Afternoons for Wednesday 23 March 2022

 

1:20 Southland war memorial restorer continuing her work for ANZAC day

In the leadup to Anzac Day, a Southland war memorial restorer has created silhouettes of a soldier to raise funds for her work in the region.

You may remember Ann Robbie - she joined Jesse on the show for a chat in November last year to talk about a long-lost World War One memorial flagpole found in dense bush in Bluff.

Ann catches up again with Jesse to talk about her latest project.

1:30 Renewed calls for a flood warning system in West Auckland

There are renewed calls for a flood warning system to be put in place in the rural town of Kumeū in West Auckland.

That follows intense flash flooding on Monday in the Auckland and Northland regions. 

Rodney Local Board chair and volunteer firefighter, Phelan Pirrie, speaks to Jesse. 

1:40 Kingsland Guitar Festival

An upcoming music festival in Auckland is set to celebrate one of the most popular musical instruments of our time - the guitar!

Event organiser and production manager, Tony Richards, talks to Jesse about the Kingsland Guitar Festival.

1.45 Totara forest planted at Hawke's Bay school

Jesse speaks to Pete Ashdown, the caretaker at Parkvale School in Hastings, about a special conservation project that started through a conversation.

1:55 Afternoons Quiz Robert Kelly

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

2.12 Podcast Critic: Justine Murray

Today Justine Murray talks to Jesse about Whare Korero, not a podcast, but an app which has a whole lot of regional iwi radio content.

2:20 Bookmarks with Bill Baber

Today's Bookmarks guest is basically the godfather of cochlear implants in New Zealand - he performed the first surgery here in 1986.

After almost 50 years as an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) surgeon, he's just retired.

Now he has a little extra time on his hands, he joins Jesse to share his career highlights and a few of his favourite things.

3:10 How losing his vision led to insights on ageing

When New York Times opinion writer Frank Bruni woke up with blurred vision one morning several years ago, he had no idea how temporarily losing his sight would turn into unexpected insights into aging, resilience, and human potential. He shares his experience reappraising his own priorities and what he learned from other people who have experience trauma and loss. His book is called The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found.

3:35 Stories from Our Changing World

A reliable electricity supply underpins modern life.

There is now a growing suite of renewable energy systems - wind, micro-hydro, wave, solar, biomass - with electricity produced and stored locally.

Coming up with the best ways of using these micro power grids is what interests Victoria University of Wellington's Alan Brent and Soheil Mohseni.

3:45 The Panel with Nalini Baruch and David Slack