Afternoons for Thursday 30 June 2022

1:20 Bees lockdown in place after the varroa mite discovered in NSW

A parasite known as the 'varroa mite' is threatening Australia's bee population, sending New South Wales into a 'bee lockdown'.

They were discovered at the Port of Newcastle on Friday.

This is the first time they've been discovered in commercial colonies in Australia, but they have been detected in most other countries before, including New Zealand.

The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research and beekeper Michelle Taylor joins Charlotte to talk about how devastating the varroa mite is for be populations.

1:30 'Science of Hope' book recognised internationally

Today, most of the news we hear surrounding ecology and wildlife is doom and gloom.

But Dr Wiebke Finkler decided to approach it from a different angle with her book 'The Science of Hope: Eye to Eye with our World's Wildlife'.

Dr Finkler is a filmmaker and creative storyteller with a background in marine biology and science communication.

Her book was featured in the Scholastic school book magazine has just been awarded the 2021 Foreword Indies Gold Award for Ecology & Environment. She talks to Charlotte about their approach.

1:40 Good Grief back for a second season from tonight

Death isn't usually the subject matter for side-splitting comedy, but a New Zealand comedy show about two sisters who inherit a funeral home called "LovingTributes" from their grandfather does just that.

The second season of 'Good Grief' is available to stream on TVNZ+ today and the series will also be made available globally on AMC Networks' SundanceNow later this year.

Both series were written and created by Eve Palmer, Grace Palmer and Nick Schaedel. Eve talks to Charlotte about their success and getting their show into the US market.

1:45 Great album: Te Ao Mārama by Lorde

Today's link 3 winner will get a vinyl copy of Lorde's Te Ao Mārama - the te reo version of her Solar Power album.

It features five tracks translated from her original album, including the title track. Listen in for the link three songs and text your guesses into 2101.

2.05 Link 3

2:10 Music Critic: Matthew Crawley

Today Flying Out record store manager Matthew Crawley talks to Charlotte about music from Joan Shelley and Damien Jurado.

2:25 NZ Sporting History: History in the making with the tip off of Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa

For today's NZ Sporting history we're covering a history in the making moment from last night's tip off of the first match of the new women's professional basketball league, Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa.

Player Samara Gallaher was one of the players in the inaugural match, taking to the court for Southern Hoiho. She talks about taking part in the history making game as well as her own battle to get back in to the game after suffering several concussion injuries.

3:10 Link 3

3:15 Your Money with Mary Holm

Today Mary Holm's shifting her focus away from the woes of current Kiwisaver accounts to ways of curbing spending as the cost of living rises and mortgage interest rates increase.

We welcome any of your ideas and tips on ways to cut back on spending. You can text us on 2101.

3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness

In 1997 Hong Kong was a buzzing hub of capitalism surrounded by a communist state. It was also a colonial relic - still ruled largely from Britain. It was the job of former Governor General, Chris Patten, to hand it over to China. He tells Louise Hidalgo about it.

3:45 The Panel with Ruth Money and Chris Clarke