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Afternoons for Thursday 1 November 2018

Short Story Club

After 3pm we discuss a story by Marilyn Duckworth called Butterfly Smith

Email us your thoughts by 3pm. The writer of the best email wins a copy of The Writing Life

1:10 First song: Alae perform live

Alae

Alae Photo: http://alae.band

Auckland Indie pop band Alae have performed on the show before, and are back with us today as they've just released their debut album, Henry Street

Alae have had over 3 million Spotify streams for their singles so far, and are about to tour around the country

The band perform their new single All Gived Up in our Auckland studio

1:15 Diabetes sufferers stigmatised

A quarter of a million Kiwis have been diagnosed with diabetes, and a new study has revealed many of them face prejudice and stigma everyday. 

Some are discriminated against at work, others are judged for what they eat, and even for injecting crucial insulin shots they need. 

The report by Diabetes New Zealand is the first time stigma has been studied in the country. CEO Heather Verry is here to tell us more.

Measuring blood sugar level of child with a glucometer. (file)

Photo: 123rf

1:25 Sexual harassment in the Cook Islands hospitality industry

The Cook Islands are tourist hub, a place for people to unwind and soak up the culture and sights. 

Many communities rely on the tourism and hospitality industries but there's a problem, an underlying issue of sexual harassment. 

That's according to research by Lisa Sadaraka, programme leader for AUT's Bachelor of International Hospitality Management.

Lisa, a Cook Islander herself, has been looking into the causes, and the impact, of visitors sexually harassing hospitality workers.

Traditional Cook Islands dance costumes Credit: Bill Johnson

Contemporary Cook Islands costumes Credit: Tourism Cook Islands

Traditional Cook Islands dance costumes Credit: Bill Johnson

Contemporary Cook Islands costumes Credit: Tourism Cook Islands

Traditional Cook Islands dance costumes Credit: Bill Johnson

Contemporary Cook Islands costumes Credit: Expedia New Zealand

1:35 Bedtime stories from inside prison

Keeping whanau connected when a parent is in jail is important. It helps children know they are loved even when they can't physically be close. 

Bedtime Stories From Inside records Mums, Grannies, and Aunties at Arohata Women's Prison reading stories for their kids.

Kerryn Palmer runs the programme, and she tells us about their latest fundraising campaign.

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Photo: Facebook / Bedtime Stories From Inside

1:40 Great album: Fur Patrol - Pet

2:10 Theatre Critic

Lin Clark reviews Astroman at the Court Theatre

2:20 Your Money with Mary Holm - Mortgages

Mary answers listeners' questions about mortgages, including

- Fixed or floating, and how long a term?
- Should you put extra money into mortgage or KiwiSaver?
- Using KiwiSaver to buy a container house
- Reverse mortgage vs ordinary mortgage for retirees

What's the clever move to make with your mortgage?

What's the clever move to make with your mortgage? Photo: fantasista/123RF

3:10 Short Story Club

Claire Mabey joins us to discuss a story by Marilyn Duckworth called Butterfly Smith

Email us your thoughts by 3pm. The writer of the best email wins a copy of The Writing Life

Claire also updates us on Short Story Club live at Litcrawl Wellington this month

3:25 Tell me about your thesis: Disruptive Knitting

New Zealander Sue Green has just been awarded her PhD at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, it is about how knitters are changing the world

Nannas Knitting Nannas Against Gas coordinator Clare Twomey works on her knitting while locked onto an eight metre bamboo tripod over a gate to a mine site at Doubtful Creek in 2013 as protesters try to stop a convoy of trucks. Photograph supplied by Clare Twomey

Sue Green, a New Zealand-born Melbourne journalist and author of Disruptive Knitting: How knitters are changing the world

South Australian artist Makeda Duong uses knitting as an artistic medium to make feminist statements. These fine knitted lace and fair isle gloves are from her series The Duties of a Wife and incorporate the words: "laundry", "children", "washing", "cleaning". Photograph by Sue Green

Tash Barneveld in her Wellington store Holland Road Yarn Company. Through social media and the Internet she has built an international business and community of knitters, based in Wellington. Photograph by Sue Green

3:30 Spoken Feature

3:45 The Pre-Panel Story of the Day and One Quick Question

4:05 The Panel with Susan Hornsby-Geluk and Mike Rehu