Afternoons for Thursday 10 February 2022

1:20 From the scarfie life to the kings of beds!

They says simple business ideas are the ones that work, and that seems to be true for two former scarfies.

Angus Syme and Cam Leigh had just started their first year at the University of Otago, and came up with the concept of selling second hand beds to fellow students.

Now three years later after expanding their business nationwide, they're looking at hitting a million dollars revenue for the year.
 
Co-founder of the Flatpack Co, Cam Leigh talks to Jesse about the runaway success of their simple idea.

1:30 Connecting with neighbours before Omicron strikes

With potentially quite a few of us facing home isolation in the months ahead as Omicron spreads, it's a good time to think about the community and neighbourhood support that you may need.

Neighbourhood Support New Zealand believes we should all be setting up a community support group, if you haven't done it already.

Tess Casey - the Neighbourhood Support NZ Chief Executive talks to Jesse about how to be a good neighbour!

1:40 Secret Gardens website connecting gardening fanatics with private gardens around NZ

As people become more creative about making money under strict, and sometimes limiting, COVID rule, Jane Mahoney's found a way to help keen gardeners all over New Zealand monetise the hobby for others to enjoy.

In November she launched a website called Secret Gardens which is best described as a garden version of Air BnB.

She explains to Jesse how it works and how it's been going since its launch last November.

1:45 Link 3 album giveaway

Today's link 3 winner will be getting the very latest album from alt-J, due out tomorrow, called The Dream.  The album drop coincides with their announcement they will be doing a trans-Tasman tour in September this year. We have a couple of their singles to play on the show.

2:10 Music Critic: Dianne Swann

Today Dianne talks about new music from Don McGlashan. His new album, Bright November Morning, is out on February 25. It's his first new album since 2015 due to COVID delays. The third single, All The Goodbyes In The World, will be released tomorrow.

2:25 NZ Sporting History: All Whites make the 1982 FIFA World Cup

In our new Thursday series for 2022 - NZ Sporting History - today we go back to a defining moment for sport in 1982. For the first time ever, the All Whites qualified for the Fifa World Cup. Jesse Mulligan speaks to former All-Whites defender and Phoenix coach, Ricki Herbert, who was a member of that 1982 squad. He went on to coach the All Whites back to the final 28 years later in 2010.

3:10 Link 3

3:15 Your Money with Mary Holm

Today Mary talks about why everyone should be in Kiwisaver and how to do it well. She says that age is no barrier to having a Kiwisaver account. She also has some tips on how to keep an eye on your provider and the fees they are charging.

3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness

In 2005, a revolutionary online mapping service called Google Maps went live for the first time. It introduced searchable, scrollable, interactive maps to a wider public, but required so much computing power that Google's servers nearly collapsed under the strain. Lars Rasmussen, one of the inventors of Google Maps, talks to Ashley Byrne.

3:45 The Panel with Alexia Russell and Martin Bosley