Afternoons for Thursday 17 November 2022

 

1:10 First song: Coyote

Today we've got a treat with a live performance for first song out of our Christchurch Studio.

Amiria Grennell and Holly Arrowsmith perform together under the name Coyote.

Thye've got a special gig coming up at a boutique music festival beside the Oktui River on Banks Peninsula.

To talk more about the Birdsong Festival and other plans for the summer ahead - which, touch wood, is without COVID restrictions Holly and Amiria talk to Jesse.

1:15 Going back to the moon in an unmanned craft

 NASA's colossal new rocket has soared into space for the first time, sending a next-generation capsule on a crewless voyage around the Moon and back 50 years after the final Apollo lunar mission.

To discuss what this means and how space travel will look in the future, Jesse speaks to Haritina Mogosanu, the Executive Director of the New Zealand Astrobiology Network.

1:25 Identifying the early European settlers in an Otago cemetery

The remains of 27 early European settlers will once again laid to rest, six years after they were excavated from an Otago cemetery- but not before giving some insight into their lives.

The remains were found at Milton's St Johns Cemetery and dated back to the 1870s.

The project began after a local community group ap proached  Southern Archaeology Director, Dr Peter Petchey wanting to preserve and better understand site. Dr Petchey talks to Jesse.

1:35 Making Manawatū a more desirable tourist destination

Is Manawatū high on your list of must visit places?

If you answered no, then you're not alone, with a survey by the region's economic development agency finding than half of New Zealanders really didn't know much about the area.

But the Manawatū wants to change that perception, launching a new campaign Manawatū 2.0 promising to be "heaps better" than version one.

Giving us his best pitch on all things Manawatū, is chief executive of the region's economic development agency Jerry Shearman!

1:45 Great album: Working Title by Soaked Oats

Today we're giving away the next album due out tomorrow by Soaked Oats. It's called Working Title and they're going to be touring their latest work in Australia and Aotearoa next year.

2:10 Music Critic: Dianne Swann

Today Dianne talks to Jesse about new music from band Adam Hattaway and the Haunters. They're currently on tour and their final dates are in the South Island.

2:25 NZ Sporting History

For today's sporting history we're speaking to rowing legends Caroline Meyer and Georgina Earl.

Although, you may know them better as Evers-Swindell twins.

Caroline and Georgina, not only won gold in the double sculls in 2004 Olympic games in Athens, but in the 2008 games in Beijing, being the first duo in history to defend this title.

To talk about their journey to double golds and what they're up to nowadays, we have both Caroline and Georgina join Jesse on the show.

3:10 Link 3

3:15 Your Money with Mary Holm

Today Mary talks about 3 types of mortgages she's describing as clever. You also have a chance to win a copy of one of her two latest books. You cane enter by saying in 30 words or less who you would give the book to and why. You send the email to mary@maryholm.com. Her books are Rich Enough and A Richer You.

3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness

The 1 September 1939 was Kitty Baxter's ninth birthday, it was also the day her life and millions of other people's changed with the beginning of World War Two. Kitty was among the hundreds of thousands of children taken out of UK cities and into the countryside, away from the risk of German bombs. She's been speaking to Laura Jones.

3:45 The Panel with Alexia Russell and Johnny O'Donnell