Afternoons for Friday 4 August 2023

 

1:15 Young New Zealanders off to the South Atlantic for an adventure 

The countdown is on for a group of young Kiwis selected to explore one of the most remote islands in the world.

At the end of September the team of 22 will fly from Patagonia to the Falkland Islands before setting sail on the high seas  ...three days later they'll make land on South Georgia, an island in the South Atlantic Ocean with a reputation for the greatest density of wildlife on earth.

While a half dozen crew make the first Kiwi summit attempt on Mt Worsley, others will be whipping out the binoculars for a spot of twitching (bird watching for the uninitiated).

Charlie Thomas, a 21-year-old who has already spent a fair amount of time on remote islands can hardly wait. He speaks to Jesse.

1:25 Sad passing of former All Black captain Tane Norton

This morning it was announced that former All Blacks captain Tane Norton had died at the age of 81.

Tane played 27 tests for the All Blacks and led them for nine games, including the 1977 series win over the Lions.

Following his on-field retirement he continued to serve the sport as a coach and administrator with his local club, and sat as NZ Rugby vice-president in 2001 and president in 2003.

Then,  in 2006, he was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to rugby.

To  reflect on Tane Norton's career is Keith Quinn, one of our most iconic sports commentators and broadcasters, joins Jesse.

1:35 Dr David Galler's ED stories playing out on the stage

Working in a busy south Auckland hosptial emergency department isn't exactly where you would expect inspiration for a live theatre play, but that's exactly where Dr David Galler's material has come from for his best selling autobiography, which is has been adapted into a play.

The A&E Specialist at Middlmore hospital had his book The Things That Matter, stories of life and Death published in 2017.

Award winning playwright Gary Henderson has then adapted it for the stage. It opens next Saturday the 12th of August at Auckland's ASB Waterfront theatre.

Dr David Galler speaks to Jesse.

1:45 Freaky Friday

Each week we ask listeners to send in stories that are chillingly creepy, spookily serendipitous, or just out-of-the-box weird. This week we hear from Teddy Blake with a spooky story involving a widow and a wine glass. There's also stories of haunted houses and grave site coincidences.

2:10 Film Review with Dan Rutledge

Today Dan Rutledge talks to Jesse about two films at the NZIFF, Holy Spider and Past Lives.

2:20 NZ Live: Tom Lark

This week for NZ Live we have APRA Silver Scroll nominated artist Tom Lark in our Auckland Studio.

He's back from a seven year hiatus with a brand new album Brave Star. His single from that album, Live Wires, is a top 20 finalist for the APRA Silver Scroll Award this year.

That's one of the tracks he's playing for this week's NZ Live session.

3:08 Heartwarming winter vegetable soups

This week food stylist and author Kelly Gibney shares some simple great warming soup recipes that can be whipped up in no time.

She's got two vegetable soup recipes, one for red lentil, lemon and rosemary soup which you can find here and Thai spinach and coconut soup, which you can find here.

3:16 Music 101: Charlotte Ryan

Charlotte Ryan, host of Music 101 here on RNZ each Saturday afternoon from 1pm talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and because Friday is new music day - she'll pick us a track to play.

3:25 DIY tips with Stan Scott

With a weekend of settled weather ahead it could be a good idea to tackle any outdoor DIY jobs on the home.

Builder Stan Scott joins Jesse to help listeners out with any queries they have. If you have something you'd like Stan's advice on text 2101 or email jesse@rnz.co.nz.

3:35 Critter of the Week New Zealand earthworm

This week's critter is a bioluminescent member of our underground network of soil engineers. We're talking about the New Zealand earthworm, Octochaetus multiporus. This worm is unique to Aotearoa - its big, wriggly and has glow-in-the-dark spit.

3:45 The Panel with Nikki Bezzant and Liam Hehir