Afternoons for Friday 25 November 2016

1:10 First song: Turning Tables by Adele

Tickets for Adele's three Mt Smart concerts in Auckland sold out in a record time for New Zealand. More than 100,000 tickets got snapped up. Music reviewer Russell Baillie talks about that and other upcoming summer concerts. 

1:15 The Kaikoura drive out

For the first time in nearly two weeks, Civil Defence in Kaikōura has agreed to allow people to drive themselves out of the quake-hit town. About 100 drivers have confirmed to Civil Defence they want to leave by road. But the plan depends on the weather and on the road being safe.

RNZ reporter Ian Telfer, is there.

1:25 The biggest lego Christmas tree in the southern hemishere

It's taller than a two-story house, weighs 3.5 tonnes and took more than 1200 hours to build. It's a Christmas tree and it's made of LEGO. The giant tree is made of more than 500,000 LEGO bricks, making it the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere.

Ryan McNaught is a LEGO professional - and is known as the Brick Man. He uses lego to create sculptures, historical dioramas, architectural &engineering models, as well as mosaics. And he's in New Zealand helping build the big tree.

1:35 Critter of the Week: Nudibranchs

DoC's threatened species ambassador, Nicola Toki talks about the Nudibranch - which means naked gill.

There are around 80 species found of nudibranchs found in New Zealabd waters. They are molluscs, belonging to the gastropod family, along with snails, paua and limpets).  A nudibranch is also known as a sea slug, and they are essentially gastropods that have little or no shell (or lose it at early stages of development).

1:45 Favourite album - Once In A Very Blue Moon - Nanci Griffith

The choice of Afternoon's film industry correspondent Dan Slevin.     
Singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith's third album (C) 1984. Her music had become a little more country and a little less folk than on early albums. She calls her style folkabilly. 

2:10 Film Review with Richard Swainson

Richard reviews The Light Between Oceans and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

2:20 NZ Live: The Eastern

Today on New Zealand Live, one of the hardest working bands in land.  Well that's certainly true of it's leader who performs in excess of 230 gigs a year.  The band itself is more of a moveable feast in terms of it's players and their role in it.  There are two key members; Jess Shanks and Adam McGrath and they have literally played everywhere from Nashville to Timaru, but home is where the heart is, and their hearts are very much in Lyttleton.

3:05 Diving into the mystery bubbles

You may have heard our interviews yesterday on the mystery bubbles that have been rising in an underwater plume off the coast of Kaikoura since the big quake.  A team of divers has been studying the source of the bubbles this afternoon, Jesse speaks to Nigel Elson of Dive Kaikoura.

3:10 In defence of quinoa

Megan May of Little Bird Organics has a new love for quinoa, she shares her tips for cooking it perfectly, and has a recipe for Green Quinoa Tabbouleh

3:20 Wine with Michael Cooper

Michael Cooper has just released the 25th anniversary edition of his wine buyer's guide.

3:30 NZ Flower Week

Kathryn Flemming from The Flower Project talks about being a florist, the flower industry and shares some tips and tricks for flower displays.

3:40 Go Ahead Caller

3:45 The Panel Pre-Show

4:05 The Panel with Duncan Webb and Ellen Read

Music played in this show

JESSE MULLIGAN - AFTERNOONS:
1:00pm - 4:00pm
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 25th 2016

1:10pm - JESSE'S SONG:
ARTIST:      Adele
TITLE:        Turning Tables
COMP:       Adele Adkins, Ryan Tedder
ALBUM:     Adele 21
LABEL:      XL              

1:45pm - FAVORITE ALBUM:
ARTIST:     Nanci Griffith
TITLE:       Once In A Very Blue Moon
COMP:      Patrick Alger, Eugene Levine
ALBUM:    Once In A Very Blue Moon
LABEL:      Philo

ARTIST:     Nanci Griffith
TITLE:       I'm Not Drivin' These Wheels (Bring The Prose to The Wheel)
COMP:      Nanci Griffith
ALBUM:    Once In A Very Blue Moon
LABEL:      Philo

ARTIST:     Nanci Griffith
TITLE:       Friend Out In The Madness
COMP:      Nanci Griffith
ALBUM:    Once In A Very Blue Moon
LABEL:      Philo

2:20pm - ADDITIONAL SONG:
ARTIST:     The Phoenix Foundation
TITLE:       Black Mould
COMP:      Luke Buda, Tom Callwood, Chris O'Connor, Will Ricketts, Samuel Scott, Conrad Wedde
ALBUM:    Fandango
LABLE:     Universal        

2:25pm - NEW ZEALAND LIVE:
ARTIST:     The Eastern
TITLE:       Road To Erehwon
COMP:      Adam McGrath
ALBUM:    The Teritory
LIVE:        RNZ Auckland

ARTIST:     The Eastern
TITLE:       Southern Girl
COMP:      Adam McGrath, Jess Shanks
ALBUM:    The Eastern
LIVE:         RNZ Auckland
 
ARTIST:     The Eastern
TITLE:       Yalla, Yalla
COMP:      Joe Strummer
ALBUM:    Unreleased
LIVE:        RNZ Auckland

ARTIST:     The Eastern
TITLE:       Hard to Remember
COMP:      Adam McGrath
ALBUM:    Unrelaesed  
LIVE:         RNZ Aucklnd

4:30pm - THE PANEL:
ARTIST:     Henry Gross
TITLE:       Shannon
COMP:      Henry Hross
ALBUM:    Release
LABEL:     Lifesong