Afternoons for Monday 19 December 2022

 

1:15 Chicken Scene Investigators launched to combat Campylobacter

This Summer people are being urged to be very careful when it comes to cooking chicken.

In fact so serious is the ministry of Primary Industries about foodborne illnesses from chicken - together with New Zealand Food Safety they've launched a campaign called Chicken Scene Investigators.

New Zealand Food Safety Deputy Director General Vince Arbuckle talks to Jesse about their campaign.

1.20 Final rural telethon tally means 1.2 million meals for foodbanks

Last week we told you about New Zealands first rural telethon to raise over a million meals for foodbank parcels.

It took place on Thursday, and to tell us how it went, Meat the Need co-founder Wayne Langford talks to Jesse about their final count!

1.25 Tracking down her stolen wedding ring, Sacha Coburn's super sleuthing

Around a year ago, Sacha Coburn's wedding ring was stolen from her home.

She filed police reports, let the local Cash Converters in Hamilton know, and regularly checked in store hoping it would turn up.

On a whim, she checked again on Friday. She talks to Jesse about her sleuthing success.

1.35 Roving archery - a new fun sport to try

Archery's an ancient sport, maybe you've given target archery a go, but what about roving archery?

Kelvin O'Hara has a fascination with the traditional sport and origins of the equipment, which makes teaching archery a perfect side job.

Kelvin O'Hara talks to Jesse about his passion for the sport.

1:45 Number 1 album

 

2:10 Television Critic: Linda Burgess

This week Linda talks to Jesse about the Harry and Meghan documentary on Netflix and the airing of family laundry in the public arena. She's also got some views about White Lotus - but no spoiler!

2:20  Australian Correspondent Brad Foster 

Brad Foster reports on this week's funeral service in Brisbane for the two young police officers gunned down in rural Queensland, and football hooliganism in Melbourne over the weekend. He also describes the "vibe" in Australia in the week leading up to Christmas.

2:30 Expert feature: Crowd sourced Christmas 'hacks'

For our last expert feature of the year we've turned to some our best experts - our listeners!

A few weeks ago we had Hannah Blumhardt on the programme to talk about having a low-waste festive season.

Well, we were inundated with all of your best Christmas tips and we thought with just six sleeps to go, why not share them?

We also talk to Flip Grater about her vegan Christmas recipes, you can find how to make her cashew ricotta here and her mascarpone here.

If you have any tips you'd like to give, 2101 is the number to text or you can email me jesse@rnz.co.nz.

3:10 'Tis the podcast makers on Christmas controversies!

December the 25th isn't a date on the calendar, it's a way of life for three super Christmas nerds who jingle their bells year round.  Anthony, Julia, and Thom are the elves behind 'Tis the Podcast. Every week, they talk about one of the most controversial aspects of the holiday season, all those Christmas movies and TV specials. They share their list of naughty and nice holiday films as well as their thoughts for keeping the spirit of Christmas around longer than the decorations.

3:35 Voices

On Voices, Kadambari Raghukumar talks to Kerry Ann Lee on her career in design and her views on decolonising design as a matter of care.

3:45 The Panel with Georgie Stylianou and Simon Wilson