Afternoons for Monday 13 November 2023

1.10 First song: Matt Corby

Australian multi-platinum-selling  singer songwriter Matt Corby is heading back to Aotearoa to play two special concerts here supported by Allen Stone. 

He talks to Jesse about coming back to our shores for the first time since 2020 when he was supporting Ben Harper. 

1:15 Setting up an NZ branch of Farmers Footprint 

A group of environmentally conscious farmers is setting up a local branch of Farmers Footprint in Aotearoa. 

Greg Hart's been a passionate climate champion and farmer working to make sure there's a way to continue our agricultural pursuits while looking after the environment. .

He's currently hosting Dr Zach Bush, the founder of Farmers Footprint, to start the movement in New Zealand. Dr Bush speaks to Jesse. 

1.25 School children sailing the Cook Strait in dinghies, hoping for good weather 

A group of Marlborough school children are planning to cross Cook Strait in dinghies this month.

Aged between 11 and 15 they're hoping for a weather window to sail 2.3-metre Optimist dinghies and two slightly larger Starlings from Wellington to the outer Marlborough Sounds towards the end of November.

1.35 NZers dining earlier

Some local restaurant owners are noticing their bookings coming in earlier than they used to. 

Does a changing meal time mean anything for restaurant owners? 

Jonny Schwass is a restaurateur, chef and caterer in Christchurch. He's been in the industry for about 35 years.

1:45 Feature album: Peter Gabriel's So

 

2:10 Television Critic: Dom Corry 

Today Dom talks to Jesse about All Mankind S4 and Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. 

2:20 Made in NZ: Abodo timber 

This week for Made in NZ we speak to Daniel Gudsell about a company making timber products which are verified as carbon negative. 

He's the managing director and founder of Abodo. 

2.30 Expert Feature: Audiology 

For our expert feature this week it's all about hearing, more specifically audiology, the branch of medical science dedicated to the study of hearing, balance and their associated disorders.

To open our ears to this remarkable sense and science, we speak to Kaushi Ambepitiya who a senior audiologist with Dilworth Hearing, as well as their Auckland group manager.

If you have any questions for him please text 2101 or email jesse@rnz.co.nz. 

3:10 'Mad on Meth', Benedict Collins' new book 

New Zealand has a meth problem.

Criminal syndicates leap at the chance to make big money cooking it, and customers are willing to commit petty and serious crimes to buy it.  

Benedict Collins is a New Zealand political reporter and has covered the P problem for years.

He says well-thought-out harm reduction plans in New Zealand have been ignored. He traces the flow of meth production from South East Asia to our shores, exposes the hidden world of white collar users here and asks, how did tough on crime become dumb on drugs, in his new book, Mad on Meth.

3:35 Voices

In this episode of Voices, Kadambari Raghukumar meets wine professionals who've settled in New Zealand in the pursuit of the perfect vintage.  

3:45 The Panel with Nuwanthie Sumarakone and Jack Yan