Afternoons for Monday 13 October 2025

 

1:15 Are loyalty schemes all they're cracked up to be?

Cashpoints is a new customer loyalty programme that has launched today. 
Its' co-founder Ian Sutcliffe - who was also behind the popular AA Smartfuel loyalty programme - promises that Cashpoints is simple for shoppers to understand.
Some retailers have already signed up, with more planning to do so in the next few months. 
We've asked Christopher Walsh from Moneyhub to give his verdict and whether loyalty schemes are actually good for consumers.

1.25 What is going on with NZ's Screen production industry?

Traditionally most of us think of NZ as having a strong screen production industry.

And that was certainly the case 4 or 5 years ago with seemingly jobs aplenty and heaps of international productions being shot here. 

But that no longer appears to be the case, so far this financial year only seven international productions have registered with the film commission. 

So what's going on, and how can we get the sector moving again?

South Pacific Pictures is the production company behind films like Whale Rider and TV shows Shortland Street & The Traitors.

CEO Kelly Martin talks to Jesse.

1.35 Peta Mathias on the absurdities, and joys, of life

Peta Mathias might be best known for presenting food TV shows, but she's also written 19 books. Nineteen!

Her latest "It's been six weeks since My Last Confession" was released yesterday.

Peta joins Jesse in studio. 

1:45 One Long Song: Bruce Springsteen's 'Jungleland'

We love Mondays here on Afternoons for many reasons, but especially because we get to play one long song. 
Yes, we play the whole version of those songs that often get cut down for radio .. the only rule is that it has to be over seven minutes.
Today's long song was performed live for a year before the band committed it to tape. It was the closing track on one of their most famous albums, released in 1975

LIsten out for a guitar solo, a piano section and perhaps most prominently a saxophone solo, described as one of the classic saxophone solos in the history of the world. Who said that? The guy who played it, whose name was Clarence Clemons and who wasn't shy about singing his own praises. 

2:10 What's on the box?

TV Critic Linda Burgess joins us with her picks of what to watch:

Jane Goodall, Famous Last Words - Netflix

Outrageous - Neon

2:20 Bangers and Match: Getting our classical music groove on

We're going to talk classical music now because we've teamed up with the RNZ Concert team to bring you a game called Bangers and Match.

Here's how it works, each week for the month of October, we are going to play you two bangers and you get to choose which one is the winner. That song carries on to the next week, where it will compete with another piece of music. 

RNZ Concert's Nick Tipping joins Jesse to try and beat last week's choice and remember you can text us 2101 to vote for the song that you like best.

2.30 Expert Feature: How do you deal with workplace conflicts?

We all know the saying, you can't choose your family, but you can choose your friends. 
Well workplaces are much the same, you can choose your job but you can't choose who you work with. 
Which can mean conflicts can arise. 
But how do you deal with those conflicts in a positive way?
Our expert today is here to help answer that question and more.
Lisa Oakley has more than 20 years' experience in human resources and HSE [Health, Safety and Environment], and she's the founder and lead consultants at People Associates. 

3:10 Feature interview: Can you drink your way sober?

3:35 Here Now: 'Frozen - My Eggs and Me'

Filmmaker Shamin Yazdani tackles a personal dilemma in her latest documentary - to freeze her eggs or not. She chats to Kadambari Raghukumar about the journey she went on as she explores the topic through conversation with some close ones.

3:45 The pre-Panel

Wallace Chapman previews tonight's instalment of The Panel.