Afternoons for Friday 4 March 2022
1:15 First song with Benee
Acclaimed and talented local artist, Benee has her latest EP out today.
She joins Jesse to talk about her latest work and if there are any plans for her to reschedule her cancelled New Zealand leg of of her international tour.
1:20 Change to stop pine forests earning carbon credits welcomed
The government has proposed a change to the Emission Trading Scheme that would mean permanent pine forests won't earn carbon credits.
It wouldn't affect pine planted for logging, as that falls under a different category.
Forest and Bird are backing the change, saying we should be incentivising the planting of native forests instead.
Forest and Bird spokesperson Dean Baigent-Mercer talks to Jesse.
1:30 Saving the Kimana wildlife corridor in Kenya with bees
Environmental activist and founder of Saving the Wild, Jamie Joseph is back in New Zealand.
Known for her work exposing rhino poaching syndicates, her charity has now expanded its operations.
She's just arrived from Kenya where she has been working with the Kimana Bee Keeping Project to install hundreds of hives alone the Kimana wildlife corridor.
Jamie talks to Jesse about the project.
1:50 Bake sale to raise funds for Ukraine #CookForUkraine
Cook The Books bookstore in Auckland is supporting the global movement started by UK based Russian Cook Alissa Timoshkina to raise money for Ukranian refugees, #CookForUkraine.
To help raise money for the campaign and awareness Felicity O'Driscoll together with Kylee Newton are holding a bake sale at the Cook The Books store tomorrow.
Felicity tells Jesse about how you can help them and buy up baking and preserves from very talented cooks.
2:10 Film Review: Ali Ventura
Today Ali talks to Jesse about the latest Batman film staring Robert Pattinson. She's also watched Bergman Island, about a married couple of filmmakers on a working retreat on a Swedish Island.
2:20 New Anton Forde Sculpture opens on Waiheke Island
A new work by Waiheke Island artist and sculptor Anton Forde has been revealed to the public today.
Eleven years in the making, the installation is made up of 55 individual pou installed 2m apart in a weaving pattern that Waiheke visitors will be able to view clearly as they come and go on the ferry.
Anton tells Jesse the story behind the sculpture.
2:30 NZ Live: REPLAY
Today's NZ Live replay is a medley of performances from over the years.
The tracks the engineers have dug out of our archives are from Jess B, The D4, Fazerdaze, Muroki, Gin Wigmore, TEEKS and Brooker Fraser.
3:08 Food with Jess Daniell
Today chef Jess Daniell shares a recipe very close to her heart, and timely one with feijoa season just around the corner.
She's sharing how to make her favourite cake, which is a recipe from her mother, feijoa cake.
In face the cake is so much her favourite it was the one she chose for her wedding.
You can find out how to make this seasonal treat here.
3:16 Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
Charlotte Ryan, host of Music 101 here on RNZ each Saturday afternoon from midday talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and because Friday is new music day - she'll pick us a track to play.
3:25 DIY with Stan Scott
Builder Stan Scott is back to answer your questions about any DIY jobs you have or problems that need solving around your home.
3:35 Critter of the Week Robust Skink
Described as a ‘sausage with legs’, the Robust skink is our largest native lizard species.
It’s a real beauty with big, dark eyes and rusty colouring but its large body and night-time habits make it super vulnerable to introduced predators.
3:45 The Panel with Nalini Baruch and Alan McElroy