Afternoons for Monday 22 May 2023

 

1:15 The problems with batteries for smoke detectors - some 9V work, some don't!

Not all nine vault batteries are going to in smoke detectors, it's something that's prompted a social media conversation!

If you read the fine print of your smoke detector it might recommend very specific battery replacements, something many don't do.

To clear things up, Adrian Nacey, Manager of Community Education and Behaviour Change at Fire and Emergency New Zealand talks to Jesse.

1.25 University of Canterbury going 'wild' to protect campus critters

Awareness is growing about the importance of re-wilding spaces, instead of just having pristine, monoculture lawns

Giving the lawn over to wildflowers provides habitat and food source for insects

The University of Canterbury are the latest to make plans to re-wild fifteen hundred (1500m2) square metres of campus grounds to increase biodiversity

Sustainability manager at the University of Canterbury Dr Matt Morris talks to Jesse.

1.35 Red, White and Brass raking in more than 1 million dollars

Red, White and Brass have just joined that elite group of New Zealand films earning more than 1 million dollars at the box office.

The film is based on a true story following a community of Tongans who formed a brass band in a desperate attempt to get tickets to the 2011 Rugby World Cup game - France vs Tonga.

Director Damon Fepulea'i talks to Jesse.

1:40 Morningcider, a project involving Morningsiders

You have to get creative when running a small business these days.

Especially if your business is making cider in the middle of Aotearoa's biggest city, where do you grow your apples?

Morningcider have come away with a win in the New World Beer and Cider awards, and have started an urban orchard - apples grown in backyards throughout the neighbourhood, including Eden Park

Tim Shallard is the founder of Morningcider, he talks to Jesse about how Morningsiders are getting behind their brand.

1:45 Feature album

 

2:10 Television Critic: Claire Chitham

Today Claire talks to Jesse about Citadel and the latest season of Yellowjackets.

2:20  Australian Correspondent Brad Foster 

Brad Foster reports on a proposed new stadium for Tasmania that many locals don't want and provides an update on the 95-year-old woman who was tasered in a nursing home south of Sydney and is in a critical condition in hospital.

2:30 Expert feature: Trains

New Zealand's railways have played a critical role in New Zealand's transport system for more than 150 years.

But there's many things that a lot of the public doesn't know about trains.

Someone who is an expert is Graeme Carter, President of the Railways and Locomotive Society of New Zealand and owner of G T Transport Books Whanganui.

He's our expert this week. If you have any questions for him, text 2101 or email jesse@rnz.co.nz.

3:10 Righting the wrongs of her ancestors, Laura Trevelyan's project

Laura Trevelyan knew she came from a prominent British family with generational wealth going back centuries. But when the BBC newsreader recently discovered her family had owned more than a thousand slaves on a sugar plantation in the Caribbean, she knew there had to be a reckoning. She apologized to the people of Grenada, organized a fund for reparations and quit her job with the BBC. She is now the co-founder of a group called Heirs of Slavery. She works with other families whose ancestors profited from owning other human beings.

3:35 Voices

On Voices, a look at historical links between Maori and Indians, and a new academic manuscript delving into these stories, written by Edwina Pio, ONZM.  

3:45 The Panel with Ali Jones and Martin Bosley