Afternoons for Thursday 15 August 2024

1:15 How to complain about your insurance  

The insurance watchdog, which has received a record number of complaints in the past year The Insurance & Financial Services Ombudsman Scheme (IFSO) resolves complaints about insurance and financial services. Last year IFSO received a record almost five-thousand enquiries - including nearly 500 complaints. 

Karen Stevens is the Insurance and Financial Services Ombudsman and she joins Jesse to explain why lot of people are complaining about their insurance.

1:25 A photographic legacy

The family of the late and legendary photojournalist Peter Bush has donated 300,000 of his photographs to the New Zealand Rugby Museum in Palmerston North.

His shots depict some key moments in our history, including the 1975 Māori Land March, and the sinking of the Wahine. To help fund the cataloging, digitising and exhibiting, the Bush family has been raising money.

Peter's daughter Rachel joins Jesse to talk about the collection and what happens next.

1:35 The Iceman cometh 

Friday begins two of the biggest days in the New Zealand darts calendar, with the Darts Masters kicking off in Hamilton. Welshman Gerwyn Price won the NZ Masters in 2022 and has been World Number One. He's on the line to talk about the competition and explains how darts works and why he loves it. 

1:45 Great album: Sabotage by Mel Parsons 

If you like what you hear, check out the full album on Mel's bandcamp page.

2:10 Music Critic: Nothing Stands Still by Mike Hall

Dianne Swan reviews a few tracks from the debut solo album by Pluto bass player Mike Hall. 

2:30 NZ Sporting History: the man who squashed the competition

By 1986 the world's number one ranked squash player Jahangir Khan had gone unbeaten for more than five years - then along came Ross Norman. 

Ross' victory at the World Open in Toulouse that year shocked the sporting world and cemented his name among the greats. That same year, he won eight other international tournaments, and he also represented New Zealand seven times at the World Teams Championships. 

In 2009 he was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame, and in 2014 he was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to squash. 

3:15 Solving the World's Problems: Solving Wellington's problems 

Plenty to talk about with Dave Armstrong in Wellington. Some of the issues on Dave's mind: the pending sale of Wellington airport shares, high profile Wellington council staffers have handed in their notice and a bad night for rugby test attendance. 

3:20 History with Dr Grant Morris: why do we follow the Law?

Right now the Palmerston North City Council is weighing up whether they have to follow New Zealand law. 

This is thanks to a law change where councils are now required to hold referendums on whether or not they should keep Māori wards. But why is this an issue?

The history of why we all pretty much stick to the rules is fascinating and Dr Grant Morris spills the beans. 

3:35 Nau Mai Town 

Justine Murray is back with this week's episode of Nau Mai Town, RNZ's podcast about Māori place names, this week she is in Moerewa, also known as Tuna Town. The story behind the name is based on a story about seasonal food gathering, and a girl who feel asleep.

3:45 The pre-Panel