Afternoons for Thursday 11 August 2022

1:15 Central Auckland rat infestation 'out of control'

Usually we think of rat infestations as being out of sight and underground.

But if you go into a central Auckland suburb right now, you'll see big sewer rats out and about in broad daylight.

Pest controller Owen Stobart discovered the infestation, he talks to Jesse about both the size of the problem and the rats themselves!  (Look to the right in the photo below.)

1:25 Separating the historic artefacts from the rocks!

It's not often that scientists say they've been able to achieve something with a hundred percent accuracy.

But new AI technology has just been developed at the University of Auckland that outperforms humans in distinguishing between natural rock and stone artifacts.

It will also help in another project to analyse thousands of Māori stone artefacts to tell us more about our history.

Dr Joshua Emmitt is a post doctoral fellow with the University of Auckland's Archeology team, he explains to Jesse what they've done.

1:35 Food truck offering four dollar meals 

Affordable and nourishing food can be hard to come by, especially with the rapid rise in the cost of living. .

Yet the Dunedin Bowling Club foodt ruck offers $4 meals if you bring your own bowl.

It's parked outside the South Dunedin Community Networks and since their launch during Matariki they've been serving up to 350 portions a night.

Co-owners and operators Jackie Bannon and Liam Arthur talk to Jesse.

1:45 Great album: Tommy

Today's link 3 winner will win a black vinyl version of Tommy from The Who. The album is a rock opera about a Deaf, Dumb and Blind boy, originally released in 1969.

2:10 Music Critic: Dianne Swann

Today Dianne Swann talks to Jesse about new music from Florist, an indie folk band from Brooklyn, New York.

2:25 NZ Sporting History: The life and legacy of Sir Peter Snell

For NZ Sporting history today we look back at the life and legacy of the legendary runner Peter Snell.

To walk us through his career on the track, renown sports broadcaster Brendan Telfer joins Jesse. Brendan spent time with Sir Peter filming the documentary series, "Dreams of Gold: New Zealand's Olympic Odyssey".

3:10 Link 3

3:15 Your Money with Mary Holm

This week Mary talks about what we can learn from animal investors. She's got an example where there was an experiments to find out, who in a group of children, money managers and a cat would make more money over a year of investing. Turns out the cat won! There is a serious message in the results about investing. She explains it all to Jesse.

3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness

In 1971, young communist Bob Newland left the UK and headed to South Africa to take part in a secret mission to support the African National Congress. Known as one of the London Recruits, he took gunpowder from the UK to make bombs that would scatter leaflets on the streets containing information that a post Apartheid South Africa was possible.

3:45 The Panel with Heather Roy Garry Moore