Afternoons for Thursday 17 October 2024

1:15 The facts about Herpes

A lighthearted campaign with a serious message was launched this week ... its aim, to make New Zealand the best place in the world to have herpes.

Fronted by several high profile Kiwis, including three sirs and a dame ...Sir Graham Henry among them ... it is the latest attempt by the New Zealand Herpes Foundation to de-stigmatise a virus that can affect up to 80% of us at some stage of our lives. 

Claire Hurst, is a clinical nurse specialist and one of the founding trustees.
 

1:25 2024 travel trends decoded and explained

Waikato has been named as a top ten trending global destination in 2025 alongside the likes of Santa Barbara, Reims just outside of Paris and Fukuoka in Japan. 

A survey of 25,000 travellers combined with popular search results saw the region emerge as a Detour Destination, one of six travel trends for 2025.   

What is a detour destination and what are those other trends? To explain these and much more is Haley Purdon from Expedia NZ.

1:35 The sequel to NZ' most iconic poster 

You may not have heard the name Terry Wreford Hann, but if you've been into a fish and chip shop you've probably seen his poster.

Terry's a photographer and, 25 years ago, produced the seafood of New Zealand poster featuring 71 species that are commercially harvested in New Zealand. 

He's now turned his attention to freshwater species.

1:45 Great album: Notes by Nathan Haines

Nathan Haines' 11th studio album gets the Afternoons spotlight ahead of the jazz master's appearance on NZ Live on Friday the 18 of October. Don't miss i!

2:10 Podcast Critic: The Kill List and Elon's Spies

Ximena Smith reviews a bonkers new show from Wondery and Novel about a murder-for-hire site on the dark web. She also reviews the latest podcast from Tortoise Media that investigates how Elon Musk uses private investigators and surveillance. 

2:30 NZ Sporting History: Nigel Avery

Today Jesse is joined by five-time Commonwealth Games medallist Nigel Avery.

Nigel has had one of the most versatile careers in New Zealand sport... He started his sporting career in shot-put and triple jump, before injury cut short his athletics career.  

He then tried his hand at bobsleigh before discovering weighlifting which took him to Olympic and Commonwealth games. 

These days Nigel leads the New Zealand Olympic team as the Chef de mission 

3:15 Your Money with Mary Holm

Today Mary looks at the banking sector and what that can tell us about and she looks at the roll out of Confirmation of Payee for payments in NZ and what that means for you. 

3:35 BBC Witness History

 

3:45 The pre-Panel