Afternoons for Wednesday 1 June 2022

 

1:20 Reading recovery programme being rolled out to more schools 

First created in New Zealand in the 1970s- reading recovery has helped more than 300-thousand children improve their reading abilities.

But its framework is now getting a refresh and those behind it say it will be able to help even more children with much faster results.

Under the new framework Reading Recovery teachers will be able to not only give personalised support to an individual child, but now will be able to support classroom teachers in small group settings- meaning they'll reach even more children.

It was initially rolled out to 40 schools last year, but due to its success it now has more than 250 primary schools registered to take part. Perry Rush from The Learning Circle talks to Anna.

1:30 Turning PPE into water and vinegar

PPE - personal protective equipment - has been essential to our COVID-19 response.

The light blue material is the new uniform of our hospital staff and first responders.

For health and safety is has got to be changed often, so where is all the used material going?

Working on this issue is Dr Saeid Baroutian,  an associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at Auckland University talks to Anna.

1:40 Volunteers celebrated this month

Later in June volunteers are being celebrated through National Volunteer Week which also coincides with Matariki.

Michelle Kitney from Volunteering NZ talks to Anna about how vital volunteering is and why Pacfica have a rate of 97% rate of volunteering in their communities.

1:50 NZ filmmakers fresh back from Cannes

Everyone is familiar with the Cannes Film Festival, a week of star studded celebrities turning up, walking the red carpet, watching the latest releases.

But few people may realise that at the same time one of the film industry's biggest get togethers is also happening. The Marché du Film, known as The MArket, is a rendez-vous for professionals of the global film industry from producers to distributors, buyers, programmers.  The last time NZ was there was in 2019.  

This year around 50 kiwi producers made their way to the market.. Some of them are based overseas, about 20 received funding from the New Zealand Film Commission to get there.
One of those producers who has just touched down back in New Zealand is Mathew Metcalf.  He talks to Anna.

2.12 Podcast Critic: Caitlin Cherry

Caitlin discusses why podcast makers need to remember their listeners.

2:25 Bookmarks with Michael Hurst

Today's bookmarks guest is a well-established member of the NZ acting scene, Michael Hurst.

Perhaps best known for playing Iolaus in the 90s tv series in Hercules: the Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess, he is currently starring in The Woman in Black at The Pumphouse Theatre in the North Shore alongside Zane Fleming.

Michael is also about to embark on a nation-wide tour of a new play he's created called the Golden Ass.

3:10 Retelling the story of the Beatles roadie

Standing there in the background in scenes from Peter Jackson's Beatles documentary Get Back, is a tall man with thick black rimmed glasses who did whatever needed to be done to keep the Beatles machine running. For seven years, from the early days in the Cavern Club, to that last recording session, Mal Evans was the road manager, bodyguard and personal assistant to the Fab Four. He kept notes and diaries during those pivotal years, and was working on a book before he was shot and killed by Los Angeles Police in 1976. Now, nearly 50 years after his death, the Evans family is entrusting Dr Ken Womack, a world-renowned authority on the Beatles to bring the archives of Mal Evans to the world.

3:35 Stories from Our Changing World

Coming up on Our Changing World - Claire Concannon visits Burnside Primary School in Christchurch to chat with 2021 Prime Minister's Science Teachers Prize winner Bianca Woyak.

3:45 The Panel with Julia Hartley-Moore and Shane Te Pou