Afternoons for Wednesday 5 July 2023

 

1:15 "Kinanomics" leading the way for a new delicacy to export

If you crack open a spiky kina shell you'll find what many people consider a seafood delicacy - the roe.

But over fishing has resulted in a massive increase in kina, leading to kina barrens - areas where they've eaten all the kelp.

The kina there are malnourished and not much use to export.

But a new project called "Kinanomics" may have a solution. Environmental Scientist Johnny Wright is leading the Kinanomics project, he speaks to Jesse.

1:25 Taranaki Sports Hall of Fame calling for nominations

The Taranaki Sports Hall of Fame is branching out from the way it usually does things to get new inductees.

Usually there's a panel deciding on who should be considered - it was the same panel which judged who the winners of the accolade should be.

But in order to get a more diverse range of sports people inducted they're now calling for the public to become involved.

Andrew Moffat's with Sport Taranaki, he explains their change in approach to Jesse.

1:35 Whakapapa quilt exhibition in Norway

A Whakapapa quilt exhibition is opening at the end of August in the Sami Museum in the Arctic circle in Oslo.

Maungarongo (Ron) Te Kawa of Ngāti Porou is the artist behind the work who was given an art residency by the Scandinavian Craft Council.

He speaks to Jesse about the connection with the tangata whenua near the north pole.

1:45 Hastings celebrates 150th commemoration

This weekend marks 150 years since Hastings was declared an official township.

There are a number of events being held in the town to celebrate the milestone and descendants from the town's original founder Bill Hicks are travelling from Brazil to join in.

Hastings historian Michael Fowler talks to Jesse about the town's history and how it has survived the past century and a half.

2.12 Podcast Critic: Paul Bushnell

Today we look at podcasts about secret lives exposed. Paul Bushnell discusses two series which investigate hidden gay lives in Scotland and Northern Ireland in the 1990s - and the effect of homophobia on those involved - Shiny Bob: The Devil’s Advocate and Blood on the Dance Floor.

2:25 Bookmarks with Renee Liang

Renee Liang is a poet, playwright, essayist and fiction writer and has written, produced and nationally toured eight award-winning plays.

If that wasn't impressive enough, she is also a practising paediatrician and researcher.

She was made a Member of the NZ Order Of Merit for services to the Arts in 2018 and in the same year, she was the recipient of the Next Woman of the Year award for Arts and Culture.

She's with Jesse in the Auckland studio for Bookmarks this week.

3:10 Friend of Anne Frank shares her memories

The world knows Anne Frank as a precocious teenager who never gave up hope, despite hiding  from the Nazis during the Holocaust in a secret apartment in Amsterdam. Hannah Pick-Goslar knew her as the girl next door  and co-conspirator in the  pranks they pulled on the adults before the war. The two would both end up in the same concentration camp. Hannah survived, and just before she died, she worked on a book about her time with Anne before the diary with journalist Dina Kraft. Kraft's family survived the war by fleeing to New Zealand. The book is called  My Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds.

3:35 Stories from Our Changing World
Coming up on Our Changing World - some people have silent minds - they can’t imagine voices, or songs, or sounds in their head. Claire Concannon learns more from the psychologists studying this diversity of how brains work.

3:45 The Panel with Georgie Stylianou and Peter Dunne