Afternoons for Tuesday 27 October 2009

1:10 PM.11-year-old Nancy Ruck of Wellington has picked 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' from the Mary Poppins soundtrack. Audio

1:15 PM.We're travelling back three decades today, to 1979. This was the year that saw Margaret Thatcher elected as the UK's first female Prime Minister, the release of Sony's innovative Walkman, and Michael… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Wellington ratepayers are facing a $42 million bill to bring the city's teetering buildings up to scratch over the next decade. The city council is working its way through a list of almost 4,000… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.It all started with a feijoa tree, five years ago, for NZ's newest Supreme Gardener Susan Dent. Audio

2:45 PM.A one year sabbatical to South America may seem an unusual thing for the principal of a total immersion Maori language school, but no-one was more surprised than the principal himself. Ana Tapiata… Read more Audio

2:55 PM.Our feature album today is 'Ultimate Bee Gees: The 50th Anniversary Collection', to be released in NZ on November 2. Audio

3:10 PM.It's that time of the year which students and parents hate: the imminent arrival of school exams. It's a time when scholastic achievement is put to the test, along with stress levels. Su Dorland is a… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Jason Moon talks to Rebiya Kadeer, the exiled Uighur leader. She's been in Auckland and Wellington this month talking about human rights for her people. Audio

3:47 PM.Ruth Beran meets with Daryl Rowan and Martin Hunt from Plant and Food Research. They are looking at the different flavours and aromas of apples, to help breeders produce new apple varieties with novel… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.With Linley Boniface and Tony Doe. Audio

4:40 PM.With Linley Boniface and Tony Doe. Audio