Afternoons for Thursday 29 September 2016

1:10 First song

1.15 Major Blow for Clark's UN Bid

A major blow for Helen Clark's bid to become the next secretary general of the UN. A late contender from Bulgaria might be the final nail in the coffin for our former Prime Minister as there's a school of thought that an Eastern European woman would keep a lot of members happy. Kristalina Georgieva has thrown her hat in the ring this morning with the official nomination from her government. She's also a EU budget commissioner and for many who are voting in the contest ticks a number of boxes as a preferred region and gender to take over from Ban Ki-moon. Her nomination comes just days after a poor straw poll for Helen Clark where she slipped to 7th place out of 9 candidates. Mark Leon Goldberg is the Editor of the UN and global affairs blog the UN dispatch also the host of global dispatch's podcast.

1:25 Massey Racism Prompts Call for Name Change

A Massey University lecturer is calling for the institution to change its name, after research has revealed racist comments, made by the former prime minister its named after. The university is named after, William Ferguson Massey, who was prime minister of New Zealand between 1912 and 1925. Steven Elers is a lecturer from the School of Communication, and he's behind the push for change. 

1.30 Magpies on the attack in a Timaru Park

Mountain bikers in Timaru are taking more of a risk in a Centennial Park of late with over protective magpies dive bombing the cyclists. The incidents have been happening on a particular track in the park where a magpie mum and dad feel they are getting too close to their nests. It's generally around this time of the year when the magpies get quite feisty and aggressive. Lyn MacDonald from New Zealand Bird rescue has some tips on what to do about the magpie attacks.

1.35 Springsteen Review

Bruce Springsteen's long-awaited autobiography, Born To Run, came out today.

Reviewer, Russell Baillie, got a chance to have a sneak peak in advance.

1.40 Silver Scroll Awards

Tonight is the 51st Silver Scroll Awards. Music 101 host, Alex Behan, and Russell Baillie talk about what to expect.

And RNZ National will live video stream tonight's awards online and on Freeview Channel 50. 

1:40 Favourite album

Graham Allan has chosen Electric Wire Hustle's self-titled album.

2:10 Theatre Critic:

Maraea Rakuraku reviews VANILLA MIRAKA by Hayley Sproull

2:20 Money with Mary Holm

Mary takes your questions about her favourite type of share investment - index funds and exchange traded funds.

3:10 Masterpieces: Johnson Witehira

Artist and designer, Johnson Witehira, has chosen Unwarranted and Unregistered: Te Ahua O Te Hau Ki Te Papaioea by Terri te Tau. He also has his own exhibition coming up. It's called Half-blood, and it's a playable, video-game style artwork that explores New Zealand’s colonisation.

3:25 The Expats: Virginia Henderson in Myanmar

Virginia Henderson grew up in Waikaka, Southland, and now lives in Yangon, Myanmar.

She's been in Yangon for almost four years now first volunteering for the Yangon Heritage Trust. With her partner, Australian photographer Tim Webster she has recently produced a new book called Yangon Echoes: Inside Heritage Homes, an anthology of oral histories from residents of the city's old places.

3:30 This Way Up

Not too many people go on holiday to Fiji and see a way to change other people's lives for the better. But 17-year-old Finn Ross went fishing there and saw how local people were struggling with old or broken fishing gear and the problems this was causing. So Finn and his mate Max Lichtenstein decided to do something about it. They set up a charity called Let Them Fish that's collecting hundreds of second-hand reels and rods, kilometres of fishing line, and lots of diving stuff here in New Zealand and sends it off to people who need it in Fiji and Tonga. There's currently collection points at nine fishing shops in Auckland, Tauranga and Whangarei, and they have plans to take the idea nationwide. This Way Up's Simon Morton went to see how it works.

3:45 The Panel Pre-Show

Music played in this show

JESSE MULLIGAN AFTERNOONS
1:00pm - 4:00pm
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 29th 2016

JESSE'S SONG:
ARTIST:    Herma Keil & The Keil Isles
TITLE:        Teardrops
COMP:    Wayne Healey
ALBUM:    Single
LABEL:    Viking

FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST:    Electric Wire Hustle
TITLE:        Waters
COMP:    Mara TK, David Wright, Myele Manzanza
ALBUM:    Electric Wire Hustle
LABEL:    iTunes

ARTIST:    Electric Wire Hustle
TITLE:        Chaser
COMP:    Mara TK, David Wright, Myele Manzanza
ALBUM:    Electric Wire Hustle
LABEL:    iTunes

ARTIST:    Electric Wire Hustle
TITLE:        They Don't Want
COMP:    Mara TK, David Wright, Myele Manzanza
ALBUM:    Electric Wire Hustle
LABEL:    iTunes

THE PANEL:
ARTIST:    The Move
TITLE:        Flowers In The Rain
COMP:    Roy Wood    
ALBUM:    Move
LABEL:    Festival