Afternoons for Thursday 23 September 2021

1.12 First Song:

 

1:17 South Auckland business offers vaccination incentive

A family-run South Auckland business has come up with a novel way to encourage staff to get vaccinated.

Manukau Auto and Tyre Centre has been operating for more than 35 years but - like so many other businesses doing it tough - is looking at ways they can adapt to the 'new normal'.

Its general manager, Rob Stickland, speaks to Jesse.

1:30  Isklander trilogy: Blurring the boundaries of fiction and reality 

A new creative project launches today that could be the perfect distraction for those of us still in lockdown.

It's called the Isklander trilogy and is described as "interactive theatre" that blurs the boundaries of fiction and reality.

Co-creator Ollie Jones joins Jesse from the UK to explain how it works!

1:40 Coven theme for Wellington's 2021 Verb literary festival 

Wellington's favourite literary festival is on the horizon. 

The programme for November's Verb Reader's and Writer's Festival has been released today - and this year the festival comes with a special theme. 

Festival director Claire Mabey explains. 

1:45 Great album

2:10 Music Critic: Matthew Crawley

For today's music review Store manager at  Flying Out Records in Auckland, Matthew Crawley talks to Jesse about the plans for a 10th anniversary reissue of Tiny Ruins album, Some Were Meant for the Sea. He also talks about the latest album out from Lucien Johnson.

2:25 NZ Screen History: The early years of Shortland Street

Today in NZ Screen History we have a look back at the early years of New Zealand's longest running soap opera, Shortland Street.

It kicked off in 1992 and since then as hosted almost every actor in Aotearoa and included plots of abduction, affairs, fires, bombs, car crashes and devastating diagnoses.

Today Jesse talks to the original executive producer, Chris Bailey and first assistant director, Carmen Leonard.

3:10 Link 3

3:15 Your Money with Mary Holm 

This week Mary talks about ethical investing following on from a report by The Responsible Investment Association of Australasia which reviewed the investment practices of 27 financial institutions in New Zealand.

3:35 Spoken Feature Eyewitness

This week's episode of the RNZ podcast Eyewitness, this time, rugby legend Sir Bryan Williams on dealing with cultural obstacles in his two tours to Apartheid Era South Africa.

3:45 The Panel with Jo McCarroll and Martin Bosley