Afternoons Podcast Options

1:25 PM.Burke Family who run Pukekauri Farms at Katikati in the Bay of Plenty have been named as freshwater champions.  Assessors described them as "genuine trailblazers". John Burke from the Burke family… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.An international team of researchers has undertaken the most extensive review of masks so far. Among them was our very own Professor Michael Baker, of the Department of Public Health at Otago… Read more Audio

3:15 PM.Today Simon Wilson's with Jesse to talk about 'green housing' off the back of the NZ Green Building Council Housing Summit held in Auckland this week. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.A three-time Olympic gold medal-winning rower, a Commonwealth Games bronze for road cycling, and soon-to-be Team New Zealand cycler, Hamish's athletic career knows no bounds. Hamish speaks to Jesse. Read more Audio

2:15 PM.Rachel talks about Reb Fountain's cover of OMC's How Bizarre and a new track out from Vera Ellen. Read more Audio

1:45 PM.The New Zealand Catan National Championships take place on June 1st and 2nd at Wellycon.  Read more Audio

1:32 PM.RNZ has created an Asia unit, largely based here in Auckland to reflect the diversity in our communities and share their stories. Read more Audio

1:22 PM.Charlotte Squire helps people write their family history - for themselves and future generations. Why?  Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Central Auckland's Kelmarna Community Farm have been feeding the community and bringing the joy of gardening to urban residents for forty years.  Read more Audio

2:23 PM.Each Wednesday she presents us with Easy Eats - the solution to putting something healthy delicious and affordable on the table rather than reaching for your device to get a take out or meal delivery.

2:09 PM.Today Matt Heath talks to Jesse about The Rest is History and Professor G. Read more Audio

1:52 PM.We held our very first reading party here in Auckland last night. We reflect with one of the guests and our very own people about how that went. Read more Audio

1:40 PM.While kids are usually accused of not being interested in local democracy, Rotorua's Jimmy Bathgate has shown age is no barrier to having your voice heard on local matters. Read more Audio

1:28 PM.Using drones to find lizards might sound like an impossible task, but it's hoped the technology can get to our endangered ones. Carey Knox has spent 13 years as a lizard ecologist - or herpetologist… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.The disappearance of 11 years Mike Beckenridge and his stepfather John was initially thought to be a sad story of a murder suicide. Stuff journalist Michael Wright's podcast on the complex and… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Ray Charles was a pioneer of soul, jazz, gospel and rhythm and blues music, and according to Frank Sinatra "the only true genius in show business". Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Brad Foster reports on news of the closure of a number of restaurants in Sydney including celebrity chef Kylie Kwong's Lucky Kwong's. He also talks rising unemployment, the start of Vivid Sydney… Read more Audio

1:48 PM.Today tech commentator and chief executive of Gorilla Technology Paul Spain speaks to Jesse about longer lasting batteries in microsoft lap tops as well as a new privacy tool to stop all AI work being… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Kevin Ford and his partner Jules are the folk behind Nelsons Obstacle Park - the only permanent obstacle course racing park in the country. Read more Audio