Afternoons for Wednesday 16 December 2009

1:15 PM.For Cheryl Cavanagh of Masterton the best song ever written is Southern Cross by Crosby Stills and Nash. Audio

1:20 PM.Can you work out the common theme amongst today's tracks? Audio

2:10 PM.On Monday, protest ship The Steve Irwin and a Japanese harpoon vessel exchanged high-powered water cannon salvos 1200 nautical miles south of Western Australia. Audio

2:20 PM.Almost two and a half years behind schedule, Boeing's 787 Dreamliner has taken off on its first test flight, above the skies of Seattle. Audio

2:45 PM.In He Rourou Ana Tapiata catches up Te Hata, who's challenging Maori to forget Christianity and return to the traditional Maori religious beliefs. Audio

2:50 PM.Today's feature album, 'Original Pirate Material' by the Streets - released in 2002 and voted album of the decade by the Guardian newspaper in the UK. Audio

3:10 PM.Mr IT Hamish MacEwan is back, for the final time this year - today taking a IT eye at a study which says Americans consume 34 gigabytes of information per day, Twoddler lets toddlers send tweets and… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Stephen and Paul Pepperill are home for their first New Zealand Christmas in a long time, after spending eight years sailing round the world in their 14 metre classic yacht"Long White Cloud". Audio

3:47 PM.Ruth Beran wants to find out why x-ray crystallography is still relevant today, and meets with Geoff Jameson from Massey University who shows her how it's done. Audio

4:07 PM.With Finlay MacDonald and Lavina Good. Audio

4:35 PM.With Finlay MacDonald and Lavina Good. Audio