1:10 Best Song Ever Written

The Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel as chosen by Anna May of Christchurch

1:15 Your Place

Pigeon Bay, an eight kilometre long inlet just 33 kilometers by sea from Lyttleton.

2:10 Feature Stories

Children born through IVF, (in vitro fertilisation), grow up to be taller than kids conceived naturally. This according to a new study by the University of Auckland's Liggins Institute. IVF kids can be several centimeters taller, and the tallest are the ones born as a result of an IVF process using fresh, and not frozen, embryos.

A miracle survival story has been unfolding in the Southland town of Riverton. A 16-year-old labrador named Gail has been found alive after being trapped for eight weeks in an abandoned house

You Me Now2:30 You Me ... Now!

Following the trials and tribulations of a group of friends as they find love in the city.

2:45 He Rourou

A strong grasp of the Maori language will be beneficial for Maori children when it comes to learning English, according to Maori language commissioner Hana O'Regan. Ana Tapiata raised the topic of bilingualism with Hana, after she had judged the senior English section, at the Manu Korero speech competitions in Dunedin.

2:50 Feature Album

Sade

3:12 Arts Report

Stage combat is much like magic… it's all about selling the illusion, as arts reporter Sonia Yee finds out next when she heads to the Newtown Community Hall in Wellington, looking for a fight.

3:20 Southern story

In its coal-mining heyday there were over 1200 people in Ohai. Now there's less than 300, with only 12 of the old miners remaining. Sage Forest returns with Laura and Walton Goldsmith to visit a couple of the oldies, whose families helped build the town. They find the shop they owned boarded up and rotting, their houses and treasured gardens neglected.

See photos of the township.

Miners cottage in Ohai
An old miners cottage in Ohai.

3:35 Our Changing World

Once a month for the past two years, 17 keen bird watchers from the Ornithological Society of New Zealand have been taking part in the Wellington Harbour Bird Survey.

On a fine winter afternoon Alison Ballance joined Hugh Robertson and Ian Armitage for a spot of bird watching.

4:06 The Panel

David McPhail and Mary McCallum.