Afternoons for Tuesday 16 September 2025

 

1:10 What is happening to our pharmacy industry?

A shortage of registered pharmacists means the sector is under an immense amount of pressure.

But what are pharmacists saying and what is being done to ease workforce stress? 

Sunil Kumar, Dispensary Manager and UniChem Grey Lynn and Michael Hammond, President, Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand talk to Jesse.

1:20 Why people are raving about a 19-year-old student's invention

We here at Afternoons get very excited when we learn about number eight wire mentality in action .. and so we were thrilled to learn that a 19-year-old University of Canterbury student has invented a product to help people with photosensitive epilepsy.

It's so impressive, he's gone and won this year's National James Dyson Award and has taken home $11,000 NZD in prize money.

1:35 What we can learn from how NZ media covered Covid 19

How New Zealand media covered Covid-19 made the pandemic seem like a competition or a war the country was winning. 

That's according to a University of Otago study. 

Bioethics researchers analysed more than a thousand news articles .. and the result is fascinating. 

 Lead author and PHD candidate Emma Anderson talks to Jesse.

1:45 Tech Tuesday: What is Nintendo up to?

It's Tuesday which means we get an insight into the issues bubbling away in the tech world ... Tim Batt is here to share the latest and today he's looking at Nintendo and a patent legal challenge. 

2:10 Book Critic: Celebrating local authors

Catherine Robertson joins Jesse to talk about her reading recommendations.

Fangs for Nothing by Steffanie Holmes (Atria/Simon and Schuster)
The Lost Saint by Rachael Craw (Allen and Unwin)
Murder on Milverton Square by G.B. Ralph (Amazon worldwide)

2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster

Time to check what's happening in Australia and today Brad Foster focuses on a new report from the Australian Climate Service, the banks coming under fire and a John Farnham Musical!

2:30 Music feature: We put the spotlight on The Doors

Sixty years ago, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger & John Densmore came together to form the Doors

The band went on to write and record hits like "Break On Through", "Riders On The Storm" & "Light My Fire"

For the next half an hour we celebrate them,

To do that I'm joined by Wellington based musician James Coyle. You'll know him from bands like 'The Nudge" and "Fly My Pretties".

3:10 Feature interview: The New Zealander diving under the ice

With just one breath, New Zealand freediver Ant Williams set a new world record, swimming 182 meters underwater and under ice. That's the length of nearly two full rugby fields. He takes us all along for the ride with a documentary called Ice Dive, part of the Adventure series on Apple Vision Pro. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Williams says he wants to show us all just how far we can go by pushing fear and doubt and comfort aside in our lives. 

3:30 You're the Judge!

We've got a new segment called 'You're the Judge' where one of our listeners sends us an issue, and you, our audience, decide whether it is right or wrong. 

Today's topic: "My nephew is getting married and asks that men wear tuxedos. My husband is refusing to do so."

Is he right to do so? We want to know what you think! Text 2101 or email us at afternoons@rnz.co.nz

3:45 The pre-Panel

Wallace Chapman previews tonight's instalment of The Panel.