1:10 Best Song Ever Written

Highland Cathedral by The Royal Scotts Dragoon Guards as chosen by

Kevin Bell of Whangarei

1:15 Your Place

Pirinoa, a small town with a population of around 400 including surrounding farmland, lies between the Rimutaka and Aorangi forest parks, not far from Lake Wairarapa.

2:10 Feature Stories

It's an historic occasion for a prehistoric family. The Flinstones are turning 50. The modern stone-age family as they called themselves were on TV between 1960 and 1966.

www.cartoonresearch.com

A Slice of Heaven is a new $4 million exhibit at Te Papa that tells our own stories about the people, places and events that had an impact on New Zealand. It opens on Saturday. Visitors will be able to see everything from the shoes worn by Richard Seddon at the Coronation of Edward the 7th in June 1902 to badges from the campaign to stop the 1981 Springbok tour.

2:30 You, Me . . . Now!

And now for episode 4 of our daily series.

2:55 He Rourou

Whanau unwittingly put their dying family members through unnecessary pain because they do not access expert hospice advice. That's the opinion of the Maori liaison officer at Mary Potter Hospice. Puhiwahine Tibble tells Ana Tapiata that Maori families often want to keep their whanau member at home, thus causing unnecessary suffering.

2:50 Feature Album

The debut release of Anglo-American supergroup, Black Country Communion.

3:12 Arts Report

Lynn Freeman finds out about the trombone and New Zealand's Bonanza Trombone Quartet.

3:33 Southern Story

Many of us have our roots in Scotland and may find ourselves responding to the call of the pipes. That's what happened to Sage Forest as she headed South through the Heartland.

4:06 The Panel

Chris Trotter and Penny Ashton.

Is sex education in schools failing, and if so why? Is the new cellphone law in cars failing, and if so why? Does Auckland's St James Theatre need saving, and if so how? You're happiest at home - new research. More discussion on the impasse over the making of the Hobbit movies here, as the Government steps in. And on the Christchurch mayoral race as the candidates roll out their metaphors commenting on the latest poll - "Don't count your money when you're sitting at the table" says Jim Anderton, and Bob Parker saying "you don't count your chickens until they've arrived".