Afternoons for Thursday 15 December 2022

1:15 First song with Georgia Lines

For a special treat today we have the super talented Georgia Lines along to play a live first Christmas song!

Georgia's had a great year, winning breakthrough artist of the year at the Aotearoa Music Awards this year and had a massive hit with her EP Human which debuted on the charts at number 1.

She's also fresh back from spending a couple of weeks in LA. She's in the Auckland studio to perform Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.

1:25 'Time lords' gathering in Wellington

It's not just leap years we use to keep in sync with time... but also leap seconds.

However the "time community" has recently decided to remove the leap second from clocks by 2035.

Time Lord Adam Dunford from Callaghan Innovation came on the show a couple months ago and explained that the world is spinning faster for no apparent reason, making our days shorter.

He's back today to talk about why we no longer need a leap second in our calendars.

1:35 New Zealand's oldest yellow pohutukawa in full bloom

Although it might not feel like summer right now, we know summer's here with so many Pohutukawa tree's breaking out in blossum.

But they're not all red.

This year the huge yellow Pohutukawa tree at Okitu, in Tairawhiti Gisborne is in full bloom. And it could be the oldest yellow-flowering Pohutukawa in Aotearoa.

Guardian of the tree Nikki Searancke talks to Jesse about the magnificent tree and it's history.

1:45 Great album: In These Times from Makaya McCraven

Today's link 3 winner will get a vinyl copy of Makaya McCraven's latest album In These Times.

He's a Chicago based percussionist and composer. His album, released in September this year, was named as one of he best of 2022 by Pitchfork.

2:10 Music Critic: Matthew Crawley

 

2:25 NZ Sporting History: Marina Erakovic

This week for our NZ Sporting history we speak to tennis legend Marina Erakovic.

At just 19, Marina became New Zealand's Number One women's tennis player and later reached a career-high of number 39 in the Women's Tennis Association rankings.

Nowadays, she helps up and coming players through the Lavie Academy.

3:10 Link 3

3:15 Your Money with Mary Holm 

This week Mary talks to Jesse about the worrying state of the finances for the over 65 age group in New Zealand.

She's been looking at the latest data in the Retirement Commission's report which is released every three years. She says most concerning is that 40% of over 65s only source of income is NZ Superannuation.

3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness

In November 1975, the Australian Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, was controversially sacked by an unelected official in the country's biggest constitutional crisis. Many Australians were outraged and rumours spread that Buckingham Palace was involved. It became known simply as 'The Dismissal'. Paul Kelly was a political correspondent in the Australian parliament that day. He shared his memories with Ben Henderson.

3:45 The Panel with Sally Wenley and Guy Williams