Afternoons for Monday 19 February 2024

 

1:15 Learning how fires behave to keep control them in the future

Fire scientists are looking for land with gorse and trees to burn, with the aim of learning more about how fire behaves.

Hugh Wallace is a wildfire scientist at Scion, the Crown research institute for forestry and wood processing.

Hugh is currently in the field at Port Hills, where firefighters are still working to extinguish around 40 hotspots.

1.25 How Ferrari helped a children's book come to fruition

Flavio Manzoni is a high flying Italian architect and automobile designer - currently Chief Design Officer at Ferrari.

He's a big deal, and has an unlikely connection to a self published book by a small New Zealand charity.

Bread Charity was founded in 2017 by then 22-year-old Mustafa 'Mussie' Sheikh, who has just published a kids' book called 'The Boy Who Wasn't Scared To Dream'.

To discuss the book and collaboration with Ferrari, Bread Founder and author Mussie talks to Mark.

1.35 Brooke Fraser returning to Aotearoa for a special performance

Brooke Fraser's performing a special one off concert in Aotearoa in June this year along with the APO.

She talks to Mark about the extravaganza and what fans can expect from her and the 70 piece orchestra accompanying her.

1:45 Feature album: Breakfast in America by Supertramp

 

2:10 Television Critic: Brooks Alexander

Today Brooks talks to Mark about The Curse, Mrs Davis, Abbott Elementary and Mr and Mrs Smith.

2:20 Made in NZ: Vortex International Holdings

This week for Made in NZ we speak to Joe Goodin who makes products at his huge Taranaki workshop which are exported internationally.

These products include high-powered, remote-operated underwater dredges, winches and cutting tools, and parts for offshore wind farms.

2.30 Expert Feature: Trapping

Rats have been on many peoples minds over the past couple weeks, especially for those who've had them scurrying across the shelves in their local supermarket.

Today's expert feature is on predator trapping in and around your house and property.

We're talking to Jessi Morgan, Chief Executive of Predator Free New Zealand Trust.

3:10 Helping children to make good food choices, trial and error

Sometimes trying to the right thing turns out to be the wrong thing.

Emma Wright always thought raising children to feel good about their bodies involved teaching healthy eating habits with giving praise for being gorgeous just the way they are. Wrong, she says now. 

An eating disorder survivor herself, she shares the research that encourages parents to teach our kids to respect their bodies, eat without overthinking and develop the resilience to stand up to other kids in the face of peer pressure.

Her new book is Body-Confident: A modern and practical guide to raising happy eaters. We speak to Emma.

3:35 Here Now

In Here Now this week, Auckland based Izadine Abdallah talks to Phil Vine about how dance and drama changed his life as a young former refugee from Sudan.

3:45 The Panel with Jennie Moreton and Chris Clarke