Afternoons for Thursday 8 December 2022

1:15 Scion recognised at the Science NZ Awards

Scion a research company that specialises in developing science and technology for forestry, was honoured at the Science New Zealand Awards earlier this week.

Among the award winners was principal researcher Dr Mike Watt, who received an individual Lifetime Achievement award for his leadership in forest science.

Earlier this year he also presented at the ForestSATconference in Berlin.

Dr Watt talks to Jesse.

1:25 Making mountain biking accessible to toddlers

Most parents have felt the pain of going for a family outing and realising their youngest is too little to take part in a particular activity.

For Dan Necklen that activity was mountain biking.

So he went to his product developer mate Tom and asked him to create something for a bike that would allow his three year old to ride along.

Kids Ride Shotgun general manager Tom Hayward talks to Jesse about the company and their success.

1:35 West coast producing top athletes - is there a secret?

If the West Coast of the South Island were a parent - it would be punching well above its weight in producing some of Aotearoa's most successful athletes.

Among the talented pool to have originated there is Ruby Tui, Ruth Croft and Paul Coll. Josh Komen's a resident too and he's been having a close look at what makes the region so special when it comes to sporting success.

He talks to Jesse.

1:45 Great album

2:10 Music Critic: Colin Morris

Today Colin talks to Jesse about music from Arcade Fire and Old Crow Medicine Show.

2:25 NZ Sporting History: Ruth Croft

Today's NZ Sporting history is about ultra-marathon running.

Last year Ruth Croft won the Tarawera Ultra Marathon, the first person - man or woman - across the line.

This made her the first woman ever to claim the outright title.

And if 102 kilometres wasn't enough, this year she went to California and won the female title in the 2022 Western States 100 MILE race - that's 161 kilometres.

Ruth talks to Jesse about getting started in the extreme sport and becoming so good at it.

3:10 Link 3

3:15 Solving the World's Problems with Simon Wilson

Today New Zealand Herald senior writer Simon Wilson talks to Jesse about everything suddenly becoming a crisis, and if are there really that many around to worry about.

3:20 History with Dr Grant Morris

This week Dr Grant Morris looks at the history of entrenchment and supreme law in NZ after the NZ Government backed down on its controversial entrenchment clause in the 'Three Waters' bill.  But what is entrenchment and how does it fit into our constitutional history? Dr Morris explains.

3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness

On the 22 July 2005, unarmed Brazilian man Jean Charles de Menezes was shot dead by anti-terrorism police in London. He was shot because he was mistaken for terrorist Hussain Osman who had been involved in a failed suicide attack just 24 hours previously. The killing made headlines all over the world, and Jean Charles' family demanded justice. Matt Pintus has been speaking to Jean Charles' cousin and best friend, Patricia da Silva.

 

3:45 The Panel with Anna Dean and David Farrar