Afternoons for Thursday 8 June 2023

1:15 Understanding what vaping does to a vaper

With kids as young as eight vaping, a new social media initiative has been set-up to demystify the science behind the clouds to help inform young people and their parents.

Associate Professor at the Auckland Bio-engineering Institute, Kelly Burrowes is halfway through a 3 year research project around vaping.

She set-up the 'Science of Vaping' research hub. She shares with Jesse what they've uncovered so far.

1:25 Bike Hub Nelson success re-homing bikes

After only a year since launching, Bike Hub Nelson has re-homed more than 700 bikes throughout the community.

The volunteer lead initiative was set-up to remove the financial obstacles of bike ownership in the region.

The bikes are donated, given some TLC and then re-distributed to those who need them.

 Bike Hub Nelson co-ordinator Matt Lawrey talks to Jesse.

1:35 Ageing in Aotearoa, new findings from the longitudinal study

The findings of the longest running longitudinal study of ageing in Aotearoa has just been released as a book.

The study, followed the same groups of people aged between 55 and 90 over 18 years.

The book is called Ageing in Aotearoa: The New Zealand Health, Work and Retirement Study.

Author and co-leader of Massey University's Health and Ageing Research Team, Christine Stephen talks to Jesse.

1:45 Great album: Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1

Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1 is the third solo album by British singer-songwriter Barry Gibb, which was released on 8 January 2021 by Capitol Records in America and EMI Records internationally. The album features re-imaginings of songs written by the Bee Gees with country music singers. The album's title is taken from a lyric in the song "Butterfly".

2:10 Music Critic: Tony Stamp

 

2:25 NZ Sporting History: Neil Wagner

For NZ Sporting History  today the topic is a lot more recent than what we'd usually discuss, it's certainly a moment destined to go down in history.

In Febraury, the English cricket team visited our neck of the woods for a 2-match test series.

The first match was played at Mount Manganui, with England coming out on top rather comfortably.

That win only made what happened in the second match all the more surprising.

Black Cap Neil Wagner relives the extraordinary match with Jesse.

3:10 Link 3

3:15 Your Money with Mary Holm

Today Mary talks to Jesse about children and Kiwisaver a way to get them started early and potentially set up with a 33 thousand dollar home deposit by the time they turn 18.

3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness

In 1975, British forensic artist Richard Neave used a pile of modelling clay, two prosthetic eyes and a woman's wig to reconstruct the face of an Egyptian mummy. It was to be the start of a 40-year career recreating the faces of the dead using the pioneering method he invented. And as his reputation spread worldwide, the police came calling. They needed Richard's skills to help catch a killer.

3:45 The Panel with Ali Jones and Peter Fa'afiu