Afternoons for Tuesday 22 November 2022

 

1:15 Brown kiwi released on Wellington's southwest coast

After four years of hard slog - a very special conservation milestone was reached on Wellington's southwest coast at the weekend - fulfilling a long held dream.

11 brown kiwi were released into the hills above Mākara - the first wild kiwi to roam there in about 100 years.

It's all part of the Capital Kiwi project and its mission to restore a large-scale wild kiwi population to the city's backyard.

The driving force behind the project - Paul Stanley-Ward.He talks to Jesse about how the kiwi have settled in.

1:25 Avatars used to make the world more accessible for the deaf community 

A New Zealand company is making the world more accessible for the deaf community with the use of AI Avatars.

The avatars, created by Kara Technologies can translate videos, audio, or text into a signed language.

Kara Technologies co-founder and CEO, Arash Tayebi talks to Jesse.

1:35 Confirmation the Tongan volcano was off the scale in size

Scientists have confirmed that the eruption of the underwater Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai volcano in January this year was truly off the scale.

It was the biggest atmospheric explosion registered on Earth in more than 100 years - so big it could be seen from space.

It produced a record volcanic plume and a tsunami which devastated parts of nearby Tonga.

A research team from NIWA recently travelled to the volcano to take a close up look.

NIWA marine geologist Kevin MacKay was the voyage leader, he talks to Jesse.

1:45 Tech Tuesday with Daniel Watson

Today owner and managing director of Vertech IT Services, Dan Watson, talks to Jesse about popular online scams to avoid this festive season and some great gift ideas for the tech lovers in your life!

2:10 Book Critic: Catherine Ross

Today Catherine talk to Jesse about books for younger readers with the theme Human Relationships.

For Ages 10 + she's reviewing Into The Volcano by Bess Butterworth, The Slightly True Sotry of Cedar B.Hartley, Who Planned to Live an Unusual Life by Martine Murray, Storm by Nicola Skinner and Say No to the Dress by Keren David.

For 13 years and over, she's talking about Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo and Dial 'A' for Aunties by Jess Q. Sutano.

You can find her full reviews on her blogsite here.

2:30 Crimes NZ: NZ's biggest ever fraud

Today on Crimes NZ we're going back nearly 60 years to investigate one of New Zealand's biggest fraudsters.

In 1966, a Salvation Army captain was steering a barge up Waitematā Harbour when he spotted a mysterious suitcase floating in the water.

It turned out to contain documents from Leidrum and Hartnell, a company that had recently opened a franchise in Auckland to sell cosmetics.

Problem was, the cosmetics never arrived, and the franchisee, Robert Gardner, had already left the country with a bag full of cash.

Joseph Sheehan BEM is a retired JP and former national head of the NZ Police's intelligence section, and was the detective sergeant put on to Gardner back in the 60s. He talks to Jesse about the extraordinary case.

3:10 Family secrets and the impact they have

Everyone has secrets. Sometimes they impact us in ways we can't predict. Six years ago, author and podcaster Dani Shapiro discovered one her family had kept from her. A DNA test revealed the man who raised her was not her biological father. She had always felt different, something that led her to become a writer of novels and memoirs that touch on family secrets, memoir and identity long before she knew about her own story. Now she's the host of  the podcast "Family Secrets" and she's just written her first novel in 15 years called "Signal Fires". It's about a family with a secret, a lie,  that will reverberate over the years and connect two families in unforeseen ways.

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Witness

In 1958, the late Swedish engineer Nils Bohlin invented the three-point safety belt for cars. It's estimated to have saved more than one million lives around the world. Rachel Naylor speaks to Nils' stepson, Gunnar Ornmark.

3:45 The Panel with  Anjum Rahman and Peter Dunne