Afternoons for Thursday 27 June 2024
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App aims to empower decision making for disabled New Zealanders
1:15 PM.One in 4 Kiwis identify as having a disability, and many find it difficult to communicate their preferences and choices to their supporters. Social enterprise Volition is developing a new app… Read more Audio
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'Revive the Live' boosts local music scene in Hawera
1:25 PM.A South Taranaki woman's effort to put the 'live' back into the live music scene in her small town is paying off Nikki Rei launched 'Revive The Live', an open mic event for musicians in Hawera in… Read more Audio
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Sir John Kirwan on $100 million surf park for Auckland
1:35 PM.The country's first surf park has been given the official green light this week. The $100 million project will be built at Dairy Flat in north Auckland. US wave pool entrepreneurs, Aventuur, is behind… Read more Audio
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Music Critic: Mathew Crawley
2:10 PM.Today Mathew talks to Mark about the new album from Anna Coddington and the upcoming third album from trio Loma. Audio
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NZ Sporting History: Ewen Chatfield
2:30 PM.New Zealand Cricketing legend Ewen Chatfield made his mark on the international cricket scene in the 70s and 80s, earning a reputation as one of the most dependable players of his era. Read more Audio
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Your Money with Mary Holm
3:15 PM.Today Mary Holm talks to Mark about all things KiwiSaver and why it's important to look at your annual KiwiSaver statements. Audio
1:15 New app aims to empower decision making for disabled New Zealanders
One in 4 Kiwis identify as having a disability, and many find it difficult to communicate their preferences and choices to their supporters.
Social enterprise Volition is developing a new app dedicated to making things easier and has launched a public fundraising campaign through PledgeMe.
Erika Butters is the founder of Volition and joins Mark.
The new app aims to empower disabled people to make their own decisions. Photo: Supplied/Volition
1:25 'Revive the Live' boosts local music scene in Hawera
A South Taranaki woman's effort to put the 'live' back into the live music scene in her small town is paying off
Nikki Rei launched 'Revive The Live', an open mic event for musicians in Hāwera in April.
Now she's expanding the concept with the Revive the Live Te Hāwera talent quest, the first of which is tonight.
Nikki speaks to Mark.
Nikki Rei launched 'Revive the Live' in Hawera Photo: Supplied/NikkiRei
1:35 Sir John Kirwan on $100 million surf park for Auckland
The country's first surf park has been given the official green light this week.
The $100 million project will be built at Dairy Flat in north Auckland.
US wave pool entrepreneurs, Aventuur, is behind the development, and have a kiwi connection with the involvement of Sir John Kirwan. Sir John joins Mark.
The $100 million project is backed by global American wave pool entrepreneurs, Aventuur. Photo: Supplied/Auckland Surf Park
1:45 Link 3 album: Into the Blue by Aaron Frazer
This week our lucky link 3 winner will get a copy of the sophomore album Into the Blue from soul singer and multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire Aaron Frazer which is out this Friday.
2:10 Music Critic: Mathew Crawley
Today Mathew talks to Mark about the new album from Anna Coddington and the upcoming third album from trio Loma.
2:30 NZ Sporting History: Ewen Chatfield
New Zealand Cricketing legend Ewen Chatfield made his mark on the international cricket scene in the 70s and 80s, earning a reputation as one of the most dependable players of his era.
He was part of a golden era for New Zealand cricket, playing alongside legends like Richard Hadlee, Jeremy Coney and Lance Cairns, and his contributions to the sport have left an indelible mark.
Despite suffering a life-threatening head injury early in his career, he made a courageous comeback and continued to excel on the field.
Remarkably Ewen only retired from club cricket in 2019, at the age of 68.
Ewan Chatfield made his mark on the international cricket scene in the 70s and 80s, earning a reputation as one of the most dependable players of his era. Photo: ICCTwitter
3:10 Link 3
3:15 Your Money with Mary Holm
Today Mary Holm talks to Mark about all things KiwiSaver and why it's important to look at your annual KiwiSaver statements.
Photo: 123RF
3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness: Kawarau Bridge: The first bungee jumping site in New Zealand.
Today we look at the story of how Kawarau Bridge near Queenstown became the first permanent site in the world where customers could pay to bungee jump.
Photo: 123RF
3:45 The pre-Panel
