Summer Noelle for Wednesday 26 December 2012

9:11 AM.Alan Bean is a former NASA astronaut and currently a painter. Audio

9:34 AM.We visit Maketu in the Bay of Plenty. It's a small town of around thirteen hundred people, with a river, wetlands, a few historic buildings and some walking tracks. Audio

9:48 AM.Phil Gifford talks about one of his favourite songs. Audio

10:08 AM.Music critic Barney Hoskyns discusses the The Rolling Stones, who are now in their 50th year. Audio

10:35 AM.Simon Sweetman is a well known music journalist. Simon's new book 'On Song' has collected together some of the stories behind many great nz songs, everything from 'Drive' - Bic Runga, to 'She Speeds'… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.A few years back, the NZ Book Council started running a new kind of event. It began in Auckland, and it was called 'True Stories told Live'. This is a very simple idea, all sorts of people standing up… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.We are revisiting 'Tales from the Back Country', a series of historic programs that ran on the Radio New Zealand network for over 12 years. Audio

11:15 AM.Featuring dairy farmer Norm Bryan from the far north. Audio

11:21 AM.David Farrier reviews the 'The Stand'. Audio

11:39 AM.Charlotte Glennie has been looking back at the year that was. She joins us from Noosa on the Sunshine Coast. Audio

11:50 AM.The Rolling Stones band are 50 years old this year and for the four shows left in 2012, we have asked four friends of this show to pick their favourite tracks. First up, is Trevor Reekie - music… Read more Audio