Afternoons for Tuesday 8 October 2024

1:15 After the rain: a plumber's story

Taieri Mouth is a small fishing village at the mouth of the Taieri River 40 kilometres south of Dunedin - population 280.Like a lot of the Clutha district, Dunedin and coastal Otago, it was hammered by rain last week.

That meant local plumber, Alvin Swete was kept busy checking on his neighbours. He's been flat tack since and he's got some advice about what to do with your plumbing after extreme weather hits. 

1:25 International acclaim for local chocolate

Bean-to Bar chocolate maker Foundry Chocolate has won a Best in Show Award for their single origin 70% dark chocolate bar at the North West Chocolate Festival - held a few days ago in Seattle, Washington. Jesse talks to David Herrick, Foundry's chocolate maker.

1:35 The Birkenhead Foodtown Robbery

1984: year of the original Ghostbusters film. David Lange replaced Robert Muldoon as Prime Minister. POI-E by the Patea Māori Club was top of the charts. And a trio of crims took a lot of money - fast.   

"The Heist - The Birkenhead Foodtown Robbery" is the story of what happened when armed robbers held up an Amour Guard truck outside Foodtown in Auckland's Birkenhead, stealing over one million dollars in today's money. It took them less than three minutes.  

Scott Bainbridge, one of the country's most prominent true-crime authors, talks Jesse through the story.

1:45 Tech Tuesday: the big 3G shutdown

Tim Batt joins Jesse to talk him through an impending mobile network shutdown in Australia. 

2:10 Book Critic: recommended mysteries for tweens

It is just human nature to be intrigued and curious about a good mystery, no matter what age you are. Some writers do it better than others, especially for tweens! Catherine Ross gives her recommendations for the 10 to 15 plus crowd.

For Ages: 10+ Years

The Lost Library
By Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass
Published in 2023

Escape from Mr Lemoncello's Library
By Chris Grabenstein
Published in 2013

For Ages 11+ Years 

Ali Cross
By James Patterson
Published in 2019

For Ages 12/13+

York (The Shadow Cipher Book 1)
By Lauren Ruby
Published in 2017

For Ages: 14+ Years

Warrior Girl Unearthed
By Angeline Boulley
Published in 2023

The Last Girls Standing
By Jennifer Dugan
Published in 2023

2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster

Our Australian correspondent describes Australian commemorations of the Oct 7 attacks in Israel and protests as the war continues in Gaza. He also talks about the concerted effort to bring the nearly 30 thousand Australians in Lebanon home.  And he's going to see Cold Chisel play on the weekend!

2:30 Music feature: Donny Hathaway

Josh Ellery joins Jesse for a walk through the career and music of the soul legend Donny Hathaway. 

3:10 Feature interview: the world where everyone wants to be Peter Pan

Adulting is hard. Over the years, Professor Keith Hayward has seen students at all sorts of universities reject the world of adult autonomy. He looks at contemporary culture that patronizes and talks down to people and what it means for the world if everyone wants to be Peter Pan in his new book, Infantilised: How Our Culture Killed Adulthood.

3:30 Nau Mai Town: Raumati

Over the next few weeks, we'll feature 'encore' episodes of Nau Mai Town - the RNZ Podcast about Māori place names - coming up producer Justine Murray is in Raumati, to find out if the name, which in English means 'SUMMER' is worth the hype. 

3:45 The pre-Panel