Afternoons for Thursday 21 October 2021

1:00 COVID update live 

1:20 Calls for urgent protection for pink maomao fish 

A call to action for the protection of the pink maomao before it's too late...

Ngāti Hei kaumatua Joe Davis says it's just one of a number of fish species that need urgent legislative protection.

He talks to Jesse about how overfishing is driving the species towards extinction. 

1:30 Women in PR portrayed as 'monsters' in media - NZ research

New research has explored how women in public relations are depicted in television. 

In an article for the Media Culture Journal, researchers from AUT argue television programmes depict women in Public Relations (or 'PR') as "monsters".

We thought this was really interesting and have invited Deborah Pead, who's worked in the industry for more than 40 years, to get her thoughts on this.

1:40 Surfer's campaign to clean up local beaches 

A Bay of Plenty surfer on a mission to encourage Kiwis to help clean up their local beaches when they're out and about.

Luke McFarlane has set up a group called FulfilledNZ and wants to get the word out there to create a movement.

He talks to Jesse about how everyone can make a big difference through a small act.

1:45 Great album: Coming In From The Dark by Hollie Smith

Hollie Smith's first album in five years, Coming In From The Dark,  will be released tomorrow. We'll be giving a vinyl copy away to today's link 3 winner. 

2:10 Music Critic: Cas Saunders 

Today RNZ operator Cas Saunders jumps into the studio to talk to Jesse about some female NZ artists from the North Island. 

She'll be sharing some tracks from Danica Bryant, from Napier and GRACE , a 24 year old singer-songwriter producing Electronic Indie Pop from Auckland. 

2:25 NZ Screen History: Target 

For NZ Screen History today we look back at the consumer driven show, Target. 

The television show stoked fear and paranoia in the nation with its hidden camera trials of tradespeople, which exposed some shocking incidents over the years.

For more than a decade the show offered consumers advice about all kinds of products and services. 

Today former host, Brooke Howard-Smith and former executive producer Laurie Clark talk to Jesse about the show's impact during its decade on air. 

3:10 Link 3

3:15 Your Money with Mary Holm 

Today Mary is talking about IPO FOMO. Translated it means Initial Public Offerings when a new stock is launched and people feel they need to invest in them because everyone else is!

She talks about what you should be thinking of if you're keen on investing money in shares and IPOs. 

3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness

In 1969, the Canadian educator Laurence Peter published a best-selling work of business management theory called The Peter Principle. Alex Last report on how the satirical study of incompetence in the workplace, became a best-seller and is still in print today. 

3:45 The Panel with Mihingarangi Forbes and Andrew Hoggard