Afternoons for Thursday 18 August 2011

1:25 PM.Your Place visits the settlement once known as Patane, in Hawkes Bay. Bay View is one of two coastal, semi-suburban settlements north of Napier. Audio

2:11 PM.About $200,000 has been taken from Aitutaki's branch of the Bank of the Cook Islands. It's the first bank robbery ever on the island. Audio

2:21 PM.When alcohol was banned in Southland in 1902 moonshine flowed illegally from the Hokonui Hills west of Gore. Most of it was made by the McRae family, a Scottish clan who had been driven off their land… Read more Audio

2:50 PM.The Feature Album is the self titled debut album by English indie rock goup The xx, released on the Young Turks label in 2009. The album won Britain's coveted Mercury prize in 2010, spent 87 weeks on… Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Rugby photographer David Marches has spent six seasons photographing players just as they come off the field, victorious or defeated. Audio

3:20 PM.Some hobbies can become obsessions, and that's what country music is to Barry Skinner. He opened the Hector Country Music Museum in 2002. It's chocka-block full of memorabillia and music and… Read more Audio

3:37 PM.Waikato University scientists have developed a machine that can age wine within minutes by exposing it to an electric field. Audio

3:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

4:08 PM.Telecom has apologised for causing offence with its failed Backing Black campaign; and in what appears to be a massive turn-around the Minister of Social Development Paula Bennett is supporting… Read more Audio

4:33 PM.The British Government plans to send researchers to ask young people why they rioted. Audio