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Afternoons for Friday 19 September 2025

 

1:15 Escape. Hide. Tell. 

Those are the three instructions from NZ Police in their new campaign aimed at teaching Kiwis what to do in the event of an armed attack in a crowded space. 

In their statement, NZ Police iterated that New Zealand is a safe country, and these events are unlikely. 

The programme is aimed at both individuals and owner-operators of public spaces.

Mark Knoff-Thomas is CEO of the Newmarket Business Association and a founding member of the Crowded Places Business Advisory Group.

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1:25 Do you know the signs of an unsafe river?

NZ Mountain Safety Council's Bevan Smith joined Jesse to share the four indicators to look for. 

A landscape photo of a person wearing a tramping pack up to their waist in a clear, wide river. River stones are visible in the water. The far bank is sandy and stretches up to beech forest, which cloaks the mountainsides extending up the valley. The sky is grey and cloudy.

Crossing the Makarora River. Photo: Claire Concannon / RNZ

1:35 Champion bagpiper and rural GP Dr Brendon Eade has added another feather to his cap

Brendon has been serving his Te Aroha community in the Waikato for 20 years.

He's recently been awarded a Community Service Medal from the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners recognising his commitment to rural medicine. 

Brendon Eade

Brendon Eade Photo: Supplied / Brendon Eade

1:45 Freaky Friday

Jesse spoke to Lorraine Sinclair, a spiritual communicator about her freaky tale.

A photo of a boy in the dark with a shadow behind him in the shape of a monster with its arms extended.

Photo: 123rf

2:10 Film Review: The Long Walk and Prime Minister

Film reviewer Dom Corry joins Jesse to review The Long Walk and Prime Minister.

Rt. Honourable Dame Jacinda Ardern sits down with RNZ Afternoons Jesse Mulligan for an interview about her life in and out of politics.

Rt. Honourable Dame Jacinda Ardern sits down with RNZ Afternoons Jesse Mulligan for an interview about her life in and out of politics. Photo: RNZ

2:20 NZ Live: Phoebe Rings

Phoebe Rings joined Jesse in Studio B for a special set before the band jets off the on a huge US tour with The Beths.

Phoebe Rings members Crystal Choi, Simeon Kavanagh-Vincent, Benjamin Locke and Alex Freer.

Phoebe Rings members Crystal Choi, Simeon Kavanagh-Vincent, Benjamin Locke and Alex Freer. Photo: Supplied / Phoebe Rings

3:08 Food: Asparagus with Sizzling Haloumi & Preserved Lemon 

Julie Biuso from sharedkitchen.co.nz talks Jesse through a delicious recipe you can make this weekend.

Asparagus with Sizzling Haloumi

Photo: Julie Buiso

3:16 Music 101: 

Kara host of Music 101 here on RNZ each Saturday afternoon from 1pm talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and because Friday is new music day - she'll pick us a track to play.

Promotional graphic for Music 101 with Kara Rickard. Kara Rickard smiles at the camera against a blue-to-purple gradient background.

Photo: supplied

3:25 Weekend Stuff

Builder Sophie Jack joined Jesse to share her tips on how to start a DIY project this weekend.  

Hera Eruera, one of the 15 certified wāhine plumbers in Aotearoa hopes more women are inspired to pick up the tools this World Plumbers Day.

Hera Eruera, one of the 15 certified wāhine plumbers in Aotearoa hopes more women are inspired to pick up the tools this World Plumbers Day. Photo: Supplied / Hera Eruera

3:35 Critter of the Week

This week’s critter is the New Zealand Dobsonfly (Archichauliodes diversus). 

They are the only representing species of this group in New Zealand. These insects are unusual, spending most of their life in their aquatic juvenile form. As adults, they live only for around 6-10 days with the sole purpose of finding a mate and procreating, not even stopping to feed. The larvae are known as toe-biters due to their large, serrated mandibles which they use to catch anything that get close to them! They have tentacle-like appendages on the sides of the body, but these are actually their gills! They are common throughout New Zealand and thrive in stony streams with good water quality. 

Jesse spoke to Forest and Bird's Chief Executive Nicola Toki.

Dobsonfly

Photo: Christopher Stephens

3:45 The pre-Panel

Wallace Chapman preview tonight's instalment of The Panel.

wallace chapman

Photo: wallace chapman