy to chat? Today Jesse chances his luck with the… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Internationally acclaimed architect, educator, and the 2022 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize Francis Kéré is currently in the country delivering a series of public lectures in Auckland… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.As anyone who has ever been to a wedding .. funeral .. or work function knows .. being able to speak eloquently and confidently in front of a crowd, takes talent. Whether really good ... or really bad… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.There have been a raft of proposed changes to school curriculums announced in the last week .. including agribusiness, agriculture and horticulture science being removed as stand alone subjects and… Read more Audio

3:35 PM.The critter for this week is rytinotus squamulosus, the debris cloaking bark beetle!  Read more Audio

3:25 PM.Today, we're discussing knitting. Read more Audio

3:16 PM.Music 101's Tony Stamp talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on the show tomorrow and because Friday is new music day - he'll pick us a track to play. Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Gretchen Lowe talks Emile through this delicious sounding recipe from her new book My Weekend Table. Gretchen says this salad goes well with her quick roast chicken recipe; that's also in the book. Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Kate Rodger joins Emile to discuss two new films, Downton Abbey and Bad Guys 2. Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Reach for your comfort blanket now because its Freaky Friday time! The time of the week where we speak to you, the Afternoons listeners, about your strangest and spookiest experiences. Get in touch if… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.A group of women will be trying their hand at stand-up this weekend, as part of a new initiative aimed at getting more Pasifika women into comedy. Read more Audio