Afternoons for Thursday 7 April 2022

1:20 Calls for regulation on home delivery services

Access to alcohol, cigarettes and vaping products is a lot easier for under-age New Zealanders thanks to the home delivery services lacking any regulation.

Two recent Otago University medical graduates have broken down the spread and scope of on-demand deliveries for food, alcohol and nicotine over a four week period from April last year.

Those doctors, Brylie Apeldoorn and Hannah Miles talk to Jesse about what they have found.

1:30 Petition for our government to take action on Sri Lanka

The Sri Lankan population has been hit with shortages of food, medicines, fuel, gas, electricity... the list goes on.

When they tried to speak out and protest, the government blocked social media sites for 36 hours.

Now, a group of Kiwi-Lankans have launched a petition pleading our Government to take action.

Suveen Sanis Walgampola is one of those behind the petition, he talks to Jesse

1:40 Southland town in danger of running out of water

A small Southland town is in danger of running out of water unless residents make some drastic changes to how much they're using.

Mossburn, which is between Queenstown and Te Anau, relies on two bores for its supply and one of them has run dry.

Southland District Councillor John Douglas lives near the town and talks to Jesse about the dry conditions across the region.

1:45 Link 3 album: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever: Sideways To New Italy

Today's link 3 winner will receive a vinyl copy of the 2020 album from Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Sideways To New Italy.

The band are a five piece from Melbourne and have a rotation of three lead singers.

2:10 Music Critic: Jana Te Nahu Owen

Today Jana Te Nahu Owen talks about two local artists with new music. She's reviewing Te Kaahu's Waikato and Inside from Michael James Keane.

2:25 NZ Sporting History: Rowing 8 winning 1982 World Rowing Championships 

Today for NZ Sporting History we're revisiting a golden moment in rowing when the New Zealand eight won the 1982 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland

The victory was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1995... and this year marks the 40th anniversary!

Mike Stanley was one of the successful eight and is now the President of the New Zealand Olympic Committee. He talks to Jesse about their win and the impact it had on the sport. 

3:10 Link 3

3:15 Your Money with Mary Holm 

This week financial journalist and author Mary Holm talks to Jesse about the latest Canstar Consumer Pulse report. It shows that 55% of New Zealanders are spending more than they earn. 

She talks to Jesse about the impact that can have on people's lives and other shock information the survey unveiled about people's financial situations. 

3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness

It's 20 years since free diver Tanya Streeter attempted to set a No Limits world record by diving down to 160m and resurfacing, all on a single breath. She would have to survive the pressures of the deep and hold her breath for three and a half minutes. Tanya Streeter tells Alex Last how her dive very nearly tragically wrong. 

3:45 The Panel with Georgie Stylianou and Peter Fa'afiu