Afternoons for Monday 8 July 2024

 

1:15 Pacific Festival of Brass this week

The Pacific festival of Brass takes place in South Auckland later this week.

The festival welcomes bands from across the Pacific. Japan, Australia, Aotearoa, Hong Kong and Tonga are all represented.

Among those performing is Tupou College Brass, we speak to their teacher Mia Kami and festival director Owen Melhuish.

1.25 Two NZ destinations in the Trip Advisor Traveler's Choice Awards

Two of New Zealand's most popular tourism experiences have been ranked amongst the world's top attractions in the annual Trip Advisor Travelers' Choice Awards.

Fiordland's Hollyford Wilderness Experience and Rotorua's National Kiwi Hatchery are both included in the top ten percent of all Trip Advisor experiences worldwide.

The Hollyford Wilderness Experience explores untamed Fiordland National Park by foot, jetboat and helicopter during a four-day three-night luxury hike.

Kara Edwards, is Pouarahi (CEO) of Te Rūnanga o Maakawhio,  a hapū of Ngāi Tahu based at Bruce Bay in South Westland. She speaks to Jesse.

1.35 Antarctic chef on the challenges of cooking on ice

Keeping a heater in the fridge to keep the temperature up is just one of the realities for a chef in the extreme conditions of Antarctica.

Paddy Rietveld who has that job is responsible for food preparation for our workforce at Scott Base.

He's therefor a long stint, summer plus this winter. We catch up with him and talk about the challenges of cooking on ice.

1:45 Feature album 

 

2:10 Television Critic: Pratik Navani

Today Pratik talks to Jesse about the 3rd season of The Bear and Derry Girls.

2:20 Made in NZ: IP Plastics

This week for Made in NZ we meet Neil Woolrige from IP Plastics, which is family owned New Zealand business that's been manufacturing plastics in Papakura since 1982.

They make a range of proucts spanning everything from horticultural supplies to furniture, fittings and homeware products.

2.30 Expert Feature: Waka Whakairo

Our expert for this Monday is Hine Waitai-Dye. We've talked to her before, last year in  fact, when she graduated as a master waka builder.

It was such a good chat we thought we'd get her in again and this time widen the brief a bit.

Waka, specifically waka taua or war canoes, are elaborate and significant pieces of art. But they're also practical, working vessels.

3:10 Fighting processed food effects with pharmaceutical solutions

Best selling author Johann Hari has struggled with overeating and weight for most of his life. So when he decided to try  Ozempic, a drug for type 2 diabetes that reduces appetite, it felt like magic.

The kilos melted off  but the questions piled on.  Why do we need pharmaceutical solutions for weight loss? What are the psychological impacts of eating less?

Will we ignore the issues in our overall food system if a drug can mitigate the impacts of eating unhealthy food? 

Johann Hari shares about his personal experience and thoughts about getting out of the obesity trap in his new book,  Magic Pill: The extraordinary benefits and disturbing risks of the new weight-loss drugs.

3:35 Here Now

 

3:45 The pre-Panel