Afternoons for Monday 1 July 2024

 

1:15 NZ cheeses win big at the International Cheese and Dairy Awards.

One of the worlds oldest cheese contests took place in the UK over the weekend.

The International Cheese and Dairy Awards have been running since 1897.

It attracts thousands of entries from across the globe.

This year - for the first time ever - New Zealand producers scored 27 medals and two trophies.

Cheese expert Franco Sessa speaks to Jesse about the recognition at the awards.

1.25 Super Grans helping other to help youngsters

We sometimes talk about the power of one person to make a difference.

Well an idea a Lower Hutt woman had some thirty years ago has gone on to help thousands of kiwis - and all by harnessing the power of community.

SuperGrans has just opened it's twelfth agency, meaning locals in Gore now have access to the skills and knowledge of a team of SuperGrans there.

SuperGrans national director, Carole Peterson speaks to Jesse.

1.35 Samadiana Fariz helping to shift the stereotype for Islamic women

As part of the ongoing CHILL Campaign, the Islamic Women’s Council of New Zealand introduces Samadiana Fariz, an accomplished gymnast and coach whose presence and participation in sports directly  challenges stereotypes about Muslim women.

The CHILL Campaign, an acronym for Challenge Islamophobic Language and Loathing, is a 10-week initiative designed to counter gendered Islamophobia by showcasing the achievements and lived experiences of eight Muslim women in New Zealand.

Jesse speaks Samadiana about the campaign and her role in it.

1:45 Feature album

 

2:10 Television Critic: Claire Chitham

Today Claire talks to Jesse about Drops of God, Dark Matter and Eric.

2:20 Made in NZ: Morfit

Born out of seeing a number of people with a similar problem, Morfit is a local invention that helps relief lower back pain for people when driving.

Martin Rooke, is a trained osteopath, who spent many years perfecting the back support device he's created.

Martin speaks to Jesse.

2.30 Expert Feature: Training detector dogs, can any dog do it?

Humanity's had a very long love affair with the working dog.

One of their important jobs is helping us detect drugs in airports and workplaces. But using dogs in this way only really taking off in the 1960s.

So how do they get that frisky beagle at the airport to find that sandwich bag of suspicious looking powder?

Janet Williams is the person to answer that and other questions about sniffer dogs. She has 13 years working in MPI selecting, breeding, training and managing biosecurity dog teams.

She's our expert guest this week. If you have any questions for her please text 2101 or email jesse@rnz.co.nz.

3:10 The Coffin Confessor talks about his unusual day job

Bill Edgar is no longer just the Coffin Confessor. The Australian businessman made headlines around the world a few years ago for gate crashing funerals on behalf of the dearly departed to carry out their final wishes.

Since then, he's signed a movie contract with Paramount pictures and expanded his business to be more of a concierge service for they are dying who have baggage from their lives that needs to be taken care of. 

Sometimes it's a request to destroy evidence of a long held secret. Sometimes, he's asked to keep greedy relatives away from a client's home while they lie dying in a nearby hospital.

But it's always about leaving this world with regrets. He shares stories about life that he's learned from the dying in his new book, The Afterlife Confessional.

3:35 Here Now

This week on Here Now, an Iranian art of combat and exercise is picking up momentum thanks to some enthusiasts in Canterbury.  

3:45 The pre-Panel