Afternoons for Monday 10 November 2025

1:15 The West Bank through a New Zealand man's eyes

While Gaza continues to capture the world's attention, the West Bank has also experienced a dramatic escalation of violence.

Aid agencies are reporting that it's suffering near economic collapse, widespread hunger and schools and people living in fear.

Christchurch man Cole Martin spent six months there in a refugee camp and has just returned home. He tells Jesse about his experience.

1.25 Cover your ears: Bagpipers join for largest world record attempt

This Wednesday, pipers will pay homage to AC/DC when they descend on Fed Square in Melbourne to smash the record for the largest ever bagpipe ensemble.

They're hoping for around 350 players to show up.

The music video for "It’s a Long Way to the Top" was filmed in the same spot in 1976, and one of the original pipers was Les Kenfield. He joins Jesse for a chat. 

1.35 One family's mission to repopulate our pāua

Next time you're tucking into a pāua fritter, spare a thought for those who are doing everything they can to help replenish our depleted pāua populations.

An aquafarming family in the Marlborough Sounds has been doing just that for almost 25 years.

They have been repopulating parts of the country's coastline by growing tiny pāua in tanks.

Mike Radon from Arapawa Blue Pearls joins Jesse to tell him all about it.

1:45 One Long Song: I want you (she's so heavy) by The Beatles

Today we are going back to 1968 and the track that finishes side 1 of the album Abbey Road.

2:10 TV Critic: 'The Twelve' and 'The Diplomat'

Let's talk about what's good to watch on the small screen. Claire Chitham tells Jesse about the new seasons of The Diplomat and The Twelve. 

2:20 Cold Call: Pest Controller

For a while now we've run a segment called Jesse's Cold Call where Jesse picks up the phone, dials an organisation at random, and hopes to find someone to have a yarn with.

He's called all the information centres around the country and some iwi radio stations. So, given all the chat about hornets, we thought today we'd try our luck with a pest controller.

2.30 Expert: Solving cold cases

Today we are joined by Police cold case specialist Detective Superintendent Darryl Sweeny.

3:10 Feature: 3D facial technology changes a man's life

Going out in public became dreadfully uncomfortable for 75-year-old Dave Richards after an accident with a drunk driver four years ago in Devon, England.  

His bike got caught under the car, dragging him on the asphalt, tearing away much of his face, nose and neck. 

Surgeons had to remove his eye and cover the damaged area with a skin graft.  

The accident that nearly took his life, took his confidence until a team of experts at the Bristol 3D Medical Centre stepped in. 

Using advanced 3D scanning, design, and printing, they are rebuilding Dave Richards' face. 

Misha Newnham is one of the reconstructive scientists at the first of its kind centre in the UK.

She explains this remarkable new technology and how it’s pushing the boundaries of reconstructive medicine.

3:30 'The Convert' star Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne tributes Lee Tamahori

Today we acknowledge the death of Lee Tamahori, Ngāti Porou. 

The pioneering Kiwi filmmaker behind 'Once Were Warriors' and 'Mahana' died on Friday at the age of 75. 

In a statement his family said Tamahori died peacefully at home surrounded by his long-time love Justine, his beloved children Sam, Max, Meka, and Tané, his daughter-in-laws Casey (who is expecting) and Meri, his darling mokopuna Cora Lee, and whānau.

To speak briefly about what it was like to work with Lee, Jesse speaks to actress Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, the star of his 2023 film 'The Convert'. 

3:35 Here Now

This week on Here Now.... Kadambari Raghukumar covers the current conflict in Sudan.

She speaks to those in New Zealand who fled the violence of 2003 who share their grief and hope over the what's happening in their homeland.

3:45 The pre-Panel

Wallace Chapman and producer ... preview tonight's instalment of The Panel.