Afternoons for Friday 29 October 2021

 

1.12 First Song

1:20 Te Rūnanga Hauora Māori o te Moana a Toi call on all their descendants to get jabbed 

Te Rūnanga Hauora Māori o te Moana a Toi are pushing for as many members of their rohe of Bay of Plenty to be vaccinated as soon as possible. 

They are issuing an appeal for all descendants of Toi to reach out grab the vaccine for themselves and their whānau. 

The deputy chairperson of te Rūnanga is Kipouaka Pukekura, she joins Jesse to talk about their mission and goal. 

1:30 Changing the rhetoric around our COVID response without conflict

Psychologist Sarb Johal has written a blog to stress the importance of avoiding any toxic backlash when talking about the change in approach to COVID in New Zealand. 

He says its important to recognise how the change to a more hardened approach around vaccinations and the impact a move away from the current alert level system can have on people. 

Sarb talks to Jesse about how to keep engaging and encouraging people to be vaccinated without humiliating them or causing them to withdraw and go further underground. 

1:40 Old Man's Beard busters in fully swing in Upper Hutt 

Old Man's Beard - it's a pest plant that grows quickly, and smothers trees to death. 

It's bad in Upper Hutt - but fortunately Chris Cosslett and the Upper Hutt Busters of Old Man's Beard are on the case. 

If you want to join them in their efforts you can find out more at uhbusters@gmail.com.

1:50 'She Sheds' tours celebrating women creatives growing stronger every year. 

A dinner party, a series of studios and a chance conversation has led to an annual event in Gisborne which celebrates women creatives.

She sheds has grown from 5 sheds in 2016 to 40 this year!

Founder Cheryl Scott and organiser Margaret Hansen talk to Jesse about what their group is all about. 

2:10 Film Review with Dom Corry 

This week film critic Dom Corry is talking about Juniper, a new New Zealand drama released into theatres (outside Auckland) this week and The Green Knight, an acclaimed medieval fantasy that just went on to Amazon Prime Video in New Zealand. He also  gives his verdict on a couple of NZIFF premieres he's been able to view: Japanese sci-fi Beyond The Infinite Two Minutes and Kiwi documentary Fiona Clark: Unafraid.

2:20 Cartoon curator turned detective to solve a cartoon conundrum 

How do you track a cartoon? 

Sam Orchard is the Assistant Curator of Cartoons and Comics at The National Library of Aotearoa and he was presented with a conundrum. He talks to Jesse about turning into a cartoon detective to solve the mystery that arrived in his emails!

2:30 NZ Live: REPLAY. The Chills 

This week we go back to May this year when bands touring was still a thing! 

Iconic Dunedin Band The Chills were doing just that and were half way through their tour when they stopped by our Wellington studio to perform for NZ  Live. 
 
Their tour was to mark the release of their seventh studio album Scatterbrain.

3:08 Picnic pie!

A timely recipe today for people who are in alert level three regions, it's a picnic pie! Rose Langbein joins Jesse to talk about her take on her mum Annabel's famous bacon and egg pie. 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 

With many having a bit of extra time at home to indulge in a bit of gardening, today guru Lynda Hallinan talks about growing sweetcorn - a summer staple!

3:35 Critter of the Week: Crimson Jellyfish

Jellyfish are thought to be the oldest multicellular animals on the planet! They swarm our coasts in summer and are an important part of a healthy marine ecosystem.

This week’s critter is the tiny but beautiful Crimson Jellyfish, Turritopsis rubra, which is a relative of the immortal jellyfish, Turritopsis dohrnii.

3:45 The Panel with Nicky Pellegrino and Conor English