Afternoons for Tuesday 11 April 2023

1.15 Guide released as applications to access Kiwisaver Funds for serious illness spike

There's been a recent spike in people wanting to access their KiwiSaver early on the grounds of serious illness.

Some people who aren't expected to live to retirement age aren't eligible to withdraw their Kiwisaver early and feel the threashold is too high .

Financial Services Complaints Limited have released a guide after they were unable to uphold complaints.

Charlotte speaks to Financial Ombudsman Susan Taylor about the guide. 

1.25 Nine sailors battling it out in the Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge 2023 

It can be hard yakka sailing across the ditch... and even harder doing it by yourself!

Nine sailors are currently battling it out on the Tasman Sea, competing in the Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge 2023 

It's a race that comes along every 4 years, and on Sunday the competitors left New Plymouth Yacht Club on their way to Brisbane

To tell us about how they're going and the challenges involved, race secretary Annette Lamb joins Charlotte Ryan.

1.35 Irish comic Joanne McNally brings show to NZ

She's already sold out theatres in Ireland and the UK  and now comic Joanne McNally is taking her critically acclaimed show, 'The Prosecco Express' to New Zealand shores. 

She's previously performed alongside the likes of John Bishop, Michael McIntyre and Dara Ó Briain.

Joanne performing at the Opera House in Wellington tomorrow and the Bruce Mason Centre in Auckland on Thursday and Friday.

1.45 Relationships with Hannah Korrel 

Today neuropscyhologist Hannah Korrel talks to Charlotte Ryan about Jacinda Ardern bidding farewell to Parliament and the traditional roles of leadership. 

2.10 Book review with Anna Rankin

Today's book critic is Anna Rankin, who speaks to Charlotte Ryan about The Soccer War by polish journalist, Ryszard  Kapuscinski.

2.20 Tuesday Music Feature: Taite Music Prize

Next week the winner of the 2023 Taite Music Prize will be announced.

The Taite Music Prize recognises outstanding creativity for an entire collection of music contained in one recording. 

Often compared to the Mercury Prize in the UK, highlighting outstanding New Zealand albums released in the past year.

Chair of Independent Music New Zealand Pip Kidd-Ryan talks to Charlotte Ryan about the award, 

3.10 The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule

For centuries, societies all over the world gave men more social, economic and intellectual power.  

Who decided that? Nature doesn't explain it,  and history tells a different story, one where women are pharaohs, queens and warriors.  

Science journalist and BBC host Angela Saini  says we invented sexism, and we can fix it.

She searches for the roots of gender inequality in science, philosophy, and anthropology.

Her new book is, The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule.  

3.35 Conversations with my immigrant parents EP2 

Over the coming weeks here on Afternoons we're featuring  excerpts from Series 3 of podcast and docu-series Conversations With My Immigrant Parents.

The series sees different generations of immigrant families sitting down sharing intimate stories with each other.

In today's episode feature father Sameer and his daughters Wajd and Shahd from Pakistan.

They discuss the difficulties returning home, sisterhood, and what they've learnt from Shortland Street!