Afternoons for Friday 1 October 2021

 

1:00 COVID update live

1:20 Chief's cloak repatriated from the UK after 130 years

A cloak believed to have belonged to the celebrated chief Rewi Maniapoto is back in Aotearoa, after 130 years in the UK.

Kaawhia te Murahi from Ngāti Maniapoto talks to Jesse about having the taonga repatriate and its significance for their iwi.

1:30 Whitcoulls' top 50 children's books for the school holidays

With school holidays coming up some of you might be looking for ways to keep your kids entertained.

How about some new books?  Whitcoulls' book manager Joan Mackenzie talks to Jesse  about the Whitcoulls' Top 50 kids books.

1:40 Former All Black part of mental health platform, Clearhead.

Highlanders player and former All Black Nehe Milner-Skudder is part of a growing number of athletes speaking about the importance of mental health.

Most recently he's been sharing some of his stories and advice through the mental health platform Clearhead.

He talks to Jesse about why he's chosen to be part of this platform and the importance of culturally relevant mental health support for Māori.

Where to find help:
Need to talk? ( 1737 - free call or text)
The Depression Helpline (0800 111 757)
Healthline (0800 611 116)
Lifeline (0800 543 354)
Samaritans (0800 726 666)
Youthline (0800 376 633)
Alcohol Drug Helpline (0800 787 797)
What's Up? - Helpline for children and young people (0800 942 8787)

 

1:50 Ruby moves to no waste and increase its size range

The New Zealand label Ruby has announced that their newest collection from their label Liam will have inclusive sizing, and no production waste.

Sizing for the newest Liam collection will go up to size 24, and all of the offcuts will be repurposed.

Ruby general manager and Liam designer Emily Miller Sharma talks to Jesse about what the changes mean for the company and their customers.

2:10 Film Review with Ali Ventura

This week Ali has talks about Ride the Eagle, an American comedy film by Trent O'Donnell and French language film, Miss, which is on in cinemas to watch outside of the Auckland region.

2:20 NZ Live Replay: The Beths

This week we go back to July last year when The Beths stopped by to perform for us.

They were also celebrating the release of their second album, Jump Rope Gazers.

3:08 Spiced chicken and rice meatball soup

This week food stylist and writer Kelly Gibney shares a recipe for spiced chicken and rice meatball soup.

Not only is this an incredibly tasty dish, it's also very easy to make. You can find the recipe here.

3:16 Music 101: Charlotte Ryan

Charlotte Ryan, host of Music 101 here on RNZ each Saturday afternoon from midday talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and because Friday is new music day - she'll pick us a track to play.

3:25 Gardening with Lynda Hallinan

This week Lynda talks about crabapples... pretty (blossoms & fruit)  or pointless?

She also shares a recipe for crabapple cider.

3:35 Critter of the Week The New Zealand Bat Flea

Best known for blood-sucking and plague carrying, fleas are some of the world’s least-loved insects. But this week’s critter doesn’t dine on human blood: the New Zealand Bat Flea lives on pekapeka/long-tailed bats and is classified as a Nationally Vulnerable threatened species.

3:45 The Panel with Verity Johnson and Michael Moynihan