Afternoons for Tuesday 1 March 2022

 

1:20 Disabled community at risk from Omicron

The Disability Rights Commissioner at the Human Rights Commission has grave concerns about people's attitudes towards the omicron variant of COVID -19.

Paula Tesoriero is worried that people are now just saying 'oh well we'll all get it' thinking it's as a mild as a common cold, whereby for people with disabilities it can put their lives at risk.

The commissioner speaks to Jesse about why people should not be letting their guard down.

1:30 Labour party endorses as Efeso Collins Auckland mayor hopeful

The Labour Party has given its endorsement to Efeso Collins in his bid to become the Auckland's mayor at this year's local body elections.

The Manukau councillor confirmed he would be putting himself forward for the job before incumbent, Phil Goff, announced he was stepping down from politics.

New Zealand Herald senior writer, Simon Wilson, talks to Jesse about what the Labour Party endorsement means and why they had a change of heart.

1:40 Classic New Zealand games repurposed and updated for the latest generation

Little Man Big World is a fun concept from Aaron Ryan who's taking the classic kiwi games which were popular between the 1970s and 90s and giving them an update.

He's also trying to make them more appealing to our latest generations which have the world at their finger tips online!

Aaron talks to Jesse about his twist on old school yard games.

1:50 Relationships with Hannah Korrel

Today neuro-psychologist and clinical psychologist Hannah Korrel talks to Jesse about what to do if a couple breaks up and you're friends with both parties. Do you have to pick a side or do you just stay quiet about continuing your friendships when they're no longer together.

2:10 Book Critic: Catherine Ross

Today librarian at Diocese School for Girls in Auckland talks about books with a New Zealand author theme.

She talks to Jesse about In Our Own Backyard by Anne Kayes and White Lies and Māori Legends and Fairytales by Falstaff Dowling-Mitchell, both aimed at 10 to 12 year olds.

She's also recommending for 12 years and older Legacy by Whiti Hereaka and Falling Into Rarohenga by Steph Matuku.

For readers 14 and over, Catherine's got two recommendations as well, with Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz and The Way The World Ends by Lucy Miles.

You can read her recommendations in full on her blog: https://thebibliognostbampot.blogspot.com/

2:20 Crowd sourced music with a 'stormy' theme

Today's music feature is all about tracks chosen by our audience. We called for listeners' suggestions of storm related songs.

We have collated a great list to play out on the show today.

3:10 Parenting in the digital age

For every parenting problem, real or imagined, there's an app or gadget; designer breast pumps, sleep tackers, baby monitors. Sophie Brickman is a Mum and journalist who found navigating the digital parenting world a challenge and wondered what all the tech was doing to her children.  She talks to the experts about how to use technology to raise children in her book Baby, Unplugged: One Mother's Search for Balance, Reason, and Sanity in the Digital Age.

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Witness

In June 2012 one of the solar system’s rarest of astronomical events took place, when it was possible to see the planet Venus fly past the face of the Sun. It appears when the orbits of Earth and Venus momentarily line up, but that happens only four times every 243 years. Astronomers in Australia, London and Hawaii tell Nick Holland what it was like watching the sight, one they will never get to see again because they won’t be alive when it next reappears in the year 2117.

3:45 The Panel with Lynda Hallinan and Anton Matthews