Afternoons for Thursday 18 July 2024

1:15 'Queen of Crime's' mysteriously missing jag

New Zealand's 'Queen of Crime', mystery author Dame Ngaio Marsh, had a penchant for classic cars.

Dame Ngaio, a writer in the so-called 'Golden Age of Detective Fiction' - among the likes of Agatha Christie - died 42 years ago.

Her classic cars scattered to the wind, and now the Ngaio Marsh Trust and historian and author of Classic Jaguars New Zealand, Richard Waugh, are trying to track one of them down - 1950 Jaguar Mark V Drophead Coupe.

1:25 Popular Auckland op-shop making the unsaleable - saleable

Thrift shopping is in vogue and it's widely celebrated for it's potential to keep textile waste out of landfill... opshops are experiencing a hey day - and vintage and upmarket second hand clothing stores are on the bandwagon

Many of the latter choose to import stock from overseas, despite a growing problem of textile waste - in NZ about 180-thousand tonnes of textile waste is thrown away each year.

One popular Auckland store is going against the grain in an effort to keep some of those clothes alive.

A shop called Crushes on Karangahape Road - K Rd - takes unsellable clothing and makes it store-ready again.

Co-owner Rose Hope has been doing it for 13 years now. She speaks to Emile.

1:35 Natives out-compete gorse in no-plant regeneration

No-plant regeneration is a method that let's nature lead the way, and its seen landscapes transform from a scrubby paddock to a lush native paradise.

Famously pioneered by Hugh Wilson in Akaroa's Hinewai Reserve, the practice is bearing fruit in Wellington's Long Gully Bush Reserve.

Otari-Wilton Bush manager Tim Park speaks to Emile about the benefits of playing the long game.

1:45 Great album: Confidenza by Thom Yorke

Today's link 3 winner will get a vinyl copy of Thom Yorke's latest album Confidenza.

2:10 Music Critic: Zac Arnold

Today Zac talks to Emile about music from LEAO and Annika Rani.

2:30 NZ Sporting History: Tony Ineson

Tony Ineson is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Tony was the captain of the 1976 gold medal-winning hockey team. His brother Chris was a New Zealand representative at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Tony was elected, with the rest of the gold medal-winning team, to the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.

38 years on and the 1976 team are still New Zeakland's only Olympic hockey medallists.

3:10 Link 3

3:15 Solving the World's Problems with Ali Jones

Today Ali talks about a 'back to the future' issue of not relying on digital technology for tickets, meeting agendas or making payments.

She talks about the benefits of using 'hard copies' to get by in the modern world.

3:20 History with Dr Grant Morris: The history of NZ's oldest Prime Ministers

There has been much discussion about the age and capacity of US President Joe Biden (81).  Have we ever had similar issues with our leaders in NZ history?  Today Dr Grant Morris looks back and find out.

3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness

In 2006, Dutch engineer Fred van der Weij invented a kitchen device that changed the way many of us cook today: the air fryer.

Fred’s first prototype was nearly as big as a dog kennel and made of wood and aluminium, with a chicken wire basket. It was only a partial success.

But Fred was certain he could make the machine work thanks to an idea he patented called rapid air technology.

Four years later, and after several more prototypes, Fred took his invention to the electronics company, Philips, and signed a deal.

Today, there are many other air fryer brands and models, and by the end of 2024, it’s estimated 80 million will have been sold around the world.

Fred died of cancer in 2022 but his daughter Suus van der Weij witnessed the development of his invention. She told Jane Wilkinson about the family’s pride in her father.

3:45 The pre-Panel