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Afternoons for Thursday 28 July 2011

  • Best Song Ever Written - Daisy Bell

    1:10 PM.Julia Bradshaw from Hokitika chooses 'Daisy Bell' performed by Dinah Shore. Audio

  • Your Place - Tekapo

    1:18 PM.Tekapo is a former hydro town at the Southern end of Lake Tekapo. Its claim to fame is the little stone church that sits on a hill overlooking the lake. Built in 1935, it was the first church in the… Read more Audio

  • Official Cash Rate

    2:07 PM.The Reserve Bank has left the Official Cash Rate standing steady at 2.5%, but the announcement came with a signal that things could change from Sepetmber. Audio

  • Gumboot Tango

    2:20 PM.The story of Gumboot Tango, a Taranaki band who'll be returning to the Arts Festival to play for the first time since 1995. Audio

  • Feature Album - There Goes Rhymin' Simon

    2:45 PM.'There Goes Rhymin' Simon' was Paul Simon's first solo album after the dissolution of his partnership with Art Garfunkel. Audio

  • The Arts Report - Is NZ TV drama a monolopy?

    3:07 PM.Why one company has pretty much sewn up the available funding, what that means for other writers with good ideas, and for viewers who don't like that style of drama. Audio

  • Southern Story for 28 July 2011 - Housie

    3:25 PM.For some the game of Housie merely offers a night out and a chance to socialise, but for Craig Butterfield it plays an important role in both his private and professional lives. Katy Gosset meets a… Read more Audio

  • Our Changing World - Replanting a Wairarapa Wetland

    3:37 PM.Ducks Unlimited have enlisted Victoria University's help to bring scientific rigour to the replanting of Wairio wetland. Audio

  • The Panel Pre-Show for 28 July 2011

    3:48 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

  • The Panel with Ali Jones and Irene Gardiner (Part 1)

    4:08 PM.Boutique cheesemakers say they're prepared to fight Fonterra over the use of the word "vintage" on their products; and a Christchurch woman is miffed because she has lost two days annual leave while… Read more Audio

  • The Panel with Ali Jones and Irene Gardiner (Part 2)

    4:34 PM.A locally-produced study says health policy-makers place too much emphasis on exercise, smoking and weight loss, and not enough on complex biological and cultural factors when it comes to dealing with… Read more Audio

1:10 Best Song Ever Written

Harry Dacre's song Daisy Bell performed by Dinah Shore is the choice of Julia Bradshaw from Hokitika.

1:15 Your Place - Tekapo

2:10 Official Cash Rate

The Reserve Bank has left the Official Cash Rate standing steady at 2.5%, but the announcement came with a signal that things could change from Sepetmber. Liam Dann, Business Editor for the New Zealand Herald discusses Alan Bollard's latest decision.

2:20 Gumboot Tango

The story of Gumboot Tango, a Taranaki band who'll be returning to the Arts Festival to play for the first time since 1995. Mike Harding, the guitarist of the group.

2:30 Reading: Joe Bennett reads from his book Where Underpants Come From (Part 4 of 12)

Joe waits in Shanghai for the next site visit in his quest to trace his underpants back to their source.

2:45 Feature Album

There Goes Rhymin' Simon by Paul Simon

3:12 Arts Report

Three TV channels, 3 hit local dramas, and all created by the same 3 people - is it a closed shop?      

Simon Morris with the CEO of New Zealand on Air, Jane Wrightson, the Drama Commissioner of TVNZ, Kathleen Anderson, and TV3's Rachel Jean.

3:33 Southern story - Housie

For some the game of Housie merely offers a night out and a chance to socialise, but for Craig Butterfield it plays an important role in both his private and professional lives. Katy Gosset meets a man who has Housie in his blood.

3:40 Our Changing World

4:06 The Panel with Ali Jones and Irene Gardiner