Afternoons for Tuesday 21 September 2021

 

1.00 COVID update LIVE

1:17 Helping working parents get through lockdown

Many parents are doing it tough right now with juggling work from home and parenting duties...especially in the Auckland region.

So we've invited working parent advocate Emma Mclean, who's the founder and chief executive of Works For Everyone, to share some tips with us. 

If you have any questions text in on 2101 or email jesse@rnz.co.nz

1:27 Emily Benefield: The joy of collage 

The thought of chopping up books may sound like sacrilege to many of us readers, but what if it was for art? Wellington collage artist and librarian Emily Benefield has been doing just that for her upcoming exhibition at The Thistle Hall in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. She joins Jesse to explain where she sees the line between destruction and creation. 

1:35 Possums causing pandemonium in Parnell 

Now to a "plague" of possums causing some trouble in inner-city Auckland. Self-described "enthusiastic amateur" Bill Kearsley has taken matters into his own hands and been trapping possums in Parnell. 

1:50 Tech Tuesday with Daniel Watson

Every Tuesday we speak to Daniel Watson, the owner and general manager of Vertech IT Services. We are again talking about scams this week. He can also answer any questions you have on text 2101 or email jesse@rnz.co.nz.

2:10 Book Critic: Catherine Ross

Librarian at Diocesan School for Girls, Catherine Ross has another amazing list of books for young people to read this week. Her theme this week is 'Remixes'. Here are her recommendations.

For Ages: 10-12 years: Twisted Tales series, 'So This Is Love' by Elizabeth Lim,  'Mirror Mirror' by Jen Calonita, Once Upon a Dream by Liz Braswell.

For Ages 12+:   Pride, by Ibi Zoboi and These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

For Ages 14+: Hogarth Shakespeare Series, 'Vinegar Girl' by Anne Taylor, 'Hag-Seed' by Margaret Atwood, 'Dunbar' by Edward St. Aubyn, 'Macbeth' by Jo Nesbo and New Boy by Tracy Chevalier.

You can also read other reviews by Catherine on her blog.

2:20 Looking back to The Big Day Out

Music lovers would plan their leave and travel in advance every year The Big Day Out played in Auckland.

The festival attracted some of the biggest names in music at the time in an all day line up.

Audioculture's Gareth Shute takes us through the history of the Big Day Out. You can see more of Audioculture's history of the festival here.

3:10 Epidemiologist Dr Larry Brilliant on bringing COVID under control

He helped eradicate smallpox with the World Health Organization, now renowned epidemiologist Dr Larry Brilliant has a strategy for getting  COVID under control.  He says it will take  acts of both selfishness and altruism to ensure poor countries have access to the vaccine.  He explains just how nasty the Delta variant is and what it takes to make a vaccine programme truly successful.

3:30 Spoken Feature: Witness History

It's 50 years since young squatters, artists and hippies broke into a disused military area in the heart of the Danish capital, Copenhagen. They set up a self-governing community called Freetown Christiania, which included its own theatre and kindergarten. Christiania quickly became one of Europe's biggest hippy communes, but it was also dogged by problems with drug-taking and dealing. Viv Jones speaks to Jon Bang Carlsen, one of the founders of Christiania.

3:45 The Panel with Jenny Moreton and Guy Williams