Afternoons for Monday 26 August 2024

1:15 Kai's Education recognised as one of the top 50 EdTech startups in Australasia

Less than five years after launching, Kai's Education has been recognised as one of the top 50 Ed-Tech startups in New Zealand and Australia by HolonIQ.

The company crafts 'mixed reality robots' that can be used in classrooms to give kids hands-on experiences with coding and robotics.

Kai's Education co-founder Ronel Schodt talks to Jesse.

1:25 The history of Indian farmers in New Zealand

The role of Indian migrants in New Zealand's dairy industry is a largely untold story.

Early pioneers faced significant challenges in establishing successful farms during the 1920s, but the 1930s brought more prosperity.

Today, Indian farmers are key players in New Zealand's dairy sector and are using their expertise to assist farm owners in India, helping them scale up operations and increase productivity.

Senior journalist for RNZ Asia Gaurav Sharma spoke to a number of Indian families for this story. Today, he tells Jesse about the experience.

1.35 The physics of light

Professor Sir Michael Berry is one of the world's leading theoretical physicists with a special interest in light. 

He's been in the country to deliver a lecture titled "The Physics of Light in Eighty Pictures", where he unveiled the hidden geometries behind rainbows, twinkling stars and sunlight reflections. 

Later today, he will deliver a lecture on Geometrical optics illusions to staff and students at the University of Auckland.

But first, he gives Jesse the lowdown.

2:10 TV Critic: ‘Douglas is Cancelled’, 'Guy Mont-Spelling Bee' and ‘The Night Manager’

Afternoons TV critic Linda Burgess reviews British comedy-drama ‘Douglas is Cancelled’ and revisits the popular 2016 series ‘The Night Manager’.

2:20 Made in NZ: Dust & Glow

Did you know that 80 to 90 percent of most beauty products are made up of water? But not Gaelle Thieme's.

Her brand 'Dust & Glow' creates shampoos and other personal hygiene products that take the form of a powder.

She says that by using one little bottle of her shampoo instead of your regular liquid stuff, you'll save the equivalent of about 3.5 litres of water and 3 plastic bottles.

Gaelle explains the ins and outs with Jesse today.

2:30 Expert: Op-shopping

Op-shopping; some are born with an eye for it, some aren’t so lucky. But according to today’s experts, it doesn’t have to be this way.

Afternoons newsreader and vintage-shopping Queen Marama T-Pole and ‘Thrift’ podcast host Katy Gosset are both with Jesse today to offer their tips and tricks.

3:00 Fareed Zakaria: Age of Revolutions

We are living in the age of revolution, where economic and technological change is happening so fast it creates anxiety that spills over into politics.

Populism rises along with scepticism about globalization and even democracy itself. If we don't cherish what we have, we'll lose what has been one of the great, great periods of progress in human history, says CNN host and bestselling author Fareed Zakaria.

He is one of the most insightful political commentators of our time. Change almost always sparks a reaction because authority and tradition are challenged.

Fareed Zakaria connects our modern problems to the arc of change over centuries in a book that took him 10 years to write.

It's called ‘Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present’.