Afternoons for Monday 9 September 2024

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1:15 A new waka hits the water

A couple of weeks ago the first new Waka in over 100 years was launched onto te awa Kaituna. The river runs from Lake Rotoiti, and flows into the sea just south of Papamoa Beach. It was built at the Makahea marea by a team of 8. Overseen by Waka builder Haimona Brown. The project aims to reconnect people with te awa. They're already preparing to start work on the next build.

Jesse talks to two members of the build team: Haimoana Brown & Josh Roberts.

1.25 New Billy T. James' cabaret Be like Billy?

A new cabaret show Be like Billy? explores the legacy of one's of New Zealand's greatest entertainers Billy T James.

Rutene Spooner grew up watching Billy's work on old VHS tapes with his whanau ... and now stars in the one-man show where he shares his personal relationship with his childhood hero and looks into the complicated past and future of Māori in entertainment. 

1.35 the multiverse explained by Tali 

Tali Whiteridge is a year 12 Wellington Girls College student who has just made it into the semi finals of the global Breakthrough Junior Challenge. It's a science competition for students aged 13 to 18, aiming to inspire creative thinking about science by asking students to create a complex science question in a creative way. 

You can vote for Tali simply by liking her YouTube video. 

1:45 Number 1 album: Room for Squares by John Mayer

2:10 TV Critic: Industry, Slow Horses and Kaos

Our TV reviewer Brooks Alexander reviews the tense drama series Industry; the Gary Oldman staring Slow Horses and Kaos, a retelling of the Greek myths feturing Jeff Goldblum as Zeus. 

2:20 Made in NZ: WW1 rotary engines

Today we're touching down at Omaka Aerodrome, just outside Blenheim. For the last twenty years Tony Wytenburg has been running 'Classic Aero machining service'. He manufactures bespoke aircraft parts including, he says, being the world's only supplier for WW1 era rotary engines. But the names a bit misleading, but according to Tony, if you need a part for just about anything, they can make it for you.

2.30 Expert Feature: everything you need to know about flying

Chris Smith is an Australian pilot who flew with Jetstar for over 40 years. He was inspired to get into the aviation industry by his parents and a love of flying clearly runs in the family with daughter Lauren, a first officer following in her dad's footsteps. Last year she joined her father in the cock-pit for his very last flight before retiring last year.

Since then he's written a book on his life in the air and the lessons he learnt along the way - His book 'Leadership at 43000 Feet' is available to buy online. 

3:10 Feature interview: how a man's brain changes when they have kids

Parents don't just change their children; children change their parents. Becoming a father results in changes in men's brains says Dr Darby Saxbe, the Founder of the Center for the Changing Family at the University of Southern California.  A recent study  looked at the brains of first-time fathers and reveals evidence that men undergo physical changes when they have children. Dr Saxbe says men have the hardwiring in their brains to be nurturing, but too often that job falls only to mothers. She makes the case to prioritize men doing more parenting because it can have long term benefits for brain health.  

3:35 Here Now

With its origins in Angola and later in communities of enslaved in Brazil in the 1800s, the once-banned martial art of Capoeira has grown in popularity over the world in recent years.

In Auckland, a recent Capoeira graduation ceremony drew hundreds from not just the Brazilian community. Kadambari Raghukumar went along.

3:45 The pre-Panel