Afternoons for Monday 22 August 2022

 

1.15 Keeping South Auckland beautiful by bringing taggers on board

Today we're celebrating someone who has been cleaning up South Auckland for two decades.

Barbara Carney is well known in her community for leading town centre clean-ups, Eye on Nature events and working with young people.

However, she is now hanging up her gloves at the Beautification Trust for retirement.

1:25 New online platform set up to encourage second hand clothes trades

Lily Roberts is a Wellington high school student who's working with the Young Enterprise Scheme setting up a business to make it easier for young New Zealanders to buy and trade second hand clothes online.

The aim of the site is to reduce the amount of textile waste ending up in landfill.

Lily's started up a pledge me to fund an online platform called ClothesVine to have her vision become a reality.

1.35 Unclaimed stolen bikes re-gifted to communities in need

For those who have recently had their bike stolen, well there may be a silver lining - you could be helping someone in need.

A new initiative between Bike Auckland and the Auckland City District Police will see bikes recovered by the police distributed to those in the community who can't afford one.

Bikes will be eligible for the scheme if they haven't been claimed within three months.

Gabriel Gati from Bikes Auckland explains the scheme to Jesse .

1:45 Number 1 album

Tracey Chapman's self titled album was number 1 in 1989.

2:10 Television Critic: Emma John

Today Emma John talks to Jesse about This Is Going to Hurt on TVNZ+ and A League of their Own on Amazon Prime.

2:20  Australian Correspondent Brad Foster 

Sydney based Brad Foster talks to Jesse about plans in New South Wales to hand over the power of retaining or removing shark nets to local councils. The move comes as marine advocacy groups and councils argue the nets aren't actually doing the job they should. He's got the latest on the new Mad Max film being made in outback New South Wales and a small Queensland town under siege from attacking kangaroos.

2:30 Expert feature: Singing

Today's expert guest telling us all there is to know about learning to sing.

Sacha Vee is the founder of the SOLE Music Academy in Christchurch, which teaches singing among other things.

So, she's very well-placed to answer any questions you might have on singing - send them through on Afternoons@rnz.co.nz or text 2102.

3:10 Why polls matter 

Politics is driven by public opinion. And polls are the pipeline that deliver those opinions to our elected leaders. Polls can sometimes set the news agenda too. They're the lifeblood of democracy says G Elliot Morris, a data journalist for The Economist. But polls can get it wrong. The solution isn't to dump polling of the people, but rather for the people to better understand polling. He helps us along the way explaining how they work, why they work and when they don't in his new book, Strength in Numbers: How Polls Work and Why We Need Them.

3:35 Voices

In 'Voices' today;  deep diving into the world of marine mammals and using acoustics to study how our coastal development impacts them. Kadambari Raghukumar meets with scientist Deanna Clement in Nelson.

3:45 The Panel with Nikki Bezzant and Stephen Jacobi