Afternoons for Monday 1 November 2021

 

1:15 First song: Auckland Folk Festival 2022 to go ahead 

It was announced this morning that the annual Auckland Folk Festival will be going ahead in January next year over three days. 

Jesse talks to Finn McLennan-Elliott, who's the event's artistic director about who's lining up to perform and how confident he is that the festival will be able to go ahead. We also play a new track from one of the bands who're confirmed to play, French for Rabbits. 

1:20 Retail and hospitality keenly awaiting an alert level decision at post cabinet today 

A Government announcement is due later this afternoon on whether restrictions will ease in Auckland and parts of Waikato.

Retail businesses have asked the Government to move Auckland into step 2 of the Auckland roadmap this week. 

But it's not until step 3 of the roadmap that hospitality venues can reopen. 

Krishna Botica is the director of Comensa the umbrella company for a number of popular Auckland eateries, and the President of the Auckland Branch of the Restaurant Association. She talks to Jesse about what she's hoping for. 

1.30 Think Rural - a campaign to encourage young people to move to the countryside

If you're tired of the rat race and expensive living - It might be time to think of leaving the bright lights of the big cities. 

That's what the people behind a new campaign, launched today - are encouraging young people to do. 

Think Rural is an initiative supported by local councils around the country, and its aim is to attract young people to areas they might never have considered. 

Noa Woolloff is the National Programme Manager of the Mayor's Taskforce for Jobs, he talks to Jesse about the opportunities away from the big cities. 

1.40 Greenpeace launches new drinking water test 

A new mail-in service to test drinking water for nitrate contamination has been launched today. 

During winter 2021, Greenpeace ran several testing days in communities across Canterbury and Southland, testing over 400 bore-sourced drinking water samples for nitrate contamination.  Testing found high levels of nitrate in peoples drinking water in areas affected by intensive dairying.

With Covid restrictions making in-person testing difficult, Greenpeace is now offering to test water samples via a mail-in service. 

Greenpeace Aotearoa senior campaigner talks to Jesse about how the service will operate.

1:45 Great NZ Album

 

2:10 Television Critic: Guy Williams

 

2:20  Update from across the Tasman

Today from Sydney Brad Foster talks to Jesse about the first international quarantine free flights touching down again, filled with Australians who have been waiting to get back home. 

2:30 Haircare with Brad Lepper

Today we're learning about hair care with expert Brad Lepper.

Brad is a globally recognised stylist and is one of the core International Artists for Sebastian Professional and a GHD Brand Warrior.

With over seventeen years of industry experience, Brad is also the Creative Director and Owner of Auckland based salon, French Revolver Studio.

You can send your haircare questions to 2101.

3:10 Steven Van Zandt, number one at being the number two guy

Steven Van Zandt  is number one at being the number two guy.  A guitarist for the E Street Band with Bruce Springsteen and the underboss Salvio Dante to crime boss, Tony Soprano, his role adjacent to center stage has allowed him to pursue other passions. He walked away from  Springsteen just as the band was filling stadiums, but he found his calling as an activist, boycotting Sun City in South Africa and campaigning to free Nelson Mandela. His memoir is Unrequited Infatuations: Odyssey of a Rock and Roll Consigliere (A Cautionary Tale).

3:35 Voices

This week on Voices, Liz Garton finds out about a new refugee sponsorship programme that’s soon to be rolled out.

3:45 The Panel with Mary Margaret Slack and Ben Thomas