Afternoons for Wednesday 25 March 2020
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Covid-19 update - State Of Emergency declared
1:02 PM.Sarah Stuart-Black, Director of Civil Defence Emergency Management, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health, Peter Elms, Immigration NZ national manager and Paul Stocks, Deputy Chief… Read more Audio
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Midwifery and pregnancy under level 4 restrictions
1:33 PM.We’re all adapting our lives today as we head into the lockdown from midnight tonight. But what if you’re pregnant? Jacqui Anderson is the acting Chief Executive of the College of Midwives.
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Thousands of Brits trying to leave NZ
1:40 PM.There could be up to 20,000 British nationals in New Zealand who want to get home, the British High Commission says. Read more Audio
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Children's writing competition kicks off early
1:49 PM.For several years now a group of New Zealand authors have been running a children's story-writing competition, and this year the competition is kicking off early. Read more Audio
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Podcasts to survive the Pandemic
2:09 PM.Katy Atkin reviews Best Friends, How Did This Get Made? Take Me There, Urgent Care and Entry Level. Audio
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Bookmarks: Louise Tanguay of The Sleep Store
2:22 PM.Today in Bookmarks we are talking about the world of sleep. Sleeping babies that is and hopefully sleeping parents too. Louise Tanguay together with her partner Matt Anderson, started the Sleep Store… Read more Audio
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Prime Minister speaks as State of Emergency declared
3:02 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she has one simple message for New Zealanders on the eve of an unprecedented lockdown - 'stay home'. Audio
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David Ropeik - Fear makes us stockpile in Covid-19 pandemic
3:27 PM.Fear and facts have a very rocky relationship. Right now fear about Covid 19 is making us feel powerless to assess the risk of doing something as simple as going to the supermarket according to David… Read more Audio
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Air pollution - the invisible killer
9:06 PM.GNS Science monitors levels of air pollution around New Zealand, especially small particles that can have severe health effects. Read more Audio
1:20 Stories from around New Zealand and the World
2.10 Podcasts to survive the Pandemic
Katy Atkin reviews Best Friends, How Did This Get Made? Take Me There, Urgent Care and Entry Level. More top podcast picks from Katy are here.
2:20 Bookmarks: Louise Tanguay of The Sleep Store
Today in Bookmarks we are talking about the world of sleep. Sleeping babies that is and hopefully sleeping parents too. Louise Tanguay together with her partner Matt Anderson, started the Sleep Store in 2006. They have built a massive library of articles and forums and videos just for parents of newborns and toddlers and big kids and everything in between. Louise joins us on the phone from her Auckland warehouse where she's been frantically filling orders to be couriered off before the shutdown deadline.
Louise Tanguay Photo: The Sleep Store
3:10 David Ropeik - Fear makes us stockpile in Covid-19 pandemic
Fear and facts have a very rocky relationship. Right now fear about Covid 19 is making us feel powerless to assess the risk of doing something as simple as going to the supermarket according to David Ropeik. He's a retired Harvard professor and expert in risk communication. He explains why we're hoarding toilet paper and what we can do to minimize the risk of overreacting.
Queues at Mt Wellington supermarkets after it was announced the country is moving into alert level 3 and then 4 in the next few days. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly
3:35 Stories from Our Changing World. Air pollution - the invisible killer
World-wide, air pollution contributes to the premature deaths of more than 7 million people each year. GNS Science monitors levels of air pollution around New Zealand, especially the small particles that can have severe health effects.
3.40 New music: Ashley Alexander - Lunar Phase
Lunar Phase is the third single from Auckland-based artist Ashley Alexander's upcoming EP The Sun For Too Long. Jesse will be talking to Ashley by phone about both the track and the EP, which he says is his coming of age as an adult.
Ashley Alexander Photo: Supplied
4:00 Checkpoint lockdown special
Music played in this show
SONG:
Title: Sensitive For A Smile
Artist: Herbs
Played: 13:54
MUSIC FEATURE:
Title: Team
Artist: Lorde
Played: 14:22
Title: Black Eyed Man
Artist: Cowboy Junkies
Played: 14: 38
Title: Learning to Fly
Artist: Tom Petty &The Heartbreakers
Played: 14:57
