Afternoons for Wednesday 17 November 2021

 

1:00 COVID briefing and update LIVE 

 

1:20 Explainer: Covid-19 Vaccination Pass

Anyone who is fully vaccinated against Covid-10 can now request a vaccination pass.

The pass will be required to enter hospitality venues and access community, sport and faith-based gatherings.

A separate international COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate, which provides proof of your vaccination status in order to travel overseas, can also be requested now.

Ken Johnson, senior lecturer in computer science at AUT, joins Jesse to discuss the vaccine certificates.

1:30 Locals join together to battle sand mining off Pakiri Beach

Community groups are fighting against new consents for sand mining off Pakiri Beach, north of Auckland.

It's an area that has been mined for almost 100 years, and opponents are urging people to make submissions to Auckland Council against new consents.

Save Our Sand Mangawhai Pakiri spoksperson Jessie Stanley talks to Jesse about their opposition.

1:40 Queen of Muck book so popular, release date is brought forward 

Pre order demand has seen a locally written and published book bring forward its release date. 

The Queen of Muck was scheduled to come out in February next year, but was instead released yesterday, in time to make it under the tree for any young readers! 

Isaac Thackray talks to Jesse about his first book for children and why it's become so popular.

1:55 Afternoons Quiz Robert Kelly

RNZ producer and onetime bookseller Robert Kelly presents his weekly quiz.

2.12 Podcast Critic: Paul Bushnell 

Paul Bushnell talks about a very current monthly podcast exploring conspiracy theories today, and a fictional podcast which reveals a story of a vast conspiracy theory stretching back through millennia.

Armchaired and Dangerous and The Shadow over Innsmouth.

2:20 100 years of radio recollection 

This marks 100 years of radio in New Zealand. In the lead up to our on air celebrations we were asking listeners to send in their own memories. 

Today we hear from Auckland teacher Lesley Payne about her strongest radio memories.  

2:30 Bookmarks with Des Hunt

Today's Bookmarks guest is the award-winning author Des Hunt. 

Once a teacher who published science text books, he's now a prolific writer of young adult fiction set in some of New Zealand's most beautiful places.

His most recent book, published earlier this year, is the illustrated non-fiction book 'Inside Bubble Earth: Climate Change'

Des joins Jesse from his home in Matarangi in Coromandel to share some of his favourite things.

3:10 How to cope with the pandemic induced stagnation and emptiness!

It's not depression. It's not burnout, but it is something that could be described as the dominant emotion of 2021. It's languishing says organizational psychologist Adam Grant. He says the pandemic is causing more and more people to feel a sense of stagnation and emptiness and we need to re-think our approach to mental health to replace languishing with flourishing. 

3:35 Stories from Our Changing World

3:45 The Panel with Anna Dean and Nick Leggett