Afternoons for Tuesday 3 October 2023
1:15 Open letter from medical academics seeks to fix health system
Professor Philip Bagshaw, along with his wife Dame Sue Bagshaw and a dozen or so other leading health academics and clinicians from around Aotearoa, have penned an open letter to a group of self-identified prosperous Kiwis.
In it they seek support for one key action they believe could turn our ailing health system around and make genuine improvements to the health of all people in Aotearoa.
Professor Bagshaw speaks with Jesse.
1:25 Auckland Botanic Gardens to be extended
Auckland Council has just bought 1.6 hectares of land bordering the Auckland Botanic Gardens to extend the park, at a cost of over $12 million dollars.
The land was originally marketed to property developers, but the council said it needed to act to protect the park for future generations.
Jack Hobbs is the manager of the Auckland Botanic Gardens and the Auckland Domain. He speaks to Jesse.
1:35 Dunedin vet giving away surplus veg
A Dunedin vet has filled her backyard with planter boxes and is putting surplus produce in a stall outside her gate for others to take home.
Dr Helen Beattie posted in her local community page asking if people would be interested in veggies from her garden and, based on the overwhelming response, has planted excess.
As well as being a vet, Helen runs a charity called Veterinarians for Animal Welfare Aotearoa and earlier this year teamed up with advocates to deliver a petition calling for a National Food Strategy.
She joins Jesse.
1:45 Relationships with Hannah Korrel
Today Hannah talks to Jesse about the end-of-year scares and offers tips for ending 2023 with a bang.
2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster
With pre-polling booths now open for the Australian referendum on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, Brad Foster provides an update on how people will be voting.
He and Jesse also talk film funding, car racing and “bad” barbers.
2:30 Music: Carole King with Ali Harper
Carole King has been inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice.
She co-wrote 118 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and her 1971 album ‘Tapestry’ topped the charts for 15 weeks on release. It stayed on the charts for six more years.
To tell us why King’s music resonates today, Jesse is joined by singer, actor, teacher and performer Ali Harper.
Ali knows her music well, having written and toured a show called ‘A Natural Woman,’ in which she performs King's music.
3:10 The growing tradwife trend
They’re called tradwives, women who choose to stay home, focus on their families and housekeeping, and agree to be subservient to their husbands.
They’re part of an influential online community who say they reject feminism and embrace femininity instead.
Fascinated by these women, Sophia Sykes decided to leave her budding marketing career to write a thesis about tradwives at Massey University. It’s finally done and it reveals a world of Instagram influencing that sometimes pushes right-wing ideology.
Today Jesse talks to Sophia Sykes and her thesis supervisor Dr Veronica Hopner.