Afternoons for Monday 14 March 2011
1:10 Best Song Ever Written
Kingdom Come by Jill Scott as chosen by Petra Palmer of Little River, Banks Peninsula.
1:15 8 Months To Mars - what would well-known people do on an trip to Mars?
Danny Hutton of Three Dog Night.
2:10 Feature Stories
Peter Henderson has been paying the rates on land in Hunterville that isn't even his, in the hopes that descendants of the original owner will someday come forward and claim it. The land was issued by Crown Grant in March 1893 to a Edmond James Dennehy. A New Zealand soldier by the same name died at Gallipoli in 1915.
Two Rotorua comedians, Tihini 'T' Grant and Mike Jonathan, have set up a Facebook page called Random Maori Fullas. where they post jokes and video clips of their comedy skits.
2:30 Festival Review
Reviews of two orchestral performances - A Symphonic Odyssey and Family Concert, along with discussion of the festival so far.
2:50 Feature Album
The Seldom Seen Kid by UK indie rock band Elbow.
3:12 Author Slot
33 Men: Inside the Miraculous Survival Dramatic Rescue of the Chilean Miners by Jonathan Franklin
3:47 Pre Panel
What people are saying on Facebook and Twitter.
4:06 The Panel
David Farrar and John Barnett