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Afternoons for Monday 23 February 2015

  • Your Song - 'On My Way to You'

    1:10 PM.Jane Keller from Wellington has chosen "On My Way to You" by Barbra Streisand. Audio

  • New Zealand Retro: The Advent of Colour Television

    1:20 PM.Dr Geoff Lealand from Waikato University; Bill McCarthy, who hosted the TV coverage of the Christchurch Commonwealth Games, Hokitika retailer Tony Graham Archival audio supplied by Nga Taonga Sound &amp… Read more Audio

  • The Oscars - Graeme Tuckett

    2:10 PM.The excitement is building in Hollywood ahead of the 87th Academy Awards. New Zealander Anthony McCarten is nominated for best picture and adapted screenplay of the Stephen Hawking biopic, The Theory… Read more Audio

  • The Oscars - William Kircher

    2:20 PM.The Hobbit actor, William Kircher, is living it up in Los Angeles. His Wellington-based covers band, California Dreamers, headlined a pre-Oscar party last night. He joins us to tell us what's been… Read more Audio

  • Feature album - Dusty in Memphis

    2:45 PM.Today's feature album is Dusty in Memphis by Dusty Springfield from 1969. Audio

  • Feature interview - Andie Mitchell

    3:10 PM.The story of people struggling to lose weight and then achieving that goal, is a well told tale: in books, on television, online. But it's the next chapter of that story that Andie Mitchell wants to… Read more Audio

  • The Panel pre-show for 23 February 2015

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

1:10 Your Song

Barbra Streisand "On My Way to You"  chosen by Jane Keller in Wellington

Nga Taonga Sound Vision1:20 New Zealand Retro: The Advent of Colour Television in New Zealand

Dr Geoff Lealand from Waikato University

Bill McCarthy, who hosted the TV coverage of the Christchurch Commonwealth Games

Hokitika retailer Tony Graham

Archival audio supplied by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.

2:10 The Oscars - Graeme Tuckett

The excitement is building in Hollywood ahead of the 87th Academy Awards. New Zealander Anthony McCarten is nominated for best picture and adapted screenplay of the Stephen Hawking biopic, The Theory of Everything.  And Weta Digital is up for visual effects in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Sir Peter Jackson’s final Hobbit movie, The Battle of the Five Armies, has been shut out of the best picture category but is nominated for Best Sound Editing. Wellington-based film reviewer Graeme Tuckett joins us to talk through the nominations

2:20  The Oscars - William Kircher

The Hobbit actor, William Kircher, is living it up in Los Angeles. His Wellington-based covers band, California Dreamers, headlined a pre-Oscar party last night. He joins us to tell us what's been happening in the build-up to the 87th Academy Awards.

California Dreamers
California Dreamers – from Facebook

2:30 NZ Reading - The Crime of Huey Dustan

Ches talks with Huey who is in hospital and learns what happened to him as a child. Lawrence decides to appeal

2:45 Feature album

Dusty in Memphis - Dusty Springfield (1969) 

3:10 Feature interview - Andie Mitchell

The story of people struggling to lose weight and then achieving that goal, is a well told tale: in books,  on television, online. But it's the next chapter of that story that Andie Mitchell wants to tell you about.  At age 20, Andie weighed 122 kilos, and she knew she had to do something.  She did. She dieted, she lost half her body weight.  But Andie says the part no one ever tells you about - is what happens after you shed the kilos.

3:30 Voices

A renowned visiting Chinese dancer from Wellington's sister city Xiamen is collaborating with renowned New Zealand choreographer Deidre Tarrant (Footnote Dance) to open Chinese New Year in style at the massively popular festival on Wellingtons waterfront.  Lynda Chanwai-Earle reports

3:45 The Panel Pre-Show

With Jim Mora, Noelle McCarthy, Stephen Franks and Ella Henry