Afternoons for Wednesday 23 October 2024

1:15 Garage sale heaven

There are wine trails and nature trails, but if you like a good forage of a different kind, then the Teviot Valley Garage Sale Trail could be the one for you. 

1:25 Are there really 'mortgage secrets' banks don't want you to know?

Other than putting more money on it, is there really a faster way to pay off your mortgage?

Some financial advisors are warning people about online courses that claim to let you in on their financial secrets, but only for a fee.  

Jesse talks to RNZ's resident money expert, Susan Edmonds. 

1:35 Homelessness in the Wairarapa 

The issue of homelessness is often highlighted in our big cities, from families living in emergency accommodation to those sleeping rough. But what about homelessness in our regional towns and small cities? 

1:45 Heading Off: Vincent O'Malley's top 5 New Zealand Land Wars sites to visit

This coming Labour Day, Monday October 28th is also the National Day of Commemoration for the New Zealand Wars - Rā Maumahara.  

It is estimated that around 3000 people were killed or injured during these conflicts as Māori and Pākehā clashed over the meaning of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and concepts of land ownership, guardianship, sovereignty and independence. 

Historian Vincent O'Malley says Monday is an opportunity for New Zealanders to not only reflect on this chapter of our history but to visit sites of military significance.

2.12 Music Critic: Woodland by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings

Woodland is the first collection of original material jointly billed to lifelong collaborators Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. It takes its name from the East Nashville studio the pair have owned since 2001. 

2:20 Easy Eats with Kelly Gibney: Pork, ginger and spring onion meatballs

The recipe is highly adaptable-double the batch for great leftovers for lunch or add chopped kimchi to the meatball mixture for extra flavour. Get the recipe here. 

2:30 Bookmarks with Cadence Chung

Cadence is a woman of many talents: she's a poet, composer, mezzo-soprano, piano teacher and a RNZ Concert presenter and she's only 21.

Cadence's book picks:

The Hatred of Poetry by Ben Lerner

How to be dead in a year of Snakes by Chris Tse

Cadence's music picks:

Mon coeur souvre a ta voix (from Saint-Saens's opera Samson and Delilah) by Elina Garanca
Nausicaa by Sarah Kirkland Snider, sung by Emily D'Angelo.
Leaving the City by Joanna Newsom
Double Mother by Cadence Chung, words by Jackson McCarthy. 

3:10 Feature interview:  The Pub Choir phenomenon

It all started with 70 strangers in a Brisbane pub belting out Dave Dobbyn's A Slice of Heaven seven years ago. Now thousands of people around the world  join  New Zealand born creator and director Astrid Jorgensen who is selling out venues around the world with shows where the audience members become the performers.  After some tuition from Jorgensen and a PowerPoint with all the words, people who may never have sung in public before coming together to form a chorus and sing songs in three-part harmony.

3:35 Stories from Our Changing World

3:45 The pre-Panel