Afternoons for Friday 25 January 2019
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The Maes perform live
1:10 PM.The Auckland Folk festival is on this weekend, And headlining it is the Australian group, The Maes They're sisters - Maggie and Elsie Rigby - and they perform live in our Auckland studio. Audio
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The two-in-one predator trap
1:20 PM.Kevin Bain, the technical manager for NZ Auto traps talks about his trap with an award-winning mechanism which captures and kills both rats and possums. The trap is being taken up by DoC and local… Read more Audio
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Regional rugby boss leads campaign against family violence
1:30 PM.Only last year, Craig Calder spoke publicly for the first time in 50 years about the abuse his own father inflicted on his family. The South Canterbury Rugby CEO is leading his local clubs in taking a… Read more Audio
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Wasp Wipeout
1:35 PM.The group, Conservation Volunteers has joined the fight to take the sting out of wasps. Read more Audio
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Great album - Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl
1:45 PM.Great album - Van Morrison's Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl. Audio
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Film critic, Richard Swainson
2:10 PM.Richard gives us his view of Mary Queen of Scots and Green Book Audio
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NZ Live: RhodeWorks
2:20 PM.Three-piece bluegrass band Rhodeworks is made up of brothers Laurence, Sam and Nate Rhodes, whose ages range from 12 to 17 years old. With a lot of support from mum and dad, the brothers are forging… Read more Audio
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Growing microgreens and herbs on your window sill
3:20 PM.We don't all have big gardens to grow produce, so Lynda Hallinan has advice on the kinds of things you can successfully grow on your window sill Read more Audio
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Critter of the Week Isaria sinclairii aka ‘vegetable cicada’
3:30 PM.We kick off Critter of the Week 2019 with a Zombie-like cicada killing fungus. Read more Audio
1:10 The Maes perform live
The Auckland Folk festival is on this weekend, And headlining it is the Australian group, The Maes
They're sisters - Maggie and Elsie Rigby - and they perform live in our Auckland studio.
The Maes Photo: Wilk
1:15 The two-in-one predator trap.
Kevin Bain, the technical manager for NZ Auto traps talks about his trap with an award-winning mechanism which captures and kills both rats and possums. The trap is being taken up by DoC and local councils.
Photo: supplied
1:25 The rugby boss spearheading a change in attitudes towards domestic violence.
Photo: 123RF
The CEO of the South Canterbury Rugby Football Union Craig Calder tell his personal story of coming from a home dominated by an alcoholic, violent father and how he's aiming to educate rugby players about family violence using Te Hurihanga programme.
1:35 Wasp wipeout!
Wasps cost New Zealand millions of dollars a year in agricultural losses and ecological damage. Photo: CC BY 2.0 Martin Cooper
Today it's not all about rats and possums. We're also talking about getting rid of one of the other damaging pests in New Zealand, wasps. Conservation Volunteers has joined the fight to take the sting out of wasps. Programme manager Dave Sharp tells us all about it.
1:40 Great album - Van Morrison's Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl
2:10 Film critic, Richard Swainson
Richard gives us his view of Mary Queen of Scots and Green Book
2:20 NZ Live: RhodeWorks
Photo: Brooke Baker | Photo taker, Magic maker
The Auckland Folk Festival is on this weekend and today's NZ Live act is RhodeWorks. They're a three-piece bluegrass band made up of brothers Laurence, Sam and Nate Rhodes. With a lot of support from mum and dad the brothers, whose ages range from 12 to 17 years old, are forging ahead in the folk scene in New Zealand. Today's NZ Live will be a fun, high energy performance.
3:10 Food with Annabelle White
Annabelle shares two easy salmon starters
Salmon caper tartare Photo: Annabell White
3:20 Gardening with Lynda Hallinan
We don't all have big gardens to grow produce, so Lynda Hallinan has advice on the kinds of things you can successfully grow on your window sill
Photo: Flickr / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
3:25 Critter of the Week Isaria sinclairii aka ‘vegetable cicada’
We kick off Critter of the Week 2019 with a Zombie-like cicada killing fungus. This entomopathogenic microbe attacks and infects cicada nymphs and other burrowing resting insects.
DoC's threatened species ambassador, Nicola Toki tells us why this fungus is actually quite special
The Vegetable Cidada (a fungus) Photo: wikipedia
3:45 The Pre-Panel Story of the Day and One Quick Question
4:05 The Panel with Jordan Carter and Ella Henry.
From 4.30 we have a special youth panel discussing issues affecting young people and their thoughts on the future.
