Afternoons for Wednesday 16 March 2022

 

1:20 Shelterbox NZ set up to help Ukranians feeling for Poland

ShelterBox is providing urgent help to families affected by Ukraine crisis

The charity - which has been providing families who have been left homeless by disaster or conflict with shelter since 2000, has deployed a team to Poland, where they are meeting with authorities, aid organisations, and local partners to address the humanitarian needs on the ground.
 
Dr Claire Achmad, ShelterBox New Zealand's Board Chair talks to Jesse about how New Zealanders can help.

1:30 Using music to treat anxiety and calm nerves

In these anxious times, music can be one of our most powerful allies.

A music programme in Auckland, called The Green Room, is expanding its services and wants to get the word out there to youth in need.

Musician and founder of the Green Room, Eliette Roslin, who also runs a music academy, explains what their services are all about.

1:40 Dug is not a spud after all! 

There were high hopes of a WORLD record in Hamilton after a couple discovered 'Dug the Spud'.

However, those hopes have now been dashed.

DNA testing has now confirmed that Dug is in fact a 'tuber type of gourd.'

But far from being disheartened Dug's owner, Colin Craig-Brown, has big plans for this Not-Potato

1:55 Afternoons Quiz Robert Kelly

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

2.12 Podcast Critic: Ellie Jay

Today RNZ First Up Producer, Ellie Jay, talks to Jesse about three podcasts, The Thing About Pam, The Trojan Horse Affair and Fake Psychic.

2:25 Bookmarks with TJ Perenara

Our Bookmarks guest today is All Black half-back TJ Perenara.

He joins Jesse to share his favourite things and tell us why he's recently invested in a Kiwi plant-based food company called Plan*t.

3:10 How to get rid of the psychopath in your life!

For years, comic and actor Maddy Anholt's romantic life followed a similar pattern. She went from one controlling relationship to the next,  dating men who seemed charming , willing to do anything to win her over at first, and then just about destroyed her life.  She discovered they all had one thing in common. They all fit the definition of a psychopath. She shares her experience and points out the warning signs in her book, How to Leave Your Psychopath: The Essential Handbook for Escaping Toxic Relationships.

3:35 Stories from Our Changing World

Coming up on Our Changing World we learn about a community led archaeology project.

Whānau members are doing the work of excavating, sorting, and identifying artifacts from an old Māori archaeological site, near the small fishing village of Moeraki.

They hope to put together the story of how their tūpuna lived.

3:45 The Panel with Anna Dean and Mark Knoff-Thomas