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Afternoons for Thursday 24 April 2014

  • Best song ever written - Sensitive to a Smile

    1:08 PM.Juliet Crew from Christchurch has chosen 'Sensitive to a Smile' by New Zealand reggae band Herbs. Audio

  • Your Place - Kaikoura

    1:20 PM.About half way between Cape Campbell and Christchurch, on a rugged part of the east coast of the South Island, a small peninsular extends 5 kilometers into the sea. It's the place, folklore has it… Read more Audio

  • The WWII Dutch barrel organ - Wilhelmus Beetz

    2:10 PM.From playing a barrel organ in a Dutch cafe while avoiding the Nazis during World War Two, to building one of his very own in Eketahuna. Wilhelmus Beetz's love affair with the Dutch barrel organ began… Read more Audio

  • Rarest Kiwi - Alison Ballance

    2:20 PM.Okarito rowi are New Zealand's rarest kiwi, and chicks that hatch in the wild have a 95% chance of being killed by a stoat. To avoid this grisly death every rowi egg is 'rescued' from the wild and… Read more Audio

  • Feature album - Quadrophenia

    2:50 PM.Today's feature album is 'Quadrophenia' by The Who, Pete Townshend's 1973 rock opera and the album he thought was his best. Audio

  • Fresh fast food with Nadia Lim

    3:06 PM.Instant Feijoa Ice-cream. Audio

  • Wine with Yvonne Lorkin

    3:13 PM.Cheap and Cheerful: Jacob's Creek White Blend $13, Mid Price Magic: Charles Wiffen Marlborough Gewurztraminer 2010 $19.50, Treat Yourself: Coopers Creek Saint John Hawke's Bay Malbec 2011 $26. Audio

  • Rowi - the Rarest Kiwi

    3:20 PM.Rowi are New Zealand's rarest kiwi, and 'egg rescues' that see chicks hatched and raised in captivity have resulted in a big increase in the bird's numbers Audio

  • Film review with Sarah McMullan

    3:31 PM.Sarah reviews 'The Wind Rises' - the last film from acclaimed director Hayao Miyazaki, 'Half of a Yellow Sun' - based on a novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 'The Amazing Spider Man 2: Rise of Electro… Read more Audio

  • The Tough Mudder - Jeremy Kann

    3:43 PM.Sprinting through live wires, plunging into freezing water, and crawling through trenches. The Tough Mudder challenge began in the United States about four years ago and now lands in Auckland this… Read more Audio

  • The Panel Pre-Show for 24 April 2014

    3:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

  • The Panel with Bernard Hickey and Steve McCabe (Part 1)

    4:08 PM.The hike in the OCR, did we need it? As we contemplate higher mortgage rates the big Luxembourg Income Study has interesting revelations about how the middle classes, but especially the poor of the… Read more Audio

  • The Panel with Bernard Hickey and Steve McCabe (Part 2)

    4:35 PM.Our changed attitude towards Anzac Day, what the panel has been up to, and Shane Jones' departure from politics. Audio

1:10 Best Song Ever Written - Juliet Crew of Christchurch nominated 'Sensitive to a Smile' by Herbs

1:25 Your Place - Kaikoura

2:10 The WW2 Dutch Barrel Organ - Wilhelmus Beetz: From playing a barrel organ in a Dutch cafe while avoiding the Nazis during World War Two, to building one of his very own in Eketahuna. Wilhelmus Beetz's love affair with the Dutch barrel organ began nearly seventy years as a young boy living under German occupation.
Today he is living in Eketahuna and has finished doing up his very own Dutch barrel organ, which is nearly 100 years old.

2:20  Rarest Kiwi - Alison Ballance: Okarito rowi are New Zealand's rarest kiwi, and chicks that hatch in the wild have a 95% chance of being killed by a stoat. To avoid this grisly death every rowi egg is 'rescued' from the wild and safely hatched in captivity. Alison Ballance joins Department of Conservation staff in a forest near Franz Josef for an unexpected egg rescue, and follows the egg to an incubator at the West Coast Wildlife Centre.
INTERACTIVE DETAILS:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/ourchangingworld
BACKGROUND
Operation Nest Egg and Kiwis for Kiwis
http://www.kiwisforkiwi.org/about-kiwi/kiwi-species/rowi/

2:30 Reading - Ken Blackburn reads  'Brotherly Love'  - a short story by Murray Richards.
MUSIC DETAILS      
EMI 7213 831271 22   Larry Adler - The mouth organ virtuoso trk 12 Melancholy Baby (Burnett)

2:45 Feature Album - Quadrophenia - The Who

3:10 One Stop Shop:  For Anzac weekend, a recipe from former Masterchef winner Nadia Lim, Belinda Jackson's wine suggestions, and Sarah McMullan reviews 'The Amazing Spiderman 2: Rise of Electro 3D' .. the Nigerian drama,  'Half of the Yellow Sun' and the Japanese animated historical drama 'The Wind Rises'

Food  - Nadia Lim
Instant Feijoa Ice-cream

Wine - Yvonne Lorkin - The Picks
Jacob's Creek White Blend $13
Charles Wiffen Marlborough Gewurztraminer 2010 $19.50
Coopers Creek Saint John Hawke's Bay Malbec 2011 $26

Movies -Sarah McMullan

3.40 The Tough Mudder - Jeremy Kann.
Sprinting through live wires, plunging into freezing water, and crawling through trenches...
The Tough Mudder challenge began in the United States about four years ago and now lands in Auckland this weekend. It's an endurance event, with 18 obstacles over 20 kilometres.. and the organisers say more importance is given to teamwork than time or placings.

4:06  Bernard Hickey and Steve McCabe are on The Panel today: The hike in the OCR, did we need it? As we contemplate higher mortgage rates the big Luxembourg Income Study has interesting revelations about how the middle classes,but especially the poor of the western world are being dealt to by income inequality now, and that's especially true of the United States. Canada seems to be the country to migrate to at the moment. A comparison between Nigella Lawson and Snoop Lion the rapper regarding entry to NZ. Our changed attitude towards Anzac Day, and dogs at work.