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1:45 PM.Spooky stories from our listeners. Have you seen a ghost? Seen a UFO? Or experience the supernatural? Let just know either via text on 2101 or by email on afternoons@rnz.co.nz and your tale of terror… Read more Audio

1:40 PM.A TikTok clip has garnered millions of views. It features a woman, claiming to have bought a curse from an online witch. The online witchcraft industry is booming. A quick glance at one online… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.As summer approaches, the strawberries are starting the ripen, blueberries are on the way soon. Even the first flush of cherries are here. Soon these early pickings will spill over into an… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.It might not have been what Jonny Cash had in mind, but walking the like has become something of an internet craze. It involves walking across the country in a totally straight line. On Monday three… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Nunuku's peace pact is a 600-year-old policy instituted by Moriori chief Nunuku-whenua. It still stands to this day, likely making it the world's longest standing peace covenant It's a commitment to… Read more Audio

3:15 PM.Today Mary looks at what happens to your Kiwisaver when you go through a relationship break up. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Sean Becker has 'curled' for New Zealand in 5 men's world championships, won three Pacific champs and represented New Zealand at the 2006 Olympics.  Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Adam Burns discusses the latest season of Guilt and reviews a new documentary series about football hooliganism. Read more Audio

1:40 PM.45 years ago, today New Zealand suffered its worst aviation accident in history. Read more Audio

1:30 PM.In an episode of Grand Designs, Buddy made his cameo as a two-day old lamb that had been rejected by his mother. Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Jesse talks to Katie Rood, she's a professional football player who's just returned from COP29. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.We're kicking off the show today with a mystery that we need your help to solve. Read more Audio

Today we have an episode from the ABC series Pacific Scientific.  

The series travels across the Pacific to meet researchers tackling different problems – from climate change to protecting baby… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Technology is now all over our homes, with cameras on door bells, and refrigerators that keep shopping lists. Our homes may be getting smarter, but are we asks trend forecaster and author Karen… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Jesse talks to dancer, choreographer, and senior lecturer in Dance Studies Sarah Foster-Sproull about the books and music that inspire her. Read more Audio

1:45 PM.It's been called one of the world's most scenic and shortest car races. Winding up the ski access road of Coronet Peak it measures just 2.7kims long. With this year's race upon us Jesse talks to Vice… Read more Audio

1:35 PM."The media sector is now forecasting its own death". "For the first time, I'm looking at the future with genuine concern." That's direct quote from NZ Geographic owner James Frankham. He wrote those… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Our cultural relationship without the USA usually flows in one direction, from them to us. But for some things they are looking to us, here in Aotearoa. Caroline Klibanoff is currently visiting on an… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.A Taupo-based company is working to reduce New Zealand's reliance on imported packaging Following the single-use-plastic ban in 2019 two childhood friends looked into who was manufacturing paper… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.The birthrate is dropping all over the world which means fewer parents become grandparents. Read more Audio