Afternoons for Monday 30 September 2024

1:15 Get your waders out

Trout fishing season opens tomorrow - and anglers around the country will be dusting off their rods and waders, dreaming of hooking that giant trophy fish. They could be in luck with predictions of a bumper season in some parts of the country.

Mark Leishman talks to Taupō angler Libby O'Brien.

1.25 How the body heals itself

Have you ever wondered why - if you bite your cheek or burn the roof of your mouth - it heals quickly with no scarring. It's a bit of body repair magic which a group of Canterbury University researchers have mimicked to create a medicine to help heal wounds on horses. And they're hoping one day it will be used to treat painful human conditions like bed sores, diabetic foot ulcers and burns.

Mark talks to Dr Rudi Marquez from the School of Physical and Chemical Sciences at Canterbury University

1.35 A concept that could change lives

In New Zealand one in seven children and one in eight adults need to take medicine for asthma. And sadly 96 people die from Asthma in New Zealand each year. Our next guest is developing a device he hopes will alleviate symptoms for asthma sufferers

25-year-old Joseph Balfe is the winner of this year's Falling Walls Lab Aotearoa New Zealand pitch competition, for his project to develop a wearable smart-device to detect and relieve asthma attacks. And he's off to Germany in November for the world final.

1:45 Feature album: the music of Kris Kristofferson 

2:10 TV Critic: A Very Royal Scandal and Border Patrol NZ 

The one and only Linda Burgess talks to Mark about the three-part Amazon Prime drama about Newsnight's 2019 interview with Prince Andrew. She also swerves into reality TV territory and discusses and contrasts Border Patrol NZ and the Aussie show Border Security. 

2:20 Made in NZ: spearfishing gear by wettie.co.nz

The saying "necessity is the mother of invention" is apt for our Made in NZ feature this week. Seeing a need for spearfishing gear designed for New Zealand's unique conditions, six times NZ Spearfishing Champion, Darren Shields decided to create his own. Fast forward from those humble beginnings, in Darren's home garage in 2007 and his company Wettie, now sells its wetsuits and spearfishing gear around the world.

2.30 Expert Feature: Sleep

Whether you have trouble falling asleep, waking up, or maybe you know a snorer. This week's expert feature is looking to answer any question you might have about everyone's favourite past time. 

Mark talks to Dan Ford, sleep psychologist at The Better Sleep Clinic. 

3:10 How the pandemic made me an introvert 

For most of her life, therapist and mental health expert Dr Jessi Gold loved to be around people.  Her social calendar was always full. She says she always needed to do something, with someone. But a funny thing happened in the years since enforced social isolation during the pandemic. Dr Gold says she's now content being home and alone. She says she's gone from being an extrovert to an introvert and she's seeing the same trend among friends, patients and talking to other mental health experts. Dr Jessi Gold shares insights as a reformed social butterfly learning to find balance.

3:35 Here Now

A hundred years ago Haining and Frederick Streets in central Wellington were the heart of the capital's Chinese quarter. Today, all but a few fragments are gone. Wellington Chinese Historian Lynette Shum takes producer William Ray on a tour of the Wellington's long lost Chinatown.'

3:45 The pre-Panel

It's the usual malarky with Wallace Chapman and Mark Leishman. But today the two mighty tōtara of broadcasting are joined by hot shot producer Sam Hollis for a very special James Bond quiz.