Afternoons for Monday 8 September 2025

 

1:15 Search for Tom Phillips' children as Police express "serious concerns".

This morning the news broke that fugitive Tom Phillips has been shot and killed by police. 
Tom Phillips went on the run in 2021, taking his three children with him into remote King Country bush around Marokopa. 
At the time the children, Jayda, Maverick and Ember were 8, 7 and 5 respectively, they are now 12, 10 and 9.
One of his children has been taken into custody, police are actively searching for the other two. RNZ reporter Libby Kirkby-McCleod spoke to Jesse. 

1.25 What are charter schools and how do they actually work?

In other news today, Northland College in Kaihoke, announced its plans to become a charter school. The college says by doing so, it hopes to raise the achievements of their students. Looking at the wider picture, the Government has allocated $153 million to establish 50 charter schools over four years. Associate Education Minister David Seymour has said underperforming state schools could be converted to the charter model. But what does it mean to be a charter school, and how does it compare to state schools?

1.30 Facial recognition technology for sheep. Yes, really!

A new trial is underway that involves facial recognition technology, for sheep.  

Wairarapa farmer Paul Crick is taking part in the trial and says it could make farming more efficient.

He chats to Jesse.

1.35 Kevin McCloud: Why words can sum up design as beautifully as pictures

We're really excited about this next conversation, it combines some of our favourite things, architecture, design, travel and comedy.
Kevin McCloud of Grand Designs fame and Tim Ross, aka The Modernister, comedian and self-described design nerd have teamed up for a new podcast called Tim & Kev's Big Design Adventure.

Tim and Kev's Big Design Adventure can be found wherever you get your podcasts!

1:45 One Long Song: November Rain

Time now for one of our favourite segments, the chance to play one long song. Those songs that were meant to be enjoyed in their entirety, not cut down to commercial radio or TikTok friendly lengths.
Today's long song came out as a single in February 1992, it's the longest ever top ten hit and contains the longest guitar solo in a top ten single.
The song is almost as famous for its music video which was a huge production costing over 1.5 million dollars to make and was the first video from the 1990s to surpass one billion views on YouTube. 
The song was originally 25 minutes long but was edited down to just under nine. It is November Rain by Guns and Roses.

2:10 Television Critic: Dept Q and Country Calendar

TV Critic Caitlin Cherry with her take on the gritty Scottish drama Dept Q (Netflix) and also Country Calendar (TVNZ), is it time for a refresh?

2:20 Jesse Cold Call

As regular listeners will know, we like a cold call here on Afternoons, a chance to add a little suspense to the day, will they answer? Will they be allowed to chat? 

Lately we've been calling iwi radio stations and have met some amazing people.

Today something a bit different, Jesse procured the number of the breakfast announcer at Te Hiku o te Ika - a radio station in Kaitaia.

2.30 Expert Feature: Physiotherapy, how to prevent falls. 

For Monday Expert feature today, we're going to answer all your burning questions about physiotherapy. 

Today is World Physiotherapy Day and the theme this year is healthy ageing, with a particular focus on preventing falls and frailty. 

Jessie Snowdon is down in our Christchurch studio. Jessie is a physiotherapist specialising in aged-care, and the founder and director of On the Go Physio. 

As always if you've got a question, you'd like me to put to Jessie, you can send it to me on 2101. 

3:10 The stage in an eating disorder that isn't talked about enough

There's a stage few people talk about between the worst days of an eating disorder and full recovery. It's the messy and misunderstood middle.  That's where author and professor Mallary Tenore Tarpley finds herself as an adult who spent her teenage years in and out of hospitals with anorexia. In her new book, she blends her own story with insights from hundreds of patients worldwide and the doctors working to better understand this space, where setbacks are real but so is progress. Her book is called Slip: Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery.

3:35 Here Now: Breaking Bread

This week in Here Now, it's the final part of the Breaking Bread series with Kadambari Raghukumar. Today she's joined by an Afghan couple, keen to show her how things are done back home.

3:45 The pre-Panel

Wallace Chapman previews tonight's instalment of The Panel.