1:10 First song

1:15 Fungi and our world

Fungi are an essential, yet often overlooked, part of life. They're important part of our environment. 

Peter Buchanan has dedicated his career to the subject. 

He's a mycologist and Science Team Leader of Biosystematics at Landcare Research and has just been at a conference all about fungi in Brisbane and he's here to give us a rundown of what's new and hot in the fungal community. 

If you'd like to check out the PDF Peter mentioned, you can find it here. 

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Photo: Supplied

1:25 NZIFF: Dog's Best Friend

Ex-soldier Jacob Leezak says he was born to be with dogs. 

He runs the Canine Behaviour Expert Dog Psychology Centre just outside of Sydney.

There are at least 30 dogs at any time, some of them abandoned, others rescued before they were euthanised for aggressive behaviour.

New Zealand film maker Eryn Wilson's documentary Dog's Best Friend, follows Jacob and his fiance Jennah for several weeks as he works with dogs, showing how he and his pack of dogs teach new dogs to interact naturally.

The doco will be shown at the New Zealand International film festival. Find out more here

Dogs Best Friend still

Dogs Best Friend still Photo: NZIFF

1:35 Finding Wellington's next big designer

Fashion a can be a tough industry to crack, especially in New Zealand. 

But a new project aims to provide the time, space, and mentorship for budding Wellington designers to create a collection and show it off the public - and, hopefully, get scouted for more. 

Founder of Project Fashion, Kate Spencer, to tell us more. 

1:40 Great album - Bad Girls by Donna Summer

2:10 Film Review with Richard Swainson 

Richard Swainson reviews To Catch a Thief and Adrift

2:20 Jed Parsons on NZ Live

Ahead of the release of his debut solo album Midnight Feast Christchurch musician Jed Parsons joins us in-studio to talk music, inspiration, and play a selection of tracks off the record.

You can catch him touring the album over the next fortnight in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin, with more details here.

Jed Parsons' debut record, "Midnight Feast" was released in mid-July

Jed Parsons' debut record, "Midnight Feast" was released in mid-July Photo: Daniela Aebli Photography

3:10 Julie Biuso's Cauliflower and Potato Curry

Food writer Julie Biuso shares one of her favourite curries - cauliflower and potato. A dry curry with knock-out flavour.

Julie says good recipes like this go the distance - she first made this dish in the early 1980s and put it in my first cookbook All This And More. She loved it so much I put it in another book FRESH years later. New stuff is exciting, but a good recipe can be enjoyed for years. 

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3:20 Talk the Walk: the Mohaka River Walk

We continue our Talk the Walk series with an easier walk, with the bonus of a couple of restorative hot pools!

The Mohaka river walk us a favourite of regular walker, Trish Rae of Tauranga.

Mangatainoka Hot Springs

Mangatainoka Hot Springs Photo: DOC

3:25 Critter of the Week: The Southern Right Whale 

Whale fever has captured Wellington so today we learn more about the Southern right whale, or Eubalaena australis, or commonly called Tohora. 

They're typically black but some have irregular white patches. The flippers are large and paddle-shaped. Tohora are slow swimmers but are very acrobatic. They are also inquisitive. Tohora are a native migrant to New Zealand and are the only large baleen whales that can be regularly seen from the beach - as locals in Wellington have realised! 

DoC's theatrened species ambassador, Nicola Toki tells us what threats the Tohora face, plus the discussion around New Zealand's official rankings of endangered species. 

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Photo: DOC Freya Hjorvarsdottir

3:45 The Pre-Panel Story of the Day and One Quick Question

4:05 The Panel hosted by Wallace Chapman with panelists Ella Henry and Barry Corbett

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Photo: RNZ/Liminal/DoC

CRITTER OF THE WEEK T-SHIRTS!

NZ is full of amazing native creatures, and many of them are not cute and pretty! We are celebrating those less loved critters with some limited edition t-shirts illustrated by the amazing @giselledraws.

She was assisted by science advisor Mike Dickison and DoC's Threatened Species Ambassador, Nicola Toki.

To order a t-shirt please click here.

 

Music played in this show

Artist: TV On The Radio
Song: Will Do
Comp: TV On The Radio
Album: Nine Types of Light
Label: Interscope 26621
Played at: 14:20

1:10pm - FIRST SONG

Artist: The Chills
Song: Complex
Comp: The Chills
Album: Snow Bound
Label: Fire Records

1:45pm - GREAT ALBUM

Artist: Donna Summer
Song: Hot Stuff
Comp: Pete Bellotte, Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey
Album: Bad Girls
Label: Mercury 801240


Artist: Donna Summer
Song: Bad Girls
Comp: Joe Esposito, Eddie Hokenson, Bruce Sudano, Donna Summer
Album: Bad Girls
Label: Mercury 801240


Artist: Donna Summer
Song: Walk Away
Comp: Pete Bellotte, Harold Faltermeyer
Album: Bad Girls
Label: Mercury 801240

NZ LIVE

Artist: Jed Parsons
Song: I Need Her
Comp: Jed Parsons
Album: live recording on RNZ National
Label: RNZ
Played at: 13:32


Artist: Jed Parsons
Song: Reading Me Wrong
Comp: Jed Parsons
Album: live recording on RNZ National
Label: RNZ
Played at: 14:37


Artist: Jed Parsons
Song: Time
Comp: Jed Parsons
Album: live recording on RNZ National
Label: RNZ
Played at: 14:43


Artist: Jed Parsons
Song: Everybody's Stupid
Comp: Jed Parsons
Album: live recording on RNZ National
Label: RNZ
Played at: 14:50


Artist: Jed Parsons
Song: Get Lost
Comp: Jed Parsons
Album: live recording on RNZ National
Label: RNZ
Played at: 14:56