Summer Times for Tuesday 11 January 2022

9:10 How farmers can plant for the bees

Farmers around the country now have a handbook which offers practical advice on how to plant strategically to feed bees. It combines knowledge from 10 years of field and laboratory research by the New Zealand Trees for Bees Research Trust. Dr Angus McPherson is a Trees for Bees farm planting adviser and trustee, and was one of the lead researchers for the handbook.

 

9:20 Off-season Sports with Lily Alfeld

Lily Alfeld is the captain and goalkeeper of Wellington Phoenix who compete in the A-League Women's competition. This is the clubs first year having a women's side and they are currently based in the NSW city of Wollongong.

 

9:30 Farm dog training series

Murray Child is a champion sheepdog trialist who is currently sharing his knowledge with a new generation. The art of sheep dog training, for on-farm work and competition, was taught in early December at Murray's Maungakaramea farm as a part of the nationwide Purina Pro Plan training series. Murray does up to 12 of these training days around the North Island every year in his role as a Purina Pro Plan ambassador.

 

9:40 Surf Update: Karekare with David Munro

We head to Karekare beach where David Munro is the president of Karekare Surf Lifesaving Club.

 

9:45 UK Correspondent Rob Hugh-Jones

We're heading to the UK this morning to check in with our BBC correspondent Rob Hugh-Jones to hear the latest on Covid, Ukraine's border and the remarkable skeleton of an ancient sea creature that’s been discovered which is causing a stir on social media.

 

10:00 Summer Heroes: Rescue Helicopter Pilot

While plenty of people are still on an extended summer holiday, others have remained the glue holding our society together. Like the crew at Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust, where James Taylor is a pilot.

 

10:30 Film Critic: Emma John

Regular Afternoons Film Critic Emma John brings some films to watch this summer.

Today she talks about:

• The Lost Daughter
• Don't Look Up
• Juliet, Naked

10.30 Best of 2021: How life changed when Stuart Watson started listening

Everything changed with Stuart Watson stopped talking and started listening. As an investigative reporter, he spent his career talking to people.  

It took recovering from alcoholism, coming to terms with adoption and meeting his birth family for him to realize he wasn't really hearing what women had to say.

He now hosts a podcast called ManListening featuring conversations with strong women who've bounced back from adversity and  a new book, What She Said, What I Heard: How One Man Shut Up and Started Listening.

Watson begins the book by recounting how a colleague slapped him across the face after he made a rude comment. He tells Jesse Mulligan that, in the 30 years since, workplaces have changed dramatically and while he’s still the same person, he hopes he wouldn’t make the same comment today.

11:00 Bookmarks with Anne Tolley

Today's Bookmarks guest is Tauranga City Council Comission Chairwoman Anne Tolley. Anne was New Zealand's first female Minister of Education from 2008 to 2011 and the first Minister for Children from 2016 to 2017. Anne joins us today to share what makes her tick and a little bit more about her personal life outside of politics.

 

11:30 Best of 2021: Former FBI director James Comey

From the moment Donald Trump became president, the career and legacy of Former FBI director James Comey became inextricably linked to the man who fired him. Comey is calling for a truce with the former president.

He talked to Afternoons about his time as director under Trump and why respect for the truth must be restored in America.