Afternoons for Friday 31 March 2023

 

1:15 Professor Rangi Mātāmua Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year

Last night New Zealanders doing amazing work across a variety of fields and projects were honoured at the Kiwibank New Zealander of Year awards.

The 2023 winner of the title New Zealand of the year, Te Pou Whakaare o Aotearoa was named as Professor Rangi Mātāmua (Ngāi Tūhoe), who's been dubbed the man behind Matariki!

He talks to Jesse about his achievements and recognition.

1:25  World Avocado Congress to be held in Aotearoa

Kiwis are crazy for avocados, and so it makes sense that this year's World Avocado Congress is going to be held here.

Over four days in Auckland next week, more than 1100 people representing the avo industries of 32 countries will descend on the Aotea Centre.

They'll share strategies and trade secrets, and have bold discussions around the state of agritech, climate change, the impact of Covid, and more.

President of the World Avocado Congress Committee and CEO of NZ Avocado Jen Scoular talks to Jesse.

1.:30 Jury finds in favour Gwyneth Paltrow in ski collision lawsuit

Forget the Trump case - in the US there's been another court room drama gripping the world - Gwyneth Paltrow being sued by an optometrist claiming she skied into him causing life changing injuries.

A Utah jury has found that he wasn't to believed and ruled in favour of Gwyneth Paltrow who couter sued Terry Sanderson for one dollar and her legal costs.

Sanderson was seeking more than $US300,000 - down from the millions he originally wanted from the actress.

Worldwatch editor Perlina Lau talks to Jesse about the case.

1:35 Tourists encouraged to come back to Hawke's Bay

Hawke's Bay was one of the most affected areas when Cyclone Gabrielle arrived in February.

But now an audit of the main city has found 85 percent of visitor businesses are back open and operating as normal.

With that, local businesses are keen to welcome visitors back to the city to give their economy a much needed boost.

Hawke's Bay Tourism Chief Executive Hamish Saxton talks to Jesse about how visitors can help the region through its recovery.

1:45 Food waste highlighted in Waipā after discarded food served to councillors

Waipā District councillors were overjoyed when they walked into their Tuesday meeting and saw a glorious morning tea spread waiting for them.

Their joy turned to disappointment though when they were instructed not to eat any of the food, as it had all been pulled from local rubbish bags.

The plan was hatched by Waipā waste minimisation officer Sally Fraser to illustrate the extend of our food waste problem. Sally talks to Jesse.

2:10 Film Review with Dom Corry

Today reviewer Dom Corry talks to Jesse about Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves, Air and John Wick: Chapter 4.

2:20 NZ Live: The Exponents

Today's band is a blast from the past, formerly known as the Dance Exponents, the 80's band is back together touring, now just calling themselves The Exponents.

They start their 11 tour date concert in Invercargill on April 12th.

Before hitting the road the band stops by the Auckland studio for today's NZ Live session.

3:08 Apple and rhubarb crisp crumble

Chef and Shared Kitchen founder, Julie Biuso, has a great recipe just in time for school holidays that could be a breakfast treat, desert or afternoon tea.

It's a little different from normal 'crumbles' as it uses cornflakes in the crumble, bound to be a winner with smaller diners at home.

Julie talks through how to make her apple and rhubarb crisp crumble and a variation with plum and feijoa. You can find out how to make both versions here.

3:16 Music 101: Charlotte Ryan

Charlotte Ryan, host of Music 101 here on RNZ each Saturday afternoon from 1pm talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and because Friday is new music day - she'll pick us a track to play.

3:25 Gardening with Lynda Hallinan

Gardening guru Lynda Hallinan shares handy hints for gardening and keeping your plants healthy during colder months.

3:35 Critter of the Week: the native Southern ant

This week’s critter is the southern ant (Chelaner antarcticus), the most common and widespread native ant species in Aotearoa.

These ants have been known to farm other bugs which they milk for honeydew.

3:45 The Panel with Jenni Giblin and Allan Blackman