Afternoons for Tuesday 21 December 2021

 

1:20 Pet hazards to be aware of during the festive season

The festive season comes with an extra risk for our pets - when it comes to eating things that they shouldn't.

For one pet insurance provider, PD Insurance, about 10 percent of claims for dogs over the last year were due to accidental digestion.

PD Insurance chief operating officer, Michelle Le Long talks to Karyn about the festive season hazards to be aware of.

1:30 Seaweed drinks to hit the shelves in 2022

A New zealand seaweed company is hoping to have a seaweed drink on the shelves next year.

AgriSea is a family business based in Paeroa, and research and development. It's general manager is Clare Bradley and she explains what seaweed drinks are!

 

1:40 Setting the record straight on NZ's role in the Iranian hostage crisis

North and South feature writer Peter McKenzie has delved into the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979/80 to set the record straight about New Zealand's role.

In the blockbuster move, Argo, it was falsely claimed that New Zealand refused to help the operation to rescue the US diplomats being held hostage.

He explains Karyn that he has found out what really happened and how New Zealand did help.

2:00 Post Cabinet Press conference LIVE

COVID-19 response minister Chris Hipkins is giving an update on what cabinet has decided about any changes in approach to dealing with the Omicron variant of the virus. We'll take that news live then speak Otago University Epidemiologist Michael Baker.

2:10 Book Critic: Claire Mabey

 

2:20 Music feature: The music of Billie Holiday

Music critic Simon Sweetman joins Karyn to look back on the soulful music of legendary American songstress Billie Holiday.

When a record company executive saw a video on You Tube of a University men's acapella group  doing an original version of 12 Days of Christmas, a mashup of Christmas classics, he signed them immediately. More than 10 years later, Christmas still holds special meaning for the group, Straight No Chaser. At the height of the pandemic, when members were in quarantine all over the US, they recorded a Christmas Album over Zoom to cheer themselves up.   We'll talk to baritone Seggie Isho about putting the cool in Christmas music and acapella groups.

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC History

It's 75 years since verdicts were delivered on leading German Nazis at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg for their instrumental role in the Second World War and the killing of millions of Jews. The trial, which lasted almost a year, made history and the principles of international criminal law first established there are still fundamental to international justice today. at the trial, Sir Geoffrey Lawrence. She was in court, watching the proceedings and talks to Caroline Bayley about her memories of the trial.

3:45 The Panel with Georgie Stylianou and Scott Campbell