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Afternoons for Wednesday 8 December 2010

  • Best Song Ever Written - Forgotten Years

    1:07 PM.Bill Lennox from Wellington has chosen 'Forgotten Years' by Midnight Oil. Audio

  • Link 3 music quiz

    1:22 PM.What do these three songs have in common. Audio

  • John Lennon Anniversary

    2:07 PM.30 years ago today, December 8th, 1980, Dr Stephan Lynn had just finnished a 13 hour shift at New York's Roosevelt Hospital when the phone rang. Please come back Dr lynn, someone's been shot. Mark… Read more Audio

  • Summit club

    2:17 PM.Most of us would consider it a huge achievement to climb Mt Taranaki just once. Danny Roguski from Opunake wants to reach the top of the 2518-metre-high mountain 100 times in one year. He started the… Read more Audio

  • He Rourou for 8 December 2010

    2:45 PM.According to tourism brochures, the Tarawera Falls are spectacular falls in the Bay of Plenty. The Tarawera River erupts from the middle of a sheer cliff, to drop 65 metres down to bushlined rapids… Read more Audio

  • Virtual World

    3:10 PM.Email has turned us into 'lab rats', increasing levels of information overload from computer and smart phone screens cause a 'bottleneck' in the brain and prevent any deep thought, according to… Read more Audio

  • Auckland Story for 8 December 2010 - The Bees Knees

    3:34 PM.Bees are hard at work across Auckland pollinating our summer crops and making beautiful honey. There is one apiarist or bee keeper in particular, who is helping to encourage Aucklanders into keeping… Read more Audio

  • The Panel Pre-Show for 8 December 2010

    3:51 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on today's Panel. Audio

  • The Panel with David Slack and Garth George (Part 1)

    4:08 PM.Topics - New Zealand's school pupils are both some of the best and some of the worst readers worldwide, according to an OECD report. The Retirement Commissioner wants the government to raise the… Read more Audio

  • The Panel with David Slack and Garth George (Part 2)

    4:36 PM.Topics - Many people take aspirin to lower their risk of heart disease. But a new study suggests a remarkable added benefit, reporting that patients who took aspirin regularly for a period of several… Read more Audio

1:10 Best Song Ever Written

Forgotten Years by Midnight Oil as chosen by Bill Lennox from Wellington.

1:15 Link 3 - music game

2:10 Feature story

Most of us would consider it a huge achievement to climb Mt Taranaki just once. Danny Roguski from Opunake wants to reach the top of the 2518-metre-high mountain 100 times in one year. He started the challenge on January first and has reached the summit 97 times. Once he hits the 100 mark, he'll join an exclusive group called the Mt Taranaki Summit Club. No one has achieved 100 summits for more than 20 years

2:30 Reading

Episode thirteen of The Mesmerist by Barbara Ewing.

2:45 He Rourou

According to the tourism brochure, the Tarawera Falls is one of the most spectacular falls in the Bay of Plenty. The Tarawera River erupts from the middle of a sheer cliff, to drop 65 metres down to bushlined rapids. Ana Tapiata talks with local elder Kahu Te Rire about the stories of the waterfalls.

2:50 Feature Album

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, the first post-Beatles solo album by Lennon, who died 30 years ago today.

3:12 Virtual World

Email has turned us into 'lab rats'

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3:33 Auckland story

Bees are hard at work across Auckland pollinating our summer crops and making beautiful honey. There is one apiarist or bee keeper in particular, who is helping to encourage Aucklanders into keeping hives on their properties. Kerry McCurdy builds hives at Mangere Bridge property and regularly holds seminars across the region, teaching people the art of beekeeping. And Kerry has even created a special bench hive, which is proving very popular.

4:06 The Panel

David Slack and Garth George