Summer Times for Monday 10 January 2022

09:10 Lost and found with Jesse Mulligan

We've received many emails and texts from people who have either lost something precious to them, or found something that might be precious to someone else. One of those people is Maeve Stevenson.

 

09:20 Panga: the Te Reo Maori Wordle

A simple 5-letter word game has taken the world by storm. It's called Wordle. You get six attempts to guess the daily word, and can only play once a day.

Emile Donovan spoke to Wordle creator Josh Wardle over the weekend, and now a version in Te Reo Maori has sprung up - called Panga.

It was created by computer programmer Wayne McDougall, who speaks to Jesse.

 

09:30 Surf update: Mount Maunganui

Now it's time for our surf update! We're heading to Mount Maunganui where Jamie Troughton is the Mount Maunganui Lifeguard Service chair.

 

09:35 Running the length of New Zealand

A new world record was set late last Friday night. Kaiapoi-based artist Emma Timmis ran the length of New Zealand, Cape Reinga to Bluff, in 21 days.

She beat the previous record by 14 days.

 

09:45 Australia Correspondent: Brad Foster

We're heading to Australia this morning to check in with our correspondent Brad Foster about how they are coping with their rising Covid numbers.

 

10:00 A mission to make Bridge cool

Last week we spoke to a woman who was on a tour around the country playing Bridge. This inspired our next guest to get in touch. Sonya emailed us to say "I'm fun and funky and I'm on a mission to make Bridge cool".

 

10:15 Lawrence Arabia 'Chant Darling' tour 

Lawrence Arabia is the pseudonym of Christchurch, singer-songwriter James Milne. His tour 'Chant Darling' begins this week after being rescheduled multiple times last year. Throughout January, February and March, Lawrence Arabia and the full band go all out on the road with a long awaited vinyl release, and a flurry of shows featuring the album played in full.

More details on the tour here.

 

10:30 Primary school teacher inspiring kids to get outdoors

Our next guest is a primary school teacher in Northland who would love to ignite conversations around how important getting outdoors is for children and everyone for that matter! Rachel Martin is currently embarking on a lengthy hike from the Kaweka Ranges on the East Coast to Mount Taranaki on the West Coast... she set off on the 29th December. She had a small amount of funding from the Federated Mountain Clubs and will be writing some articles for them and the NZ Wilderness Magazine about her journey.

11.30 BEST OF 2021: Why we burn out and how to avoid it with Dr Annamaria Garden

11:30 Off season sports chat with Lewis Clareburt

It's time to check in with our athletes to see what they're getting up to over the holidays. Lewis Clareburt is a New Zealand swimmer from Wellington. He recently competed at the Tokyo Olympics and you may remember him from his viral Tik Tok videos showing behind the scenes of the athletes village - in particular the infamous 'cardboard' beds...

 

11:45 Booming breeding season for Dunedin's sea lion population

Dunedin's sea lion population could be in for a record breeding season this summer! Department of Conservation coastal Otago biodiversity ranger Jim Fyfe joins us to explain why.