Afternoons for Wednesday 12 May 2021

 

1.12 First Song:

1:17 Creating food havens to combat childhood obesity

A new concept called 'food havens' aimed at reducing high childhood obesity rates in lower socioeconomic neighbourhoods has been developed by researchers at AUT's Child and Youth Health research centre.

The haven is intended to be a place which has a high availability of healthy food that's culturally accessible, convenient, desirable and most importantly affordable.

Research co-author, Dr Radilaite Cammock, is a lecturer in Public Health at the AUT School of Public Health and Interdisciplinary Studies. She's also a research associate at the Child and Youth Health Research Centre and Pacific Health Research Centre, based at AUT South Campus in Manukau. She explains their concept to Jesse.

1:27 Durum wheat farming experiment in the Wairarapa 

A new farming venture is underway in the Wairarapa. Farmers are being encouraged by Foundation of Arable Research and the The Ministry for Primary Industries to try and work out if there's a market in New Zealand for durum wheat. Mick Williams is a farmer in the Wairarapa involved in the scheme and he  speaks to Jesse about the challenges and opportunities of the project. 

1:37 Demystifying cryptocurrencies in NZ 

It's easy to be a bit dismissive of cryptocurrencies. It feels like something that's happening in the distance, is quite confusing and can probably be left alone. But Masters Student at the University of Otago Campbell Miller thinks that's a mistake and he's set up a cryptocurrency club at the university to try and demystify crypto. 

1:55 Afternoons Quiz Robert Kelly

RNZ producer and onetime bookseller Robert Kelly presents his weekly quiz.

2.12 Podcast Critic: Molly Jones

Molly Jones reviews Alec Mapa: Hot Mess with Matthew Dempsey psychotherapist and I Am All In with Scott Patterson.

2:25 Bookmarks with Ghazaleh Golbakhsh

Our Bookmarks guest today is Iranian-New Zealand writer and filmmaker Ghazaleh Golbakhsh.

Her first book 'The Girl From Revolution Road' was released in September last year and she's currently working on a comedy feature film.

She will also be appearing in the Auckland Writers Festival this month.

Iranian-New Zealand writer and filmmaker Ghazaleh Golbakhsh shares what she enjoys, watching, reading and listening to in her spare time.

3:10 Cold snap begins to bite 

Is it cold where you are? It might be about to get a lot colder! There's a big mid week temperature drop going on and it's bringing wind, rain and snow with it. Te Ratonga Tirorangi Metservice meteorologist Rob Kerr joins Jesse to give an update on the stormy weather. 

3:10 Helping millennials and GEN Z live an ordinary life

#live your best life, sounds great until it keeps you from living your real life.  There is extraordinary pressure on young adults today to be extraordinary says Rainesford Staufffer, a writer who focuses on millennials and Gen Z.  She dispels the myths about  so called ‘snowflakes” and defines the unprecedented cultural and economic challenges of young adults in her new book   An Ordinary Age: Finding Your Way in a World That Expects Exceptional.

3:35 Stories from Our Changing World Fight for the Wild: Dealing with loss

Fight for the Wild is a documentary film & podcast series exploring the notion of Predator Free 2050 in Aotearoa.

In part 2 of ‘Dealing with loss’, Dave Hansford is back charting the rogue’s gallery of baddies, many of which were brought here deliberately.

Made possible by the RNZ/NZ On Air Innovation Fund.

3:45 The Panel with Tayyaba Khan and Jeremy Rookes