Lately for Tuesday 24 December 2019
Photo: RNZ
10:20 For the person who has everything....give them a tree
The message is simple - give native trees this holiday season - so if you're stumped for that particularly difficult person to buy for this Christmas, give them a tree.
Karyn speaks with Project Crimson's Adele Fitzpatrick about planting native trees throughout New Zealand.
The pohutukawa tree (Metrosideros excelsa) with its crimson flower has become an established part of the New Zealand Christmas tradition. Photo: Melanie Lovell-Smith, Te Ara
10:30 The Scar of Bethlehem at the Walled Off Hotel
Banksy - the anonymous England-based street artist who has been active since the 1990s - has created a new art work "the Scar of Bethlehem" which features a nativity scene with Mary and Joseph and the baby Jesus, but instead of a star hanging over the crib there is a what appears to be a bullet hole piercing a grey wall.
The Scar of Bethlehem has appeared at the Walled Off Hotel which Banksy helped set up, that overlooks the border wall between Israel and Palestine in the divided city of Bethlehem, and Karyn speaks with the hotel's manager, Wasim Salsaa.
Banksy's artwork The Scar of Bethlehem at the Walled Off Hotel Photo: supplied
A Banksy artwork in a room at the Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem. Photo: supplied
10:45 Lately Bookclub - Books I've Loved in 2019 by Catherine Woulfe
And for the last Lately Book Club of the year, Catherine Woulfe, author and Editor of Books and 1972 Magazine at the Spinoff with a few of her favourites from 2019.
Photo: Catherine Woulfe