Afternoons for Monday 28 February 2022

 

1:20 Teen smoking falls but vaping on the rise

A small celebration in the fight against smoking. A snapshot survey by ASH shows that Aotearoa's daily smoking rate has hit an all time low.

The survey is one is one of the longest running surveys of youth tobacco and vaping behaviours in the world.

Emeritus Professor Robert Beaglehole joins Jesse to talk about the what they can take from this latest survey.

1.30 A look at our conservation volunteers and why they do it

Otago University researchers have had a close look at conservation volunteers to get a better idea of who they are and what their motivation for helping out is.

Lead author Aaron Heimann talks to Jesse about who these volunteers are and why they give their time to protecting the environment.

1.40 Dunedin's Best Cafe celebrates 90 years of seafood

A Dunedin cafe can potentially lay claim to being the oldest family owned and operated fish and chippery in New Zealand.

Founded in 1932 by Patrick Collins, his great-granddaughter Jessica Marks is currently running the business. She talks to Jesse about keeping the family business alive for 9 decades.

1:45 Number one album NZ charts history

Today's number one album in NZ charts history is from March 2000. The album is Supernatural from Santana and went four times platinum. We play some tracks from the hugely popular album, the 18th one to be recorded by the Latin rock band.

2:10 Television Critic: Emma John

Emma John talks to Jesse about Pam and Tommy on Disney, Inventing Anna on Netflix and Trigger Point, TVNZ on Demand.

2:20  Australian Correspondent Brad Foster 

Sydney based Brad Foster talks to Jesse today about the response from Australia over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He's also reporting that New South Wales and Queensland have been absolutely drenched with massive rainfall over the past week. He'll also update the COVID numbers.

2:30 Expert feature preserving

Preserving food has been happening for thousands of years, but has become less popular in modern times.

Our expert today, Kylee Newton, is hoping to reverse that trend and has written a book, The Modern Preserver's Kitchen to help bring back the art of preserving.

She's our expert guest today and can answer your questions on text 2101 or email: jesse@rnz.co.nz.

3:10 The Duran Duran story

They aren't just five pretty faces. 40 years ago, Duran Duran shaped the  music scene of the early 80's and defined the MTV era.  The Fab Five are among the 2022 nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Veteran rock journalist Stephen Davis looks at the ways 1970's Britain helped create the band that represents the 1980's around the world  in his book  Please Please Tell Me Now: The Duran Duran Story.

3:35 Voices

In this Voices episode, Kadambari speaks to a Zimbabwe-born scientist who grew up in a farming family, on his work in Canterbury.

3:45 The Panel with Jennie Moreton and Christopher Clark