Afternoons for Thursday 18 May 2023

1:15 Elderly recycling caretakers in Gore!

Each year 25 volunteers in Gore recycle 650 tonnes of paper and cardboard.

The Gore Pākeke Lions Club started the operation about 30 years ago - all the the volunteers are between 70 and 90 years old.

John Faulkner has been part of the operation since the beginning and talks to Jesse about their efforts.

1:25 Teenager invents a card game to educate others about 'business'

We know the curriculum is full and complex with lots of people working on it.

But one year 12 student is taking matters into his own hands after realising his peers had gaps in their education

Te Awamutu college student Jacob Chetwin talks to Jesse about the game he's developed and how he hopes to help others learn more about business.

1:35 Decades of paramedic tales chronicled

Every day paramedics deal with some of the most intense, traumatic, and bizarre situations imaginable.

And one Taranaki paramedic started writing down his work stories to help with his PTSD.

And now Mark Belchamber has ended up with a book. He talks to Jesse.

1:45 Great album: Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent

This week's link 3 winner will get a vinyl copy of Lewis Capaldi's second studio album, Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent due out tomorrow.

2.00 - 3.00 Budget Day special

Today Morning Report host Corin Dann will present a one hour budget day special between 2 and 3pm providing analysis and updates on the 2023 budget.

3:10 Link 3

3:15 Solving the World's Problems with Ali Jones

This week Ali's looking at the reasons why people have mid-life crises!

3:20 History with Dr Grant Morris:The history of non-Māori leaders speaking Te Reo”

Learning Te Reo Māori is becoming more and more popular.  However, the number of non-Māori fluent in the language has always been relatively low. Given the importance of Te Reo is our history, how many of our non-Māori leaders could actually speak the language? Dr Grant Morris has the answer.

3:35 Nau Mai Town: Huntly/ Rāhui Pokeka

Huntly is a popular through fare if you're heading North to Auckland - or it's a  twenty minute drive to Hamilton.  In the late 1800's postmaster James Henry named the town 'Huntly'  after his beloved hometown of the same name in Aberdeenshire, Scotland and from 1877 it stuck.  But the original name Rāhui Pokeka is based on a story about a rangatira, Te Putu.

3:45 The Panel with Ruth Money and Mark Knoff-Thomas