Afternoons for Thursday 2 May 2024
1:15 Finding a job that's best suited, a new tool created to help
It can be tough going through the process of finding a new job can be - especially finding one that's a good fit.
So, what if there was a platform that took the bias out - one where compatibility is just as important as capability...
Sounds a little bit too good to be true? While this is the concept of 'Futureful' a new jobs platform created by Izzy Fenwick.
Izzy speaks to Jesse.
1:25 How trash is telling the story of student food habits in Canterbury
1:35 Becky Umbers new show, Comedians Vs Animals, laughs for a good cause
In a rare meeting of the animal kingdom and kiwi comedy, 'Comedians VS Animals' is a new comedy show starting next week in Auckland - part of the NZ Comedy Festival.
Comedian Becky Umbers is the brains behind it - some of you might be familiar with her from appearances on the likes of 7 Days and The Project.
Well, this latest show isn't all laughs it's also raising money for a good cause, the NZ Nature Fund.
Becky's with Jesse to share the details.
1:45 Great album: Iris by Reb Fountain
Today's link 3 winner will get a vinyl copy of Reb Fountain's Iris album.
2:10 Music Critic: Tony Stamp
Tony talks to Jesse about tracks from Iron & Wine and Louis Cole.
2:30 Sporting History NZ: Mahé Drysdale
For Sporting History NZ today we talk to Olympic gold winning rower Mahé Drysdale.
He's twice taken home gold from the Olympics and won the single sculls rowing world championships FIVE times.
Rowing was also something he only started as an 18 year old when he moved to Auckland to study. He joins Jesse to talk about his incredible sporting achievements.
3:10 Link 3
3:15 Your Money with Mary Holm: The high cost of not contributing to KiwiSaver
Today Mary talks to Jesse about the reality for a number of people balancing their finances and suspending their payments.
She talks about the benefits of suspending rather than cancelling contributions to Kiwisaver in the long term and the options available for people needing to reassess their financial situation.
3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness
Hiroo Onoda was an Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who spent nearly 30 years in the Philippine jungle, believing World War Two was still going on.
Using his training in guerilla warfare, he attacked and killed people living on Lubang Island, mistakenly believing them to be enemy soldiers.
He was finally persuaded to surrender in 1974 when his former commander, Yoshimi Taniguchi, found him and gave him an order.
In a televised ceremony, Hiroo presented his sword to the then Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos.
President Marcos returned the sword and gave him a full presidential pardon and told him he admired his courage.
Hiroo died in January 2014 at the age of 91.
3:45 The pre-Panel