Afternoons for Thursday 29 April 2021

 

1.12 First Song: Link 3!

Karyn introduces the first track of our musical riddle today. 

1:17 Call for an NZ modern slavery act 

More than three billion dollars worth of imports that could be linked to modern slavery are brought into this country each year, according to new research released by World Vision today. The organisation is calling on the Government to introduce a Modern Slavery Act. World Vision CEO Grant Bayldon joins Karyn in the Auckland studio to discuss their methodology and call to action. 

1:27 Koroi Hawkins hosts new RNZ show Pacific Waves

There's a new show gracing RNZ National and RNZ Pacific airwaves from this week on. Koroi Hawkins is taking the reins as host of Pacific Waves which is a daily look at news and comment from the pacific region and Pacific people and their stories, wherever they are in the world. 

Koroi joins Karyn to discuss the show and introduce himself more fully! 

1:35 Aotearoa Unearthed 

What's lurking under the ground in your rohe? It's Aotearoa Archaeology week and all over the country experts are digging away at the ground to find what lies beneath. Every discovery has the potential to change the way we think about the history of this country and the people who lived in it. Rosemary Baird from Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga has spent the last year putting together a podcast called Aotearoa Unearthed. 

1:45 Great album

2:10 Music Critic: Brad Warrington

Today RNZ's Brad Warrington is bringing in new music from Little Simz and Jorja Smith. 

2:25 NZ Screen History: Son of a Gunn

This week for NZ Screen History we're taking a trip down memory lane for children of the early 90's!

The Son of A gunn show ran for only three years but left a huge imprint on the cultural landscape of Aoteaora.

It wasn't Jason Gunn's first run onto the park of children's TV and it wouldn't be the last. He talks to Karyn from Christchurch.

3:10 Link 3

3:15 Solving the World's Problems with Simon Wilson

Senior writer at the New Zealand Herald Simon Wilson is concerned about the discourse surrounding the plans for Queen Street in Auckland. He joins Karyn to talk about the different proposals for the main drag and why its getting so heated. 

3:25 History with Dr Grant Morris

Historian Dr Grant Morris is in Napier to look at the city's history beyond the 1931 earthquake.

He has set himself the challenge of speaking about one of New Zealand's most iconic cities without mentioning the devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake and its aftermath.

3:35 Spoken Feature: Conversations with My Immigrant Parents

Over the past few weeks we've featured excerpts of podcast and video series Conversations With My Immigrant Parents, hosted by Saraid de Silva and Julie Zhu. This podcast sees different generations within immigrant families sitting down to share intimate stories together.

This week, is about how do we search for something we've never seen? The last episode of the series sees the Arif whānau reflect on their years in Aotearoa and dream of a better future.

3:45 The Panel with Alexia Russell and Nick Ward