Afternoons for Friday 8 April 2022

 

1:20 Addressing gender funding gap for women-led start ups

A second ArcAngels​ Fund has been set up by Icehouse Ventures specifically to invest in women-led businesses.

They're a quarter of the way to their 20 million dollar goal, which they plan to use to back up to 50 women-led startups over the next four years.

Cornerstone investor Theresa Gattung talks to Jesse about their ambition to fund more women-led start ups and why there's a funding imbalance for their ventures.

1:30 New tool developed for less invasive prostate cancer testing

A new tool is being developed at the Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies that can instantaneously detect whether tissue is cancerous or not.

This would be a vast improvement over the current method, which isn't all that accurate and - as any guy over 40 will tell you - is very invasive.

Dodd-Walls Centre principal investigator and senior research fellow at the University of Auckland physics department Dr Claude Aguergaray talks to Jesse.

1:40 Unlocking the potential of goat milk!

Just over a million dollars has been granted to researchers to look further at the possible benefits of goat milk powder for older people.

The Liggins institute High Value Nutrition Science Challenge funds have been awarded to a combination of scientists at Massey and Otago University's to fund ongoing work on the potential of goat milk.

 Professor of Nutritional Study's at Massey University's Riddet Institute, Warren McNabb talks to Jesse about what they're going to be doing over the next three years.

1:50 'News 2 Me' launched today

A new of news for children is being launched today. News 2 Me is a collaboration between RNZ and TVNZ.

We speak to RNZ's Gill Bonnet, who's producing the weekly series about the importance of tamariki engaging with current affairs right now.

2:10 Film Review with Graeme Tuckett

2:20 Celebrating Auckland's past hospitality scene

Lazy Susan celebrates Auckland's hospitality scene in the second volume of their 'Auckland Eats' series.

Subtitled 'The Prequel', this one looks back at the trail blazers of the industry.

Lazy Susan director Anna King Shahab talks to Jesse.

2:30 NZ Live Replay

This week's NZ Live replay is Dianne Swann's 2021 performance here at the RNZ Auckland studio.

She came into play after releasing her debut album in April last year, called War on Peace of Mind.

3:08 Culley’s Smoky Chicken or Fish Picklenaise Burger

For today's food chat, we speak to the owner of Culley's, a company which makes a lot of sauces and condiments, many of them spicy!

Chris Cullen joins Jesse to talk about making the most of the current crop of chillis and shares a recipe for a great Friday night burger. You can find his recipe 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 Gardening with Lynda Hallinan

This week Lynda talks to Jesse about quince. She has tips for growing and eating the fruit, which coming into season right now.

3:35 Critter of the Week: The broad-cheeked gecko

This week’s critter is a taonga species on the brink of extinction.

The broad-cheeked gecko, Mokoprirakau “Okarito”, lives in lush forests and alpine shrublands in South Westland.

While most of the world’s lizards prefer warmer climates, this gecko toughs it out through wild West Coast winters.

3:45 The Panel with Anna Dean and Sam Johnson