Afternoons for Wednesday 27 July 2022

 

1:15 Relief teachers in short supply

New data has revealed there was a 34 percent drop off in the availability of relief teachers in primary schools between 2012 and 2021.

On top of this, COVID-19 and other winter illnesses have forced many schools to resort to blending classrooms, remote learning or closing for several days because they can't secure relief teachers.

NZEI Te Riu Roa President Liam Rutherford talks to Jesse about the impact the shortage is having.

1:25 Manawatū student nominated for his work empowering young refugees

Manawatū student Ali Muhammad has been named amongst this year's Impact Awards nominees for creating opportunities to empower refugee youth.

Last year he launched SportsFest, an event that aimed to give refugees aged between 14 and 22 an intro to games like basketball, football, netball, and touch rugby.

For his work he's been nominated for an award in the wellbeing category, which will be announced in Wellington this Saturday. Ali talks to Jesse about the recognition and his work.

1:35 Ban on some exotic parrots species is imminent in Auckland

Auckland is one week away from imposing a ban on breeding, buying and selling some parrot species.

From September 1, ringneck parakeets, rainbow lorikeets and monk parakeet species will be banned in the Auckland region.

NZ President of the Parrot Society Hayden van Hooff talks to Jesse about what that will mean for current owners and breeders of those species.

1:45 World Ranger Day coming up

This Sunday is World Ranger Day, the anniversary of the founding of The International Ranger Forum.

Oceania International Ranger Federation representative, Jolene Nelson, talks to Jesse about their organisation, what a ranger does and the upcoming inaugural Oceania Ranger Forum being held in Rotorua later this year

2.12 Podcast Critic: Kim Moodie

Today RNZ journalist Kim Moodie joins Jesse to talk about the podcasts she's been listening to.

She tells Jesse about the Radiolab podcast and the New York Times' new first person podcast series.

2:25 Bookmarks with Chris Parkin

Our guest on bookmarks today is businessman and philanthropist Chris Parkin. This year marks 10 years since he established the Parkin Drawing Prize, in which the winner is awarded $25,000. He'll talk to Jesse about why he continues to support drawing in Aotearoa.

3:10 From Crypto-queen to wanted criminal, the downfall of Dr Ruja Ignatova

There was a time when Dr Ruja Ignatova was like a rock star, with fans flocking to Wembley arena to hear her talk about Onecoin, her cryptocurrency she said would kill Bitcoin. Now she's on the FBI's 10 most wanted list, accused  of defrauding unsuspecting investors out of  billions dollars all over the world, including New Zealand. Journalist Jamie Bartlett has been following the woman known as the Cryptoqueen for years. He calls OneCoin an old-fashioned pyramid scheme with a cryptocurrency cherry on the top. First he did a popular BBC podcast about Ignatova and now a new book called The Missing Cryptoqueen Hundreds of Countries Billions of Dollars One Lie.

3:35 Stories from Our Changing World

Coming up on Our Changing World, Claire Concannon meets a University of Waikato researcher investigating the tools bacteria from the Antarctic Dry Valleys use to keep their DNA safe. 

3:45 The Panel with Catherine Robertson and Phil Taylor