Afternoons for Tuesday 6 March 2012

1:08 PM.Pip Bird from Havelock North has chosen 'Nest Egg' by the Phoenix Foundation. Audio

1:18 PM.The Oscars, 'Once upon a Time', 'The Politically Incorrect Guide to Growing Up' and 'Revenge'. Audio

1:31 PM.New research examining the frequency of words used in books for more than 200 years reveals the rise and demise of them through time, and how social, technological and political change influences… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.The Snow Child' by Eowyn Uvey and 'Red Ruby Heart In A Cold Blue Sea' by Morgan Callan. Audio

1:45 PM.Excerpts of the songs 'The Author' and 'Red Shift' by Heavy Metal Ninjas and 'On My Mind' by Kora. Audio

1:55 PM.Happiness Makes Your Brain Work Better; 25 Billion Apple Apps Downloaded; and Broadband Caps, Stephen Fry and Content Dominance. Audio

2:11 PM.There has been a surprising discovery of a painting by the late Francis Hodgkins. Francis Hodgkins was born in Dunedin, where the public art gallery has been collecting her work since the early 1900s.

2:21 PM.Auckland Airport is leading the world in reducing the risk bird strike poses to aircraft. The airport's sewn a type of grass - developed by a New Zealand scientist - that actually deters the birds. Audio

2:30 PM.Festival Review discusses the boxing play Beautiful Burnout, Jonathan Lemalu in concert with the NZ String Quartet, the final concert by the Sixteen Choir, and the punk piano accordionist Kimmi… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.About 500,000 young offenders in the US are taken to detention centers every year. For the past five years Richard Ross, a renowned photographer and professor at the University of California, Santa… Read more Audio

3:34 PM.Lynda Chanwai-Earle chases the three hard working mums behind the Asian Events Trust. The AET are finalists for the Community of the Year at the New Zealander of the Year Awards and responsible for… Read more Audio

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

4:07 PM.Topics - Front-line services will not be compromised by staff lay-offs that are under consideration by Police management. Britain's Roman Catholic Church is planning to enlist the support of more than… Read more Audio

4:34 PM.Topics - A 150-foot asteroid orbiting Earth called 2012 DA14 will pass so close to Earth it will fly UNDER the man-made satellites orbiting our planet. How can Gull, with its infinitely smaller… Read more Audio