Afternoons for Friday 26 August 2022

 

1:15 Annual poetry slam competition, introducing judge Tracey Slaughter 

The annual Afternoons poetry slam competition is back for 2022.

To celebrate the Phantom Billstickers National Poetry day we invite our listeners to come up with a six line poem using six words we'll reveal on air.

This year award winning poet and writer Tracey Slaughter is with us to judge who's the best poet of you all!

1:25 Cow cuddling as a therapy on offer in Australia

A farm south of Cairns, Australia is offering cow cuddles as a form of therapy to improve mental health.

Cow Cuddling Co at Goldsburough Valley is the creation of Lawrence Fox, who felt the healing power of cows for himself.

Lawrence talks to Charlotte about the calming effect a cow cuddle can have on people.

1:35 Does sleeplessness make us less charitable?

We all know that a lack of sleep can put you in a bad mood, but a new study has found it can actually make you more selfish too!

US researchers also found a link between daylight savings and charitable donations.

Eti Ben Simon from the University of California Berkeley authored the study and he talks to Charlotte about a lack of selflessness produced by sleeplessness.

1:45 "The Voice" of darts arrives in Hamilton for the NZ Darts Masters.

Hamilton is about to host some of the world's best dart players at this year's New Zealand Darts Masters.

After a two-year hiatus, the Masters has already garnered plenty of attention with thousands of tickets already sold.

Among those at this weekend's even is famous Darts Referee, Russ Bray is known by fans as "The Voice".

He talks to Charlotte about the competition and his role as referee.

2:10 Film Review: Ali Ventura

Today Ali Ventura reviews Beast and Day Shift.

2:20 NZ Live: Andre Smith

For this week's music guest, we're joined by songwriter, vocalist and guitarist,  Andre Smith from Heavy Chest.

Originally set up as a solo act by Andrew in 2017, it's grown to a three piece with Josh Brown on the drums and Davin Ojala on bass.

They've recently wrapped the South Island leg of their tour.

Andre stopped by with us with his electric guitar in the Tāmaki Makaurau studio earlier this week.

3:08 Vegetable Cobbler with a Crusty Scone Topping

Today Shared Kitchen founder Julie Biuso has a recipe dedicated to the people who've been affected by the recent bad weather events around the country.

She's got a budget friendly, easy to make, but comforting recipe for a vegetable cobbler with a crusty scone topping to share.

You can find out how to make this recipe at home by clicking here.

3:16 Music 101: Charlotte Ryan

Charlotte Ryan, host of Music 101 here on RNZ each Saturday afternoon from 1pm talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and because Friday is new music day - she'll pick us a track to play.

3:25 Gardening with Jo McCarroll

NZ Gardening magazine editor Jo McCarroll talks to Charlotte about why dahlias are such hot property in

3:35 Critter of the Week: The elephant weevil

The Elephant weevil, Rhynchodes ursus, is a stumpy little insect covered in velvety-orange fuzz that uses its bulbous rostrum (snout) to lay eggs in native trees.

Although the weevil larvae spend their lives tunnelling inside decaying trees, they're not safe from predators - one native parasitic wasp uses elephant weevil larvae as nurseries for its babies.

3:45 The Panel with Lana Searle and Chris Finlayson