Afternoons for Thursday 18 August 2022

Be part of our competition to create the best tracks using the Animal Tracks on HEIHEI Tākaro. It's a children's game, but we encourage all to take part and win a Critter of the Week tote bag from Joya along with some of their Common Good coffee. You can find the link below to create your beat. Please send your final tracks to jesse@rnz.co.nz

https://www.heihei.nz/game/179/animal-tracks

1:15 Young Wellington gardener devoted to dahlias

Once you've been bitten by the dahlia bug, you can't stop. That's what our next guest reckons.

He's got the green thumb and is obsessed with growing show-stopping dahlias, and he just turned thirteen last week.

Ed Malcolm-Tait wants to sell the lawn mower, and grow wildflowers on the lawn.

Ed talks to Jesse about his dedication to dahlias and how it all started.

1:25 Construction starts on Christchurch Youth Hub

After a decade of planning, fund raising and design, construction is finally underway today on the Christchurch Youth Hub.

The facility, in central Christchurch, will provide wrap-around care and support services for the city's youth

Services will include mental health, medical, educational, employment and training, recreation, creativity and social entrepreneurship.

Dame Sue Bagshaw is the Youth Hub Trust chair, she's spent her career involved with young people in many roles including Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics at Otago University's Christchurch campus. She talks to Jesse about this project.

1:35 Handwriting taking hit in modern times

In modern  world of computers, phones and typing, handwriting has taken a backseat.

While many might miss the days of handwritten letters  does it really matter if we lose this skill?

Dr Barry Hughes at the School of Psychology with the University of Auckland talks to Jesse about the power of hand writing.

1:45 Great album: Iris by Reb Fountain

Today's link 3 winner will get a vinyl copy of Reb Fountain's latest album, Iris. She's currently on tour this week, finishing up in Wellington on Saturday.

2:10 Music Critic: Matthew Crawley

 

2:25 NZ Sporting History: The NZ "Natives" Rugby team

For this weeks NZ Sporting History segment, we are going back 130 years.

Long before the All Blacks there was the New Zealand "Natives" Rugby team.

The Natives' Rugby Tour of 1888 to 1889 included a staggering 107 rugby matches in New Zealand, Australia and Great Britain - which they won 78.

Professor of History at Lincoln University, Dr Greg Ryan has written extensively on this tour and even published a book called 'Forerunners of the All Blacks." He talks to Jesse about the team which he argues, would even outplay our modern day professional players!

3:10 Link 3

3:15 Solving the World's Problems with Dave Armstrong

Today writer and columnist Dave Armstrong talks to Jesse about some issues in the capital.

He's talking about the issues Wellington has with slips and the damage being caused by both rainfall and leaking water pipes under the streets.

He's also got some views on the local body elections and mayoral prospects for Wellington, Kāpiti Coast and Porirua.

3:20 History with Dr Grant Morris: The history of rogue MPs in NZ Politics

Over the past week, Labour MP Gaurav Sharma and the Labour Party have clashed over bullying claims.  Some commentators have labelled Sharma a 'rogue' MP but what does term mean in historical context?  What other 'rogue' MPs do we have in NZ history and are they really 'rogue'?

What is a 'rogue' MP? Dr Grant Morris explains it appears to refer to MPs who publicly criticise their own political party.  The term 'rogue' isn't very accurate, as from the MP's perspective it is the party that has gone 'rogue'.

3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness

In May 1985 Hong Kong inflicted an unexpected defeat on their neighbours and rivals, China, in a World Cup qualifying game in Beijing. The disappointed Chinese fans rioted and the Hong Kong team had to flee to the safety of their hotel. They later returned home to a heroes' welcome. Ashley Byrne talks to the Hong Kong manager.

3:45 The Panel with Cas Carter and Dave Cormack