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Recent items from Summer Times
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Books with Charlotte Graham
11:15 AM.Jesse talks books with Charlotte Graham Audio
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Caroline Bay Carnival audio
11:06 AM.Earlier in the week we spoke to Maurice Elder who has been volunteering at Timaru's Caroline Bay Carnival since 1947. Audio
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Mose Allison
10:45 AM.Older entertainers must have been getting nervous throughout 2016 as the number of them dying seemed to accelerate throughout the course of the year. In November another legend was lost, Blues and… Read more Audio
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Whale stranding advice with Ingrid Visser
10:35 AM.What can be done if you see a whale stranded on the beach? Audio
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John Wright - Blues & Cricket
10:20 AM.John Wright is known to us as a former international cricketer and former captain of the New Zealand side. Audio
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Ferret eau de parfum
10:09 AM.A team from Landcare Research has made a pongy discovery in the fight against pests. Read more Audio
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Best of Jesse: Will Shortz - Crosswords
9:35 AM.Will Shortz has been the editor of the crosswords in the New York Times - the gold standard in newspaper crosswords - since 1993. He is a true 14-letter word starting with 'C' and ending with 'T' Audio
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Employee of the month - Kevin Fraher
9:25 AM.Our employee of the month is Kevin Fraher who's been working on call every day this week for 12 hours. He the creator of Justly - a website which allows people to make their own will online. Audio
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Kaikoura's road to recovery?
9:12 AM.The road has been closed since November's seven point eight magnitude earthquake - and the transport agency says it isn't expecting it to be fully re-opened again until the end of 2017. Winston Gray… Read more Audio
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Kaikoura cheese in limbo
9:12 AM.His cheesemaker walked out this week. Now it looks like the road North from Kaikoura won't re-open completely for a year. It sounds like a really bad country ballad but it's Daniel Jenkins' reality, Read more Audio
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This Way Up
11:30 AM.Simon Morton of This Way Up enters the wonderful world of sci fi now, to meet a couple united through their shared love of Dr Who! Rochelle and Paul Scoones own a shop called Retrospace in Takapuna… Read more Audio
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Jane Ussher on photographing Antarctica
11:20 AM.This year marks the 60th year that Scott Base in Antartica has been in operation ... and one of the events marking this milestone is going to be a a TEDx event held at the Base - which aims to… Read more Audio
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Health with Lee-anne Wann
11:08 AM.It's at this time of year we start out with good intentions about our health and well-being. For Lee-Ann Wan focussing on health and fitness is for the whole year not just New Year's! Audio
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What Are You Reading? Paula Penfold
10:45 AM.Over January we'll be talking to some people about the types of books they're devouring in their downtime today we hear from our first book enthusiast. Audio
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Simon Sweetman on Prince
10:20 AM.One death no one saw coming was Prince. He died from an overdose at his Paisley Park home in Minnesota on April 21. He was just 57 Audio
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Ipswich's Hedgehog officer - Ali North
10:17 AM.The Suffolk Wildlife Trust wants to be the "most hedgehog friendly" place in the United Kingdom. And Ali North is lucky one who scored what some considered to be the best job in the world. Audio
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Christine Friis - Stopping dogs from eating Kiwis
10:00 AM.DoC ranger Christine Friis is holding a Kiwi Aversion training course in the Coromandel this weekend. It's to train dogs not to chase and kill kiwi. Audio
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Adam Rutherford - Human Genome
9:40 AM.Every single person on the planet who has ever lived or will ever live has something completely unique that can never be naturally repeated: Our DNA. That nucleic acid has the genetic information… Read more Audio
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Employee of the Month Paul Rogers
9:30 AM.He's 54-year-old mountain guide - who is speaking to us from Mt Cook village. Audio
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Nancy Brown - Holiday emergency planning
9:15 AM.Not to be a killjoy or anything, but while we're all on holidays or away from home, there's always a possibility - as with any other time of the year, that a larger scale natural or human disaster… Read more Audio
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Gardening with Lynda Hallinan
11:18 AM.Tips and tricks to get your fingers green with Lynda Hallinan. Audio
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Weevil Sex
11:06 AM.The sex life of one of New Zealand's strangest native species is going under the microscope in a new summer-long study. University of Auckland student Madeleine Thom is exploring the post-mating… Read more Audio
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The Caroline Bay Carnival
10:50 AM.The Caroline Bay Carnival is on at the moment - it's been an annual Christmas tradition in Timaru since 1911. Part of the tradition are the beauty pageants, there's now a call from the Carnival's… Read more Audio
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Home for Christmas with Amanda Scott
10:30 AM.Our home for Christmas was recommended by a listener Grant. His daughter is Amanda Scott , who is a geologist based in northern Sweden, where it can get to a finger numbing -30 degrees. Audio
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Dr Chris Acton: Hubble telescope
10:19 AM.Dr Chris Acton will be talking the Hubble telescope. Audio