Afternoons for Tuesday 26 April 2022
1:20 Social supermarkets set up to offer more choice for those in need
A new approach to addressing food poverty is being rolled out by supermarket giant, Food Stuffs together with community providers.
So called social supermarkets are going to be set up across the country, targeting communities which have the greatest need.
It will mean that those who're relying on help to get food on their tables, will be able to choose what they need rather than being given pre-packaged food parcels.
Willa Hand, is he head of membership experience at Foodstuffs North Island - she explains to Wallace what they are doing.
This building in Kaitaia is being transformed into a social supermarket, opening next month to provide the Far North's whānau and communities in need with new choices. Photo: supplied
1:30 New interactive museum in Le Quesnoy to commemorate WWI NZ soldiers
There was some exciting news out over the weekend to mark ANZAC day.
Weta Workshop has teamed up with the New Zealand Memorial Museum Trust - Le Quesnoy to re-create a pivotal moment in our WW1 history - in Le Quesnoy itself.
The project will be a living memorial museum and visitor centre to honour New Zealand's history in the small French town.
Producer and Broadcaster Jude Dobson's on the museum trust helping to make this all happen. She talks to Wallace about their plans.
New Zealand Division liberates Le Quesnoy. Photo: NZHistory
1:40 De-carbonising wool processing to boost exports
A project is being launched to dramatiacally reduce the carbon emissions associated with processing wool for carpet manufacturing.
The multi-million dollar decarbonisation initiative at Bremworth carpets is expected to reduce emissions by up to 30 percent as well as helping to boost their exports.
Bremworth CEO Greg Smith talks to Wallace about their plans.
Photo: supplied
1:50 Relationships with Hannah Korrel
Today neuropscyhologist and clinical psychologist Hannah Korrel talks about how to navigate traditional family get togethers if you have a plus one or their family traditions to consider.
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2:10 Book Critic: Claire Mabey
Today Claire talks to Wallace about books she has recently re-read. She's read The Bone People by Keri Hulme and Brother of More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido.
2:20 The roaring 20's revival in this century!
The 1920s were known as an age of jazz as dance music.
Jazz historian Aleisha Ward is a Lecturer at the school of Music at the University of Auckland, and she wonders if the roaring 20s are happening again!
She joins Wallace to talk Jazz and play some great tracks from then and now.
Photo: public domain
3:10 Dating in the 21st Century: 'initimacy has been privatised".
Dating in the 21st century often begins with a lie and alone. People stretch the truth about weight and height with a filtered photo on dating sites and make decisions about who to swipe right on without input from friends and family. Dating is now separate from the rest of our social lives says Dr Marie Bergstrom. She’s a researcher at the French Institute of Demographic Studies in Paris and argues the privatization of intimacy is changing the way we think about love.
Photo: 123RF
3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Witness
It is 50 years since the US President Richard Nixon went to China and met Chairman Mao. The meeting normalised relations between the two countries for the first time in quarter of a century. American diplomat Winston Lord was there when the two leaders came face-to-face in February 1972. He spoke to Lucy Williamson in 2009.
Photo: bbc.co.uk
3:45 The Panel with Janet Wilson and Dave Cormack