Afternoons for Tuesday 18 April 2023

 

1:15 Ngāpuhi needs a helping had with Lake Ōmāpere clean up!
Ngāpuhi is calling for a joint efforts to clean up Northland's biggest lake, Lake Ōmāpere.

Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-Ō-Ngāpuhi chairperson Wane Wharerau ​talks to Jesse about the scale of the problem and the help they're needing.

1:25 Rural support south helping farmers in the North

The Wānaka A&P Show has donated 30 thousand to help rural communities the North Island recover from Cyclone Gabrielle.

One dollar from every adult ticket sold and livestock entry contributed to the fund.

The Wānaka A&P Show event manager Jane Stalker says if the roles were reversed, these regions would do the same thing.

1:35 Diabolical diets in Aotearoa contributing to type 2 diabetes

New research shows that about seven out of 10 of new type two diabetes cases can be attributed to a 'sub-optimal diet.'

This study, which gathered data from 184 countries shows that eating plenty of whole grains, vegetables, fruit, nuts, and seeds reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

However, back here in NZ food prices have had their highest increase in 30 years. Grocery food prices increased by 14 percent while prices for fruit and vegetables increased by 22 percent.

So what can we do to make healthier food more accessible and affordable?

Boyd Swinburn, Professor of Population Nutrition and Global Health at the University of Auckland, talks to Jesse.

1:45 Tech Tuesday with Daniel Watson

Today owner and managing director of Vertech IT Services Dan Watson talks to Jesse about the benefits of a library card and the access to technology it gives you. He also has some tips on how gaming can be useful to teach IT to people.

2:10 Book Critic: Catherine Robertson

Today Catherine talks to Jesse about three debut novels she's read, two of which are shortlisted for the big fiction prize at the Ockham NZ Book Awards. The books are El Flamingo by Nick Davies, Better the Blood by Michael Bennett and Kāwai: For such a time as this by Monty Soutar.

2:20 Music feature: The Cure

Today's music feature is all about the evolution of The Cure, originally from Crawley, West Sussex with front man Robert Smith being the only constant member.

Former music writer Scott Kara is in the Auckland studio today to talk all about the cult classic band of the 80s, The Cure.

3:10 Mapping a road forward when leaping into the unknown.

James Patterson had an epiphany driving to work at an advertising firm. He decided to quit his job and transform his life, fully devoting himself to writing books. More than 200 best selling novels later, we know how that turned out. Millions of people around the world re-evaluated their careers during The Great Resignation, but what happens next?  Joanne Lipman is the former editor of USA Today. She offers a roadmap to anyone who wants to take a trip into the unknown to radically change their professional lives in her new book, Next! The Power of Reinvention in Life and Work.

3:30 Spoken Feature: Conversations with My Immigrant Parents

 Each week here on Afternoons we're featuring excerpts from Series 3 of podcast and docu-series Conversations With My Immigrant Parents.

The series is about different generations of immigrant families sharing intimate stories with each other.

Today's excerpt is from episode three where Mara and Beto learn how their son Jamil found out about the birds and the bees in Brazil while their kids talk about growing up Black in Gisborne, and having DJs for parents.

3:45 The Panel with Sally Wenley and James Elliot