Summer Noelle for Wednesday 2 January 2013

9:07 AM.Rosie Belton has written a social history of food in New Zealand, a decade by decade look at what we ate, and how that food defined us. Audio

9:28 AM.The best places to spend the summer in New Zealand. Audio

9:37 AM.We catch up with actor Antony Starr who is home from the USA for Christmas. Audio

10:08 AM.His Christmas display involved more than 300,000 lights and decorations. More then 48,000 people called by to see this wonderful Christmas wonderland that Carl Seaward and his wife Maureen created. Audio

10:20 AM.New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney went off with the proverbial bang as revellers saw in 2013 under a lit up harbour bridge, somewhere in that crowd were Hollywood stars Leonardo Di Caprio and Jamie… Read more Audio

10:29 AM.Simon Sweetman tells the story behind 'Counting the Beat' by the Swingers. Audio

10:44 AM.When he was a young boy growing up in Gisborne, Dale Henry developed an unusual habit, he began to collect barbie dolls. He and his sister loved these dolls and eventually gathered enough of them to… Read more Audio

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

11:22 AM.The story of Stephen King's writing life titled 'On Writing' is reviewed Graham Beattie. Audio

11:37 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 choreographer and lecturer in dance… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film maker Stacey Morrison talks about one of her favourite songs. Audio