Afternoons for Thursday 14 October 2021

1:00 COVID UPDATE LIVE

1:20 'Major breakthrough' in study of TB - Otago scientists

Otago University researchers are behind a major breakthrough in treating tuberculosis

Their work could lead to the elimination of the world's biggest infectious disease killers.

Professor Kurt Krause has been leading the team which has made the breakthrough. He talks to Jesse about what it means and why TB has been so hard to treat.

1:30 Ruby founder talks about her career change

Recently we had the clothing brand Ruby's general manager Emily Miller-Sharma on the show to talk about their new collection.The founder of Ruby, Lizzie Bayliss, was listening in!

She got in touch to tell us about how she changed careers to work in the education sector, and she recenly created a new journal called everyday - the first issue is out now.  

1:40 Regenerating Wellington's seaweed forests

A new project in Wellington aims to regenerate the region's seaweed forests.

Nic Toki mentioned the Love Rimurimu restoration project recently during Critter of the Week.

Mountains to Sea executive director Zoe Studd talks to Jesse about their work and what they're doing.

1:45 Great album

This week's link 3 winner will get a book as well as a vinyl album! To celebrate the 50th Anniversary Editions of the last Beatles album, Let It Be, we are giving away the latest remastered version. As well as the music we're adding in the book, The Beatles: Get Back (which is a companion book to Peter Jackson's upcoming documentary series.)

2:10 Music Critic: Flo Wilson

Today RNZ's own Flo Wilson talks about new music from Corin, Serpentwithfeet and Mitski.

2:25 NZ Screen History: Miss New Zealand

We revisit the glory days of local beauty pageant Miss New Zealand.

It was a must-watch television event complete with musical acts and million dollar lottery draws, and the winners were as famous as the All Blacks.

Jesse speaks to Neil Gussey, who is working on a new documentary about the shows history, and Elaine Daley who won the crown in 1963 and went on to place 1st runner up in the international competition Miss World.

3:10 Link 3

3:15 Solving the World's Problems with Dave Armstrong

Today Dave Armstrong's tackling a few Wellington issues. He's talking about the capital's climate following on from mammoth sea surges, bendy-buses as part of Lets Get Wellington Moving's plans and the latest district plan, a document that will to the city trying to intensify its housing.

3.20 History with Dr Grant Morris

This week historian Dr Grant Morris is discussing “Rēkohu, Moriori, and ways to discuss challenging history”.  He's just returned from a research trip to the Chatham Islands and there is also a new TV programme (which may cause some controversy) currently screening about the Chathams on Maori TV. It will also allow us to mention other challenging topics we have covered over the past few years and how best to approach them.

3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness

Norwell Roberts joined the Metropolitan police in 1967. He was put forward as a symbol of progressive policing amid ongoing tensions between the police and ethnic minorities in the capital. But behind the scenes, Norwell endured years of racist abuse from colleagues within the force. Norwell Roberts speaks to Alex Last about growing up in Britain and his determination to be a pioneer in the police.

3:45 The Panel with Jerome Chandrahasen and Ruth Money