Afternoons

Kelly Gibney joins Emile to share this week's Easy Eats recipe. Click HERE for the recipe.

Time for our weekly travel segment Heading Off. Your chance to experience some amazing adventures without leaving the comfort of your home. We'd love to hear from you if you have a tale to tell .. doesn't need to be exotic .. just memorable. Text us on 2101 or afternoons@rnz.co.nz Today we're heading off to the Galapagos Islands in South America, with journalist and travel writer Mike Yardley.

Host and producer of Our Changing World Claire Concannon chats to Emile today about volcanoes.

Love it or hate it, when people are looking for answers, they are more often than not asking some form of Artificial Intelligence, or AI for help. Research released by Sharsies, shows that includes financial advice, with one in three of you turning to AI to help with money matters. So, asking AI for investment tips - is it wise or totally misguided? To find out, Emile is joined by Simply Privacy p...

There's a new scam in town - and it's one that's seeing some of you get targeted by fake Buddhist monks. And like all scams - its effects appear to be spreading beyond the initial victims. Robert Hunt, Chairman of The New Zealand Buddhist Council, wants the dignity and reputation of monks protected.

There are media reports out of Spain that Liam Lawson could lose his seat at Racing Bulls next season. 'SoyMotor' has reported that Nikola Tsolov has been guaranteed a seat at junior side Racing Bulls for next season ... which could push the Kiwi driver out. RNZ senior sports journalist Barry Guy joins Emile to discuss whether there's any truth to the rumours.

As we hurtle towards election day - superannuation has once again become a red-hot issue. National will campaign to lift the age of eligibility - while other parties have firmly ruled out such an idea. Our superannuation problem isn't going away though, so is it time we have a proper conversation about means testing? Joining Emile to discuss is Miles Workman from ANZ.

Wallace Chapman and Emile Donovan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join them to be part of their delight, or to simply despair. Wallace will also preview what's on The Panel tonight.

Most libraries lend out books. The Human Library lends out people. Founded in Denmark, the global initiative gives people the chance to sit down with a "human book" and have a candid conversation that challenges assumptions and stereotypes through lived experience. One of those human books is Sean Kemball from Whangarei. Diagnosed with ADHD later in life, he spent years wondering why he experience...

Each Tuesday we play You're the Judge - we share a problem with you, our audience, and get your help solving it. This week's deals with a challenging father n law when dining out in restaurants. 2101 to chime in or email us afternoons@rnz.co.nz.

Tim Batt joins Emile to share the latest from the world of tech. This week he's focusing on the latest announcement from Steam Machine. That's a small scale but high powered gaming PC that's designed for your living room but comes with a whopping price tag.

Our book critic Lisa Glass delves into the theme of sociopaths - picking three very different books about them. Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne. Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight by M. E. Thomas. The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout.

Our Kiwi Cover Song Contest is back for 2026! Yes, we want the best versions of a Kiwi song. So tell all your musician and singer friends. The winner the band or person who records the best cover song gets to perform it on Afternoons and you will also get to release the mastered version of it on whatever platform you like. This competition is open to anyone - professional or amateur. All the detai...

It's time for Mayoral minutes, where we speak with a local mayor about the challenges they're facing, how they're working to solve them and what makes their community special. Today we're heading to the Western Bay of Plenty in the North Island - where you'll find Waihi Beach, Katikati, and Te Puke and from where Western Bay of Plenty Mayor James Denyer joins Emile.

Space it seems, is no longer the final frontier, in fact it's rapidly becoming an adventure holiday option for billionaires. As we saw with Space X's IPO launch, people are very interested in the idea of setting up a base on Mars and even what asteroid mining could look like. But how does that actually all work? In a place where the laws here on earth don't apply - is space just finders' keepers,...

A new short documentary, Stoat's Last Stand, tells the story of Waiheke Island's ambitious community-led effort to eradicate stoats from the island. Seven years into the project - the group is seeing incredible success with native species returning - and their mahi is attracting attention from conservation groups around New Zealand and the world. Aaron Cluka was inspired to tell their story after...

Following the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's resignation last night, the UK is set to get its seventh Prime Minister in ten years. Seven different leaders in a decade reflects one of the country's most politically turbulent periods in modern history. As one BBC commentator said, if you go back 40 years it would be unthinkable to have such a high turnover of Prime Ministers in such a short t...

Ralph Jackman thought he'd seen plenty during a career that took him from the war in Bosnia to the world of elite sport. But nothing quite prepared him for his first day as a teacher at Melbourne's Parkville Youth Detention Centre, when a student threatened to kill him. Teaching the boys inside gave Jackman an education of his own. He came to see young offenders not as headlines or statistics, but...

Let's talk about what's good to watch on the smaller screen now - actor Michelle Langstone is with Emile to share what she's been watching. Tip Toe - TVNZ+ Tea with Judi Dench - Neon [picture id="4JMS88I_tip_toe_webp" crop="16x10" layout="full"] 

It's time for our weekly Expert Feature, where we get an expert in their field to answer all your questions. Today we're talking about drug smuggling in New Zealand, and the people who police it. Despite our remote location, New Zealand remains a surprisingly attractive market for organised crime groups, with customs officers regularly intercepting everything from methamphetamine and cocaine to ca...

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Joining Emile to share her thoughts on the game so far and what we can expect from the next half is Former Football Fern and current Head of Girls Academy at Auckland's Western Springs Football Club, Katie Rood.

Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join them to be part of their delight, or to simply despair. Wallace will also preview what's on The Panel tonight. [picture id="4JO9WD2_Jesse_and_Wallace_Silly_jfif" crop="16x10" layout="full"] 

Would it surprise you to learn that New Zealand's workplace fatality rates are way higher than other developed countries? And by way higher - we mean twice the rate of Australia and five times that of the UK. That's according to the annual ACC injury report that came out in the last few days. To discuss why and what could be done to change our death and injury rates, Emile is joined by Chris Peace...

During last week's 'scrutiny week' - where the Government opens its books to review department spending and performance - the spotlight fell on NZ defence spending and capability. At the select committee for foreign affairs, defence and trade, it was revealed that our army's land combat capability has fallen to 45%. The picture's not that much better at sea, where we're sitting at 57% of our 'wate...