Afternoons for Thursday 29 February 2024

1:15 Young farmer educating the next generation

Donald's Farm is a not-for-profit educational dairy farm on the edge of Auckland.

31-year-old farm manager Sam Waugh balances managing the operation with hosting groups of young people who benefit from hands-on learning experiences.

On March 10, there is an open day at the farm as part of the national Open Farms initiative supported by DairyNZ.

Sam speaks to Jesse about what's on offer.

 

1:25 Auckland Wooden Boat festival on from tomorrow

The City of Sails is holding a brand new festival to celebrate vintage boats, and our rich maritime history.

The Auckland Wooden Boat Festival kicks off tomorrow, and it's free! That's the 1st of March - don't forget to flip your calendar over.

Sailor, boat enthusiast and esteemed musician Nick Atkinson will be there. He explains the festival and what's on offer to Jesse.

 

1:35 Five generations of oat growers in Gore: a family story

The Gardyne Family have been growing oats north of Gore for five generations.

They also farm sheep, wheat, peas, radishes, barley, rye and nui grass, but it's their oats that get all the attention.

Plant Research New Zealand is naming a new oat variety after the family in recognition of their generational services to the industry.

Grower and Oat Industry Chairman Graeme Gardyne shares the family story with Jesse.

 

1:45 Link 3 album: All Of This Is Chance by Lisa O'Neill

Today's link 3 winner will get a vinyl copy of Irish singer Lisa O'Neill's 2023 album All Of This Is Chance.

She's going to be in Aotearoa this year for WOMAD from March 15 - 17th.

We play a taste of her style.

 

2:10 Music Critic: Tony Stamp

Today's RNZ music journalist Tony Stamp talks to Jesse about tracks from The National and Byllie Jean.

 

2:30 NZ Sporting History: Mark Inglis

Today for New Zealand Sporting History we're going back to November 1982, when, for two weeks the country was gripped by the plight of two climbers trapped on Aoraki Mt Cook.

As a  blizzard raged on a chopper crashed during a rescue attempt, all the while no one knew if the men were alive.

Mark Inglis ONZM - mountaineer, scientist, and internationally awarded winemaker was one of those climbers. He shares his story today on NZ Sporting history.

 

3:10 Link 3

3:15 Solving the World's Problems with Ben Kepes

Today entrepreneur, business mentor and technology evangelist Ben Kepes is with Jesse to Solve the World's Problems.

He says, "it's all about a bag of cement".

 

3:20 History with Dr Grant Morris: how history will remember Grant Robertson

Grant Robertson announced his retirement from politics last week. 

Some have praised his work as Finance Minister while others have compared him to Robert Muldoon (and not in a good way). 

It is too early to know how history will judge Robertson as finance minister, but we know that history has been unkind to Muldoon. 

Today we find out why, and whether it is justified.

 

3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness

In 2003, Whistler Blackcomb won its bid to host the Winter Olympic Games for the first time.

It was sixth time lucky for the Canadian ski resort which had been opened to the public in 1966.

The mountain – which is named after the high-pitched whistle of the native marmot – has been through a lot of iterations and one man has been there to see nearly all of them.

Hugh Smythe, known as one of the ‘founding fathers’ of Whistler, has been sharing his memories of the mountain with Matt Pintus.

 

3:45 The Panel with Catherine Robertson and Scott Campbell