Afternoons for Friday 15 February 2013
1:10 Best Song Ever Written - Jim Scott nominated 'Ritual Union' by Little Dragon
1:20 New Zealand Live with emerging Wellington soul singer, Louis Baker - he's been opening for people like Fat Freddy's Drop and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble in the last year.
2:10 The Kathleen Scott Story - Zoe Young - More than 100 years ago, Kathleen Scott sailed to New Zealand with her husband Captain Robert Falcon Scott, to see him off on his expedition to the South Pole; and returning in 1913 for what she thought would be a happy reunion. It was not to be. On her way to New Zealand, she was told about the deaths of her husband and the other members of the expedition. . Now Kathleen Scott's granddaughter, Zoe Young is making the same journey her grandmother did in 1913 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Terra Nova's return from Antacrtic with the news of the doomed expedition to the South Pole.
2:20 NZ Society story - John Logan Campbell is now known as one of Auckland's "Founding Fathers" and Cornwall Park is his largest legacy. But it was all the result of his own personal tragedy.
2:30 Reading - Today's extract from 'Skin To Skin' exploring the lives of people in cross-cultural marriages in New Zealand, returns to the Paul whanau from the Bay of Plenty from the perspective of Manu Paul.
MUSIC DETAILS - True TR.02 © Trinity Roots 2002 Tk 9. Little Things by Warren Maxwell, Rio Hemopo, Riki Gooch.
2:45 Feature album - Labour of Love - UB40 (1983)
3:08 One Stop Shop - Food today with PhillIp Kraal from the Bamboozle Oriental Fusion Kitchen in Sumner - Sarah McMullan reviews new movies Safe Haven & A Good Day to Die Hard. Belinda Jackson's got the wine.
Fresh Fast Food - Phillip Kraal - Wild Venison Liver with forest mushrooms, roast beets and sour cream.
Weekend Wine - Belinda Jackson
Pasqua Montepulciano 2011 - MAGNUM $20
Chianti DOCG 2010 $20
Prosecco Doc Brut - $22ish. Fractionally
3:40 Jousting - Rod Walker - It's been pulling big crowds for 4 centures... ... This weekend the Order of the Boar is hosting an International Jousting competition at Harcourt Park in Upper Hutt. Jousters from all over the world... Belgium, Sweden,Canada, USA and Australia have come to New Zealand prepared to do battle. Jousting is enjoying a renaissance in popularity thanks to a reality tv show in America called Full Metal Jousting. This weekend there's a new twist to the ancient form of fighting with a full battle between Team Australia and Team New Zealand. Rod Walker will be on the Aussie team
4:06 The Panel - Michele A'Court and Garry Moore are on The Panel today. The $100,000 performance bonus for the ACC chairman, the rehabilitation of Shane Jones. The correlation discovered at Otago University between the number of romantic partners you have and substance abuse, Iceland trying to ban online pornography, the value of online polls now that this huge rigging of them has been rumbled in Australia. Another Coronial recommendation, this time about hi-res vests for cyclists, and the costs of swimming in Lake Taupo.
