Summer Noelle for Monday 31 December 2012

9:09 AM.Benjamin Mee, a former DIY columnist for The Guardian, wrote a book about his experience refurbishing and living at the Dartmoor Zoological Park. The book became the basis for a recent Hollywood… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.The best places to spend the summer in New Zealand. Audio

9:53 AM.Photographer Sara Orme talks about one of her favourite songs. Audio

10:07 AM.Brian O'Connell is a journalist with the Irish Times newspaper, based in Cork city. Audio

10:25 AM.Rolling Stones is 50 years old this year. We have asked four friends of this show to pick their favourite tracks. Singer songwriter Bernie Griffin, gives us his choice. Audio

10:35 AM.Simon tells the story behind the song 'For Today' by the Netherworld Dancing Toys. Audio

10:45 AM.There has been a change of government in Japan - fifty-eight-year-old Shinzo Abe has taken the reins. Audio

11:06 AM.A daily serial featuring colourful characters from our rural past. Audio

11:16 AM.'The Running Man' reviewed by Simon Smithson. Audio

11:31 AM.From the New Zealand Book Council series of True Stories Told Live, this is a selection of stories recorded especially for Summer Noelle. Today's storyteller is filmmaker Vincent Ward. Audio

11:44 AM.Just what is a bach? and why do they hold such a special place in the national mythology? Audio