Standing Room Only for Monday 26 September 2022

0810 Guest lists, the order of service and the Queen's Collar

Ruth Delaney, the main organiser from DIA's Visits and Ceremonial Office team and Rachel Hayward, Acting Secretary of the Cabinet/ Clerk of the Executive Council, are coordinating the State Memorial Service inside St Paul's Cathedral, and the screening of the on Parliament Grounds for the public, rain or shine.  They talk to Lynn about the logistics of this afternoon's official Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Service in Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington. 

0825  Under pressure

Competing at the top level is a mind game. Elite athletes are under pressure to meet expectations,  not just of  themselves but of their country too. So how do you retire after being driven to succeed most of your life? How do you adjust to life without the adrenaline rush?  A candid conversation with Silver Fern Amelerianne Ekenasio, retired rower Nathan Twaddle, and sports psychologist Rod Corban.

 

 

0850  A natural combo - te reo and jazz

Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury Librarian Lisa Davies (Kāi Tahu) is determined to make te reo more accessible. She's also a jazz musician, so she's brought both together.  She's part of  Ngā Reo Tīoriori, a collective of Māori jazz musicians who'll be performing a gala concert at the Christchurch Big Band Festival next month. 

0905 Saving our rainforests, one recording at a time

Eddie Game is an acoustic ecologist, and the Lead Scientist & Director of Conservation for The Nature Conservancy's Asia Pacific region. Rainforests are his favourite places and he's doing his best to save them from further degradation. He's recorded in wilderness areas including those in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Myanmar, Australia, and Gabon where logging is one of the biggest threats to local wildlife.

0925 Rolling the Dice

Three of the country's top board game designers Amanda Milne,  Richard Durham and Julia Schiller  talk about the enduring appeal of rolling the dice and moving counters, and the kinds of homegrown board games that are hitting the market.

0940 Cauliflower ice cream, give it a whirl

Mrinali Kumar believes animal-free foods taste better. She has linked that belief with another, trying to reduce food waste. This summer her cauliflower ice cream Kinda, produced from vegetables destined to be discarded, will go on sale. Mrinali is a finalist in the Momentum Student Entrepreneur category of the KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards. 

0950 Celtic Music's enduring appeal

Grounded in the Celtic musical traditions, multi-instrumentalist Rennie Pearson is about to head around the North Island as he releases his new solo album filled with traditional music of Ireland, Scotland and Maritime.

1005 Digging the Dirt

Composting, growing from seed, avoiding the dreaded brassica bolt - David Neill and Ruth Bayne from the Dunedin Vegetable Growers Club with advice on how to get the most out of your vege patch. 

1025 Dirt Fishing

Wellingtonian Andrew Harding explains why his happy place is out with his metal detector searching for hidden treasure.  Coins, rings, objects that take a while to identify. He has tips for people thinking of taking up dirt fishing.

 

 

1045  Letters from Iraq

Oud Virtuoso Rahim AlHaj is bringing his acclaimed work, Letters from Iraq, to Aotearoa New Zealand. It's a series of instrumental poems based on actual letters written by people desperately trying to survive in his war torn homeland. A powerful musical meditation on the consequences of war was written in 2017 but listening to it now with the war in Ukraine reminds makes it every bit as relevant now. 

1105 Harvesting the international potential of harakeke

Meet Ben Scales, only in his 20s but CEO of KiwiFibre, a company landing international contracts for the fast growing natural fibre composites industry. Already a viable and more sustainable alternative to fibreglass and carbon fibre.    Ben is a finalist in the Momentum Student Entrepreneur category of the KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards. 

1125 Cleaning long drops and keeping kiwi safe

Over the summer Lynn spent two weeks as a volunteer warden on one of her favourite places, Ulva Island/Te Wharawhara sanctuary in Rakiura/Stewart Island. She took her trusty RNZ sound device with her to record her experiences and accounts from previous wardens over the years.

1145 Making it in Nashville, with help from a Kiwi who knows what it takes.

Expat Vanessa McGowan calls in from Nashville to talk about her work as a music career coach helping those seeking, if not fame and fortune, at least enough gigs to make a living in the home of country music.  Vanessa is an  upright and electric bassist, vocalist, session musician, writer.  Her band The Tattletale Saints have another album and NZ tour planned for 2023.