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Afternoons for Thursday 20 October 2011
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Best Song Ever Written - Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
1:09 PM.Colin Smith from Mandeville near Gore has chosen Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (from the movie soundtrack). Audio
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Your Place - Kumara
1:20 PM.Once again this week we travel to the South Island's West Coast and to the town which counts among it's sons, New Zealand's longest serving Prime Minister, Richard John Seddon. Audio
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Winner of the X Challange million dollar prize
2:10 PM.After the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster last year, the wife of Google chief executive, Wendy Schmidt, decided a million dollar carrot might persuade companies to come up with new ways to skim oil off… Read more Audio
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Talking about shoes
2:22 PM.Maxine Cook has a shoe collection that would be the envy of many women around the world. There are all types: boots, slingbacks, satin shoes, high heels. Now Maxine has parlayed her passion for… Read more Audio
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The Arts Report
3:10 PM.John Brebner and his wife Alison run Homeprint - a company which offers workshops and courses in letterpress printing, binding, papermaking and framing. John - a retired teacher - also collects art… Read more Audio
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Southern Story for 20 October 2011 - Old Timers Clock Museum
3:21 PM.Don Tappin manufactures clocks and exports them around the globe. More recently, he's brought the world of clocks to Christchurch, showcasing a selection of rare and international time pieces at his… Read more Audio
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Our Changing World - Able-X
3:33 PM.There are an estimated 45,000 stroke survivors in this country, and a device designed here in New Zealand is helping some of them regain mobility. The device is called Able-X and Ruth Beran goes to Te… Read more Audio
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The Panel Pre-Show for 20 October 2011
3:44 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio
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The Panel with Anna Chin and Chris Trotter (Part 1)
4:07 PM.Topics - Protesters in central Auckland have refused to allow themselves to be "moved-on" from a World Cup fan zone for Sunday's final. Bankers involved in the float of Trade Me say it will value the… Read more Audio
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The Panel with Anna Chin and Chris Trotter (Part 2)
4:33 PM.Topics - New Zealand First has defended its dumping of an election candidate who drank his own urine on TV. Pharmac, the Government's drug funder, last week rejected another appeal by Pompe sufferers… Read more Audio
1:10 Best Song Ever Written
1:15 Your Place
2:10 Feature stories
2:30 Reading
2:45 Feature Album
3:12 Arts Report
3:33 Southern story
3:40 Our Changing World
4:06 The Panel