Afternoons for Thursday 15 September 2022

1:15 Kudos Science Awards held in Hamilton

Jesse was back last night in his home town to host the  Kudos Science Awards.

It's the country's only regional science awards and celebrates the world class achievements of local scientists.

One of the previous medical science winners is Martin Stiles for his work relating to Atrial fibrillation.He talks to Jesse about the awards and how they help encourage young scientists in their fields.

1:25 TVNZ children's show Brain Busters broadcasting entirely in te Reo

To acknowlege Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Māori Langage Week, this week Brain Busters is being presented entirely in te Reo.

That includes the hosts and the contestants, while English subtitles assist those watching at home.

To talk about this challenge and what the experience of going fully te reo for a week is like, series producer Reuben Davidson talks to Jesse.

1:35 Donut Robot in Napier forced to park up permanently

For the past eight years Donut Robot has been parking up on Tennyson Street in Napier and serving delicious donuts to locals and visitors.

The donut food caravan has become a staple of the community, but sadly with Covid eliminating international customers, owner Steve Toohey has been forced to close.

Steve shares his story with Jesse.

1:45 Great album: Hideous Bastard by Oliver Sim

Today's link 3 winner will receive a vinyl copy of Oliver Sim's debut album. OIiver is the singer songwriter of the The xx. He's now gone on to produce his own album with his life long friend and band mate Jamie xx.

2:10 Music Critic: Marty Jones

Today Marty Jones talks to Jesse about new music from Brian Eno and a track from David Bowie, originally recorded in 1971.

2:25 NZ Sporting History: Silver Ferns 2003 World Cup Victory

In 2003, after 100 matches, the Silver Ferns defeated Australia  to take the title after its last title 16 years previously.

For today's Sporting History feature RNZ's Bridget Tunnicliffe talks to Jesse about the historic win and the crucial role the goal shoot, Irene Van Dyke, played in securing the cup.

3:10 Link 3

 

3:15 Solving the World's Problems with Suzanne McFadden

 

3:20 History with Dr Grant Morris

Today Dr Grant Morris talks about the history of the Kings of NZ With the Queen's death, we have our first King in 70 years. But there have been more Kings in our history since 1840 than Queens.  Dr Grant Morris talks to Jesse about who they were and the influence they had on New Zealand.

3:35 Nau Mai Town with Justine Murray

We've got a new weekly series starting today for a short time from the RNA podcast team.

Nau Mai Town is produced and presented by Justine Murray and looks at the significance of the names of towns to Māori.

In this first episode she looks at the origins of the name Kurow, a small North Otago town best known as the hometown of All Black, Richie McCaw.

3:45 The Panel with Leonie Freeman and Allan Blackman