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Afternoons for Thursday 17 April 2025

1:10 Do you have sound sensitivity? 

A survey of Kiwi adults revealed around 10 percent of us are sensitive to noise.

For some this might just be a mild annoyance, but others may be unaware they are suffering from hyperacusis or even tinnitus. 

To teach us exactly what these conditions are, and what to do if you might be suffering from them, I'm joined by Tania Linford. 

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1:20 Mary Holm's new book

Trusted financial journalist Mary Holm has a new revised edition of here 2018 bestseller Rich Enough? A Laid-back guide for every Kiwi. She talks to Mark Leishman about what had to change for her book and how New Zealanders have changed when talking about money. 

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1:35 Easter weather update

We check in with RNZ reporter Peter De Graaf who is in Pahia with latest on Cyclone Tam.

Kite surfers have been out in the Bay of Islands as ex-Tropical Cyclone Tam nears.

Kite surfers have been out in the Bay of Islands as ex-Tropical Cyclone Tam nears. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf

2:10 Podcast Critic: audiobook recommendations

Evie Ashton has two audiobooks she swears by and she's sharing them with us: Charles & Mary Lamb's abridged Tales from Shakespeare and Elizabeth Jenkins' Jane Austen biography.

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Jane Austen Photo: public domain

2:30 NZ Sporting History: Katherine Oberlin-Brown

This week for sporting history I'm joined by Katherine Oberlin-Brown

At just 19 she was the women's two-time Motorcross World champion...

The first time anyone had held the title back-to-back.

Katherine had a glittering career in front of her. She might still be riding today... If it weren't for one fateful moment.

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3:15 Solving the World's Problems

Steve Wynn-Harris, rural commentator, Hawke's Bay farmer and sometimes meteorite hunter talks about what he's learned from working in farm forestry. 

A Ngai Tahu forestry block.

A Ngāi Tahu forestry block. Photo: Ngai Tahu

3:20 History with Dr Grant Morris: The history of tariffs in New Zealand

The world economy has been rocked by the Trump administration's tariff regime.  While tariffs were expected, the extent of the tariffs has come as a shock.  

This photo illustration shows Chinese 100 yuan notes (red) and US 100 dollar notes, in Beijing on April 8, 2025. China vowed on April 8 to "fight to the end" against fresh tariffs of 50 percent threatened by US President Donald Trump, further aggravating a trade war that has already wiped trillions off global markets. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP)

Chinese 100 yuan notes (red) and US 100 dollar notes - China has announced an increased 84 percent tariffs on US goods, firing the latest salvo in a global trade war sparked by US President Donald Trump. vowed on April 8 to "fight to the end" against fresh tariffs of 50 percent threatened by US President Donald Trump, further aggravating a trade war that has already wiped trillions off global markets. Photo: JADE GAO / AFP

3:35 BBC Witness History

In April 2005, nine young Australians were caught trying to smuggle more than 8kg of heroin out of Bali, Indonesia. They were sentenced to death.

A 2006 file photo shows Myuran Sukumaran (left) and Andrew Chan arriving at Denpasar Court to be sentenced.

A 2006 file photo shows Myuran Sukumaran (left) and Andrew Chan arriving at Denpasar Court to be sentenced. Photo: AAP

3:45 The pre-Panel 

Wallace Chapman and producer Tom Riste-Smith preview tonight's instalment of The Panel.

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