Summer Times for Friday 4 January 2019
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100 Objects Half G
8:20 AM.we invited you to contribute to a list of 100 objects reflecting Aotearoa New Zealand..prompted by a book that historian Dr Jock Phillips is writing on this very subject. Read more Audio
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Saving Lives
9:05 AM.Already this summer our news bulletins have been full of stories of people dying in the water, or surviving a close call. There are happy endings of course. Read more Audio
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100 Objects: Ledger
9:25 AM.One of our listeners Kitty has an excellent family suggestion for our collection of NZ History in 100 Objects. Read more Audio
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Antarctic Podcasts
9:30 AM.Harry Seagar has come up with an ambitious plan for a podcast series about Antarctica - but wait, there's much, much more as he aims to spread the word across numerous digital platforms. Read more Audio
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Tokelau in 2019
9:40 AM.We're taking our regional series further afield with RNZ Pacific reporter Mackenzie Smith who's going to fill us in on Tokelau, and New Zealand's relationship with the territory. Read more Audio
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Fire Risks: Myles Taylor
9:52 AM.The pre-Christmas 'big wet' in many parts of the country has been replaced by not just hot but in places really high temperatures. Myles Taylor is the FENZ Principle Rural Fire Officer for… Read more Audio
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Dan Slevin goes to the movies
10:05 AM.Dan Slevin is here to talk new release films and this week he's been on a trip to the spider verse. Read more Audio
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Music Feature: Anxiety Club
10:36 AM.Wellington band Anxiety club are releasing a new single today called Ginger in the Summer and their singer Kev Fitzsimons and keyboardist and harmonica player Clint Meech are in the studio with Robert… Read more Audio
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Volunteer - CJ
10:50 AM.Our series on volunteering continues with 17 year old Whakatane high school student CJ Poole who's involved in youth council, environmental issues and a new organisation to address period poverty. Read more Audio
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Preserving your photographs
11:05 AM.In the cloud, in your phone, on your laptop, maybe on a memory stick - this is how most people store their photos these days. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Summer Reading: A critical eye
11:20 AM.Today we're continuing our series looking at what a summer read is. I'm joined by editor, publicist and critic Elizabeth Heritage to mull over how the language around books classified as holiday reads… Read more Audio
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Bowled away
11:35 AM.On Summer Times we've challenged ourselves to try something new. Lynn Freeman went down to the Wilton Bowling club in Wellington to learn the finer points of the art. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Tuwharetoa Marae Sports Challenge 2019
11:53 AM.We check in with one of the organisers of the Tuwharetoa Marae Sports Challenge on on how the first day of the challenge is going. Read more Audio
9:05 Saving lives
Already this summer our news bulletins have been full of stories of people dying in the water, or surviving a close call.
There are happy endings of course...Just last night a man who was reported missing after he was seen swimming off Kaiti Beach in Gisborne was found safe and well - he hadn't realised there'd been a lengthy search for him.
With a long hot summer forecast and people flocking to beaches around the country cool off or head out on their boats, those involved with sea rescues are bracing themselves. With us now are Ray Burge (soft G) who's Operations Manager for Coastguard New Zealand and Belinda Slement from Surf Life Saving New Zealand.
Photo: Surf Life Saving New Zealand
9:30 Antarctic Podcasts
Harry Seagar has come up with an ambitious plan for a podcast series about Antarctica - but wait, there's much, much more as he aims to spread the word across numerous digital platforms.
His big plans are backed by the Sir Peter Blake Trust that encourages young leaders, and Antarctica New Zealand. He heads to the ice in February to film, interview and record as much as he can in just two weeks.
Photo: Supplied
9:45 Tokelau in 2019
We're taking our regional series further afield with RNZ Pacific reporter Mackenzie Smith who's going to fill us in on Tokelau, and New Zealand's relationship with the territory.
Nukunonu, Tokelau Photo: RNZ PACIFIC / MACKENZIE SMITH
10:05 Dan Slevin goes to the movies
Dan Slevin is here to talk new release films and this week he's been on a trip to the spider verse.
Photo: Sony Pictures
10:20 Lacrosse
We're profiling sports that have a low profile here but are fast catching on, today it's the turn of Lacrosse. Lynn heads to training in Kilbirnie in Wellington.
10:50 Volunteer - CJ
Our series on volunteering continues with 17 year old Whakatane high school student CJ Poole who's involved in youth council, environmental issues and a new organisation to address period poverty.
11:05 Preserving your photographs
In the cloud, in your phone, on your laptop, maybe on a memory stick - this is how most people store their photos these days.
But photographs still have an important place in our lives and deserve to be preserved for future generations. Vicki-Anne Heikel from the Alexander Turnbull Library gives workshops on preserving photographs and documents.
Public enquiries via email and phone - preservation@dia.govt.nz and 04 474-3066
11:20 Summer Reading: A critical eye
Today we're continuing our series looking at what a summer read is. I'm joined by editor, publicist and critic Elizabeth Heritage to mull over how the language around books classified as holiday reads works.
11:35 Bowled away
On Summer Times we've challenged ourselves to try something new. Lynn Freeman went to the Wilton Bowling Club in Wellington to find out more about what happens on the lawn.
11:50 Tūwharetoa Marae Sports Challenge 2019
We check in with one of the organisers of the Tūwharetoa Marae Sports Challenge on on how the first day of the challenge is going.