Afternoons for Tuesday 6 October 2009

1:21 PM.Lead singer and Guitarist with the Nixon's was Sean Sturm and he's our guest here today. Audio

2:10 PM.A Porangahau grandfather has been outed as the original inspiration for comic book character Dennis the Menace. Audio

2:20 PM.Everyone's reading from the same page, well the same book on Waiheke Island, where locals are embracing Book Month by preparing for their biggest book club ever. Audio

2:42 PM.The quality of Maori language is increasing but the depth of spontaneous and creative thinking is lacking. That's the opinion of Uenuku Fairhall, one of the Maori language judges at the recent… Read more Audio

3:11 PM.Todays guest on Tune Your Engine is Shaun Holt is a physican, pharmacologist and researcher, as well as an author, who analyses scientific research into natural remedies. Audio

3:30 PM.It's just been the 60th anniversary of the Peoples Republic of China, and to mark the occasion a group of New Zealand and Chinese locals got together to produce a music video as a gift to China. Audio

3:46 PM.Glenn McGregor from the University of Auckland is looking into what the future may hold in this regard. Ruth Beran speaks with him, and asks first what a heat wave actually is. Audio

4:08 PM.With today's guests Bomber Bradbury and Josie McNaught. Audio

4:36 PM.With today's guests Bomber Bradbury and Josie McNaught. Audio