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Afternoons for Thursday 14 April 2011

  • Best Song Ever Written - It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

    1:08 PM.Katrina Gardiner from Christchurch nominates 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)' by REM. Audio

  • Your Place - Huntly

    1:15 PM.In 1872 the early settlement Huntley Lodge was given it's name by it's poster master, after his home in Aberdeeshire in Scotland. It was an ideal place to settle, close to massive coal reserves and… Read more Audio

  • Dredging the Otago Harbour

    2:10 PM.A series of man made islands could one day dot the upper Otago Harbour, if a Dunedin group gets its way. The Harbour Restoration Group believes the dredge material from the lower Otago Harbour could… Read more Audio

  • Town Hall Bees

    2:22 PM.Auckland Town Hall is all abuzz - but not with the usual activities of city workers and politicians. It is the 100,000 honey bees working in their hives on the balcony under the clocktower. They're… Read more Audio

  • Feature Album - Lady Antebellum

    2:45 PM.The debut album by the American country music trio Lady Antebellum. They're playing one New Zealand concert only at The Civic in Auckland this Monday, April 18. Audio

  • The Arts Report - Lynn Freeman

    3:10 PM.Poet Alistair Te Ariki Campbell is being remembered at an exhibition of his work at Pataka in Porirua, which opens today. Peter Coates talks about the exhibition and the man. Audio

  • Southern Story for 14 April 2011

    3:20 PM.In search of a fairy-tale lifestyle, Sage Forest visits a maker of contemporary tipis and yurts, in the Graham Valley near Motueka. Audio

  • Our Changing World - Alison Ballance

    3:38 PM.Department of Conservation ranger Peter Russell has a vision - to turn 24-hectare Matiu/Somes island in the middle of Wellington Harbour into a perfect native forest ecosystem, one that is a snapshot… Read more Audio

  • The Panel Pre-Show for 14 March 2011

    3:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

  • The Panel with Linda Clark and Neil Miller (part 1)

    4:08 PM.Bullying; Facial Piercings. Audio

  • The Panel with Linda Clark and Neil Miller (part 2)

    4:35 PM.An early childhood worker has lost her job after she allegedly swore at some children and threatened to pour water over a man while she was on holiday; Burqua Arrests. Audio

1:10 Best Song Ever Written

It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) by R.E.M., as chosen by Katrina Gardiner of Christchurch.

1:15 Your Place - Huntly

Huntly locals Sandra Stewart, Mike Broster and Peter Sweetman.

2:10 Feature stories

The Harbour Restoration Group believes the dredge material from the lower Otago Harbour could be sued to build a necklace of small islands that could even be linked by bridges. Harbour Restoration Group member Peter Hayden explains

One hundred thousand honey bees are working in hives on the balcony under the clock tower in the Auckland Town Hall. Jim talks to their minder Kim Kneijber.

2:30 Reading

Part four of The Quince Café by Sue Francis, read by Sarah Peirse.

2:45 Feature Album

The self-titled debut album release by the American country music trio Lady Antebellum.

3:12 Arts Report

Lynn Freeman with an insight into the late Alistair Te Ariki Campbell being celebrated at Porirua's Pataka Museum - looking at his importance to this community and to the country.

3:33 Southern story: The Tale of a Tentmaker (and his Son)

Tent-maker Rowan Boot seems to have created a fairy-tale lifestyle in the Graham Valley, inland from Motueka. Since he was a child he's enjoyed sewing tents. When he moved to the valley he made a tipi for his impending family, and found a good market for them. Now yurts are more a more popular structure - he's just moved in to one and is making another to order.

Ten-year-old Zephyr says living in the yurt is 'awesome'. He's proud of his dad's work and is showing interest in the business. He's already a competent sewer and has just been given the welder he's wanted since he was 7.

But business is business, and Rowan is working towards obtaining codes of compliance for his structures.

Tent-maker Rowan Boot.

Yurt.

3:40 Our Changing World

Department of Conservation ranger Peter Russell, who looks after the regenerating forest on Matiu/Somes Island in the middle of Wellington Harbour. Alison Ballance joins him on a walk around the island as he shares some of his thoughts on what constitutes a weed.

4:06 The Panel

Linda Clark and Neil Miller.