Afternoons for Wednesday 8 June 2022

 

1:20 Northland to elect three new mayors at the next elections

Concerns have been raised about the replacement of three mayors in Northland at the upcoming local body elections.

The incumbent trio throughout the region have all decided they won't be standing again, prompting an unprecedented leadership change.

Local government expert Dr Andy Asquith talks to Jesse about what the wave of mayoral change could mean for Northland.

1:30 Microplastics found in Antarctica for the first time

A New Zealand led study has found that there are microplastics in Antarctica, found for the first time during a survey.

Research fellow in Antarctic ice core climatology at Victoria University of Wellington Dr Holly Winton talks to Jesse about the implications of the pollution reaching the ice-continent.

1:40 Neko Ngeru Cat Cafē crowd funding for their new premises

A crowd funding effort is underway to get Wellington's cat cafe back and better than it was before.

Neko Ngeru has bought a two storey building in Lower Hutt to home their rescue cats and caretakers with plans for a cat cafe to open on the first floor.

There have been a few fish hooks in the plans by Ken and Richelle Okada to get their building renovated and they're hopeful their fund raising efforts on pledgeme will help to get the construction underway.

1:50 From building e-bikes in his garage to exporting around the world

A Nelson man decided there wasn't an e-bike on the market to suit him, so he built one himself in his garage.

Now Frank Witowski is looking at exporting his products to the northern hemisphere.

He talks to Jesse about how he's gone from a pet project to a booming bike business.

2.12 Podcast Critic: Paul Bushnell

Today Paul Bushnell has a look at podcasts which tackle history more cheaply than traditional documentaries are discussed by Paul Bushnell: Putin and Empire of Pain.

2:25 Bookmarks with Robin Judkins

Today's Bookmarks guest is the founder of the Coast to Coast race Robin Judkins.

Aside from organising the gruelling endurance event, he's also an artist, writer, documentary and music producer. He shares with Jesse what he likes to read, watch and listen to in his down time.

3:10 Children are becoming older at a younger age

10 is the new 13  for girls growing up today. There is so much pressure on them to leave their childhood behind well before they hit their teens says  Australian journalist and author Madonna King, whose been writing about these issues for 25 years.  And once those 10 year olds do become teenagers, the pressure doesn't stop.   King talked to 1,000  high school girls and 7 our of 10 told her mental health is their biggest challenges. She shares what she's learned from teens, parents and experts that  offers insights into the lives of our daughters and what might help them negotiate the complicated world they live in.  

3:35 Stories from Our Changing World

Coming up on Our Changing World - Claire Concannon climbs into a trench dug across a fault line to learn about the science of paleoseismology - finding the clues of past earthquakes in sediment layers.

3:45 The Panel with Lavina Good and Sam Johnson