Afternoons for Monday 14 February 2022

 

1:20 Auckland mayoralty up for grabs after Goff retires

Auckland Mayor, Phil Goff, today confirmed a widely known secret, that he would not be standing again for mayor in this year's local body elections.

New Zealand Herald senior writer, Simon Wilson, talks to Jesse about who else may put themselves forward for the position and what he thinks the city needs the most from Goff's replacement.

1.30 The 'founding father' of the MetService: Edward Kidson

Following on from a weekend of wild weather, we look back at the history of our MetService and the man who's become known as the founding father of the organisation.

Edward Kidson was Director of the Meteorological Service of New Zealand, as it was then known, from 1927 until his death in 1939.

Jesse speaks to meteorologist, Ciaran Doolin, who's been awarded a scholarship to study Kidson and his work. 

1.40 Coping with the hype of Valentine's Day 

Valentine's Day brings with it images of red roses, foil-wrapped chocolates and couples lingering over a candle-lit dinner.

But in reality, it can be a stressful and expensive time for many. 

Massey University clinical psychologist Dr Kirsty Ross has just written about this and joins Jesse for a chat.

1:45 NZ album chart history

Today we go back to February 1982 when Business as Usual from Men at Work hit number one in the New Zealand charts. We play some of the tracks from that EP, including the well known, Land Down Under.

2:10 Television Critic: Linda Burgess

Linda talks to Jesse about the Ted Lasso series on Apple TV,  The Gilded Age - Julian Fellowes on Neon, and Afterlife Season 3 on Netflix.

2:20  Australian Correspondent Brad Foster 

Sydney-based Brad Foster talks to Jesse about the latest on COVID cases across the Tasman. Right now Queensland has the unenviable position of the most cases in Australia. He also gives the details of why New South Wales nurses are going on strike tomorrow.

2:30 Expert: Dr Willem de Lange talks tsunami

When the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, in Hawaii issues a Tsunami Watch bulletin to the New Zealand's National Emergency Management Agency, it convenes a panel of tsunami experts to assess the hazard and decide whether to warn the country.  One of those experts is Dr Willem de Lange, from Waikato University. We dive deep into the science behind tsunami and find out all about them.

3:10 How to get work life balanced, some tips!

Nobody in the history of humanity has ever achieved work-life balance, says writer Oliver Burkeman. The average human life span is about 4000 weeks, so we need to learn how to make the most of our time by knowing how to neglect the right things in a world with relentless distraction. Oliver offers his advice for negotiating impossible demands on our time in his new book, Four Thousand Weeks. 

3:35 Voices

In the second of this years Voices series,  Kadambari Raghukumar is talking about botany and one Japanese woman's sheer focus on a New Zealand native tree and how that shaped her career so far.

3:45 The Panel with Kathryn Graeme and Phil O'Reilly