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Afternoons for Wednesday 4 May 2011

  • The best song ever written - Everybody Knows

    1:08 PM.Damian Pullen from Whangarei chooses this Leonard Cohen Classic from 'I'm Your Man'. Audio

  • Link 3

    1:20 PM.Can you spot the connection in our music quiz? Audio

  • Skipping champion

    2:08 PM.Peter Nestler is a seven time world champion in a sport that's not just kid's stuff anymore. He jumps rope. And what Peter Nestler does is not like what most of us did as kids on the footpath in front… Read more Audio

  • Mural discovery

    2:20 PM.A remarkable discovery has been made at the old Garrison Hall in Port Chalmers that had been under a demolition order. A mural, hidden for more than 100 years. Audio

  • Feature Album - Absolutely

    2:50 PM.Absolutely by British band Madness. The group formed in Camden Town in 1976 led by frontman Suggs - they play a mixture of ska and pop. Absolutely their second album, released September 1980. Audio

  • Virtual World with Hamish MacEwan

    3:08 PM.Who Are Our Facebook Friends? And Ebook Fraud. Audio

  • Auckland Story for 4 May 2011 - Crown Lynn china

    3:30 PM.Every New Zealander it seems has a story about Crown Lynn. The companydisappeared in 1989, unable to compete with imported stuff, after trade barriers were removed. But pretty much from the Second… Read more Audio

  • The Panel Pre-Show for 4 May 2011

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

  • The Panel (part 1)

    4:07 PM.Osama bin Laden, Civil Defence officials say 27 properties have suffered damage as a result of yesterday's tornado on Auckland's North Shore, in which one man was tragically killed. Audio

  • The Panel (part 2)

    4:35 PM.Calls have been growing for the ratepayers of Auckland to fund a statue as a memorial to a well-known vagrant woman. 30 years of liposuction. A global survey shows monthly parking rates in Auckland… Read more Audio

1:10 Best Song Ever Written

Everybody Knows by Leonard Cohen, as chosen by Damian Pullen of Whangarei.

1:15 Link 3 - music game

2:10 Feature stories

Peter Nestler is a seven time world champion in a sport that's not just kid's stuff anymore. He jumps rope. And what Peter Nestler does is not like what most of us did as kids on the footpath in front of the house. He can do tricks like the Chinese Wheel, Double Dutch, and the Egg Beater. He's now on a nationwide tour of New Zealand to show kids here the ropes, and help them get fit while having fun.

www.heartfoundation.org.nz

2:30 Reading

The Orphan Gunner by Sara Knox, read by Deana Elvins.

2:50 Feature Album

Absolutely by British band Madness

3:12 Virtual World

with Hamish MacEwan

1. Who Are Our Facebook Friends?

2. eBook Fraud

3:33 Auckland story

The Portage Ceramics Trust was formed six years ago to buy a privately owned six thousand piece collection of Crown Lynn china and pottery, for $250,000. Its kept the collection carefully packed away, until it finally gets a proper place to establish a museum. That'll now happen by the end of the year in the Auckland suburb of New Lynn, the former home of the Crown Lynn factory.

4:06 The Panel

David Slack and Denise L'Estrange Corbet.