Afternoons for Tuesday 5 July 2022

 

1:10 Women's cricket pay equity 

First today, a ground-breaking agreement has been struck which will see both New Zealand's professional women's and men's cricketers receive the same pay for the same work on the same day.

The five-year deal, which is the first in which the men's and women's professional environments have been combined in one agreement.

To explain, Jesse talks to New Zealand Cricket Players Association Chief Executive Heath Mills. 

1:20 First female NRL commentator

On Sunday afternoon The Warriors celebrated their first game on home soil in almost three years with a win. 

At the same time, New Zealand celebrated our first female NRL commentator taking the mic.

Honey Hireme-Smiler could be the first wahine to commentate an NRL game. She debuted on Sunday covering the 22 to 2 Warriors win over the West Tigers at Mt Smart Stadium. Jesse speaks with her about what it was like, and what it means to be the first female commentator in the sport she loves. 

1:35 State of Play: New Zealand's zero alcohol brewery

It's dry July and our next guest has just celebrated their two year soberversary and has redirected his love of beer into making New Zealand's first zero alcohol brewery. 

Jesse speaks to Auckland-based Grant Caunter, who is the owner behind State of Play Beer, about his alcohol-free journey. 

1:50 Relationships with Hannah Korrel

Today neuro-psychologist Dr Hannah Korrel talks to Jesse about worrying about your parents' cognitive loss and when to get checked for dementia.

2:10 Book Critic: Claire Mabey

Book critic Clair Maybe reviews 'THEY' by Kay Dick, 'Small Things Like These' by Claire Keegan, and 'Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donn' by Katherine Rundell. 

2:20 Music feature 

During our past few shows Jesse asked you to send us the song you chose to accompany your first dance at your wedding. 

We were overwhelmed with the amount of suggestions and wonderful stories we received, so thank you to everybody for getting in touch. 

Today we play a selection of those songs and hear from the people who chose them for their big day! 

3:10 The history of real life dinosaur hunters, what drives the search

Dinosaur hunters are real. Not the sort who battle them in the flesh like in Jurassic Park, but hunters who seek their bones. In the early 20th century, finding the greatest dinosaur of all, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, became the obsession of two men from very different backgrounds. Reuters senior reporter David Randall goes digging in the past to unearth the human story behind the search for prehistoric bones. It's the story of robber barons and opportunistic cowboys all searching for something buried for 65 million years that would help us better understand our planet. Randall's new book is called "The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World."

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Witness

In July 2010, the German cyclist Jens Voigt crashed while descending a mountain in the Pyrenees during the Tour De France. With his bike destroyed and his team support cars a long way up the road, Voigt borrowed a child's bike and rode the next 15 kilometres on it. He tell his story to Ashley Byrne.

3:45 The Panel with  Cindy Mitchener and David Slack