Afternoons for Thursday 27 August 2009

1:08 PM.Murray Loveridge of Wanganui chooses 'Its All Over Now' by The Rolling Stones. Audio

1:18 PM.Today we follow the road they call"The Forgotten Highway"through the dense, bush-covered craggy hills of the central North Island. Audio

2:13 PM.They're the quintessential kiwi delicacy, up there with Bluff oysters and Marlborough sav, but whitebait are a privilege - not a right. Audio

2:23 PM.Residents of Central Otago can now depart this world as they entered it - with a womans touch. Audio

2:44 PM.It's our last interview with Ngati Kahungunu varsity student Sonny Cooper, who's currently moonlighting as an actor in the play 'Te Kumara Reka'. Audio

2:50 PM.'Deserter's Songs' by Mercury Rev. Audio

3:10 PM.Lynn Freeman talks with the man behind the Auckland Art Gallery's $113 million development project, Sydney-based architect Richard Francis-Jones; plus, a little accordion music to introduce our first… Read more Audio

3:47 PM.Christchurch was recently the scene of a great battle between sworn enemies - the Mods and the Rockers. The scooter and motorbike groups were painted as traditional foes in 1960s Britain, sparking… Read more Audio

3:47 PM.We meet one of the finalists in the 2009 MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year Awards. John Watt from Victoria University is creating"nano-crystals"of palladium in a way that minimises the amount of… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.With Ali Ikram and Irene Gardiner. Audio

4:40 PM.With Ali Ikram and Irene Gardiner. Audio