Afternoons for Friday 28 January 2022

 

1:20 Dating game inspired by Bird of the Year

A Masters student at the university of Otago has created a video game based on New Zealand's beloved Bird of The Year competition.

It's a dating simulator called 'The Ugly Club' and features a selection of local fauna as characters

Asia Martusia King submitted the game as part of her Master of Science Communcation degree, and tells Jesse how it works.

You can test it out for yourself here.

1:30 New footage of Burt Munro unearthed in Invercargill

Rare footage of motorcycle legend Burt Munro has been unearthed in Invercargill

Local department store E Hayes & Sons is now home to Burt's World's Fastest Indian, and discovered the footage while preparing for the store's 90th birthday celebrations this year.

Marketing manager Nick Hawes is handling the footage, and tells Jesse why its special.

1:40 Counting the wild via bike

Ecologist Jon Sullivan is known for his Wild Counts where he documents the nature around him to keep track of any changes.

Earlier this week he went on his monthly 42km Port Hills bike ride, geotagging the species he came across on the way.

Jon talks to Jesse about what he's seeing.

1:50 Tapping into a truck driving think tank

A new is competition being run in conjunction with NZ Trucking Magazine and Resilienz - which asks Truck Drivers for their thoughts on addressing climate change from what they see each day in places most people will never go to. 

Resilienz director Lindsay Wood joins Jesse to tell us about the aptly named competition, Trucking Towards A Better Future.

You can find more information on the competition here.

2:10 Film Review with Dom Corry

Today Dom talks to Jesse about Licorice Pizza, Spencer and the latest Scream film.

2:20 Community gardening in Auckland's Wynyard Quarter

Local resident and gardener, Antony Phillips, joins Jesse to chat about how the community garden he helps run is going.

You can find more information on the Daldy St Garden here.

2:30 NZ Live Avantdale Bowling Club

This week's NZ Live replay goes back to 2018 when the Avantdale Bowling Club were in to perform for NZ Live.

3:08 Teaching children how to cook, child friendly recipes

Today food stylist and writer, Kelly Gibney has some recipes which children can make if they're keen on learning how to cook. She talks to Jesse about how to teach children to make Bonnie's Smokey Baked Beans and a Peanut Butter, Banana and Raspberry loaf.

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

Today Lynda's looking at ways to use up the excessive amount of plums which are all ripe around this time of the year.

She says peak plum season has come early this year due to the hot summer we've just had.

She also has some handy hints for people who want to grow their own plum trees.

3:35 Critter of the Week The giant Powelliphanta snail

Many New Zealander’s might know the giant Powelliphanta snails that can slurp a worm whole but there are other rare slimy hunters in our forests. This week’s critter is the critically endangered carnivorous snail Rhytida occonori that lives in just two locations in the beautiful Abel Tasman National Park.

3:45 The Panel with Nikki Bezzant and Guy Williams