Lately for Tuesday 13 April 2021

10:17 Last ditch effort to find Amber-Lee Cruickshank

A reward of 100-thousand dollars has been offered for information leading to the identity and conviction of anyone responsible for the disappearance of Amber-Lee Cruickshank in 1992. The Queenstown Mayor, Jim Boult remembers her disappearance vividly and talks to Susana Lei'ataua about his hopes that the police reward will encourage someone with knowledge of what happened to Amber-Lee, to come forward.

10:25 Unlocking the secrets of coral and seaweed
 

Dr Christopher Cornwall is a Rutherford Discovery Fellow at Victoria University whose cutting edge research showing the pH levels inside corals and seaweeds, and the related impacts of climate change, has won him the Prime Minister's Emerging Scientist award. Dr Cornwall is with Te Herenga Waka - the School of Biological Sciences, at Victoria University

 

10:35 A Lego lover's heaven

Stewart Milligan​ is known to his friends as 'Spike' but it's not the Ning Nang Nong song that he's known for - it's his massive lego collection.
He lives in Waihī and he's built 'Spike's Bricks & Models Museum' for his 700 plus Lego kits. He chats to Susana about building his collection and why he loves building with the little plastic bricks.

 

10:45 The new moon of Ramadan

Tonight potentially marks the beginning of Ramadan in New Zealand, it all depends on the moon. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar and begins with the sighting of the new moon.  To explain how it all works and the significance of this year's Ramadan Susana is joined by the Chairman of the Otago Muslim Association Dr Rizwan Mohammed.