Afternoons for Wednesday 19 May 2021

 

1.12 First Song:

 

1:17 Southland Council urged to rethink mining exploration permit

A youth environment group is calling for the Southland District Council to rethink a decision that will allow further coal exploration in Southland. 

Forest & Bird Youth says the Council should have consulted the community first. 

Its chief policy lead George Hobson tells Jesse about the group's concerns.

1.25 Dave Hansford's new podcast Fight For the Wild

RNZ has launched a new podcast series this month, Fight For the Wild. 

Dave Hansford is one of the creators of the series which takes viewers into the wild heart of Aotearoa and documents the desperate battle to protect it.

Dave joins Jesse from Nelson to have a chat about his new project.

1:35 Wellington's Face to Face festival 

Heard of a bar crawl? Well, what about an art crawl?

That's on the table for Wellingtonians with a new festival launching - the Face to Face Portrait festival.

The co-directors of Bowen Galleries - Jenny Neligan and Penney Moir- tell Jesse how it works.

1:45 Te Huia train service review

The Te Huia train service between Hamilton and Auckland has been running for more than a month now.

One of those using the service is NZ Herald journalist and podcaster Frances Cook, who lives in Hamilton. 

She joins us on the show to share her verdict on the new service.

1:55 Afternoons Quiz Robert Kelly

RNZ producer and onetime bookseller Robert Kelly presents his weekly quiz.

 

2.12 Podcast Critic: Paul Bushnell

Today Paul Bushnell reviews Short-Run podcasts

 

2:25 Bookmarks with Helen Yeung

Helen Yeung is a Hong Kong-Chinese writer, feminist, community organiser, and zine-maker.

She's joining us today for our Bookmarks  to talk about her work and what she reads, watches and listens to in her downtime.

3:10 Justine Cullen's publishing PTSD after working in fashion magazines

Justine Cullen admits, she has a touch of publishing PTSD after 5 years as the editor in chief of Elle magazine in Australia. She shares a peak behind the pages of the magazine where publishers  asked to lighten the skin of Beyonce for the cover, and refused to even let Rebel Wilson on the cover because of her weight. Cullen's  memoir is a series of candid stories about the compromises for the magazine and in her life  that took the shine off her dream job. It's called  Semi-Gloss: Magazines, Motherhood and Misadventures in Having It All. 

3:35 Stories from Our Changing World

Fight for the Wild is a documentary film & podcast series exploring the notion of Predator Free 2050 in Aotearoa.

Remove and Protect is episode 2 of the podcast series, presented by writer Dave Hansford, in which he reveals what Aotearoa means to do about the losing battle for our wildlife.

In part 2 of ‘Remove and Protect’, Dave looks at some ingenious new tools — smart, autonomous devices that are already changing our idea of what’s possible and what’s affordable for wide-scale pest control.

Made possible by the RNZ/NZ On Air Innovation Fund.

3:45 The Panel with Caroline Daley and Ben Thomas