Afternoons for Tuesday 20 December 2022

 

1:15 UN 30 by 30 biodiversity agreement explained

The UN "30 by 30" Biodiversity agreement has been heralded "historic" by many.

But what will actually happen, and what does it mean for New Zealand?

Forest and Bird CEO Nicola Toki joins Jesse to explain what it means and how significant it really is.

1:25 World first at Dunedin Wildlife Hospital, hatcing Hoiho

Dunedin Wildlife Hospital recently achieved a world first, incubating and hatching Hoiho, yellow eyed penguin eggs in the hospital.

Unfortunately with their population steadily declining it's one of those instances humans have to step in to help out.

The result is eight happy and healthy hoiho chicks.

Director and Senior Wildlife Veterinarian, Dr Lisa Argilla talks to Jesse about their work and playing 'mum' to the baby penguins.

1:35 Gisborne Pony Club celebrating their 50th anniversary

This month Gisborne Pony Club celebrated their 50th birthday..

They celebrated with a 50h Jubilee sports event, with showjumping and cake.

Wendy Loffler was at the very first meeting 50 years ago and is now the Gisborne Pony Club sports coordinator. She talks to Jesse about the club's history.

1:45 Tech Tuesday with Daniel Watson

Today owner and managing director of Vertech IT Services, Daniel Watson talks to Jesse about the chat bot chatGPT uses in the office and what it means for the future.

2:10 Book Critic: Pip Adam

Today Pip talks to Jesse about books coming out in 2023 that she's excited about. 

Ruin and Other Stories - Emma Hislop (Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2023)

Lioness - Emily Perkins (Bloomsbury, 2023)

Vintage Contemporaries - Dan Kois (HarperCollins, 2023)

2:20 Music feature: The incredible success of U2

For today's music feature and we're talking about one of the best-selling music artists of all time- U2.

The band has released 14 studio albums and have sold an estimated 150-170 million records worldwide.

There's a lot to choose from, but with his best picks, music industry and professional writer, Marty Jones joins Jesse in the  Auckland studio.

3:10 Philippa Langley on finding King Richard the III's final resting place

Boxing day marks the beginning of the summer movie season, and among the offerings opening in New Zealand is the remarkable story of an amateur historian who made a blockbuster discovery 10 years ago.  Philippa Langley helped find the remains of  King Richard the III who died in battle 500 years ago. A new film tells the story of her own battle to be taken seriously and her relentless quest to overcome the doubters and re-write history. It's called The Lost King. We'll talk to Philippa Langley.

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Witness History

In October 2012, skydiver and former Austrian paratrooper Felix Baumgartner was watched live by millions as he ascended into the stratosphere in a helium balloon. He then jumped an estimated 38km from space back to earth. In doing so, he broke the speed of sound and the highest skydive record that had lasted more than 50 years. Felix tells Dan Hardoon about his big leap.

3:45 The Panel with