Afternoons for Thursday 14 March 2024

1:15 Celebrating 25 years of Mākara Peak Mountain Bike Park

Mākara Peak Mountain Bike Park is celebrating 25 yeras.

Thanks to years community work, ecological restoration and volunteers working alongside the council, the former farmland now attracts visitors from far and wide.

At  Mākara, there are 45 kilometres of track for bikers of all ability level, plus views across the Cook Strait toTe Waipounamu from its position high above Karori.

Mākara Peak Ranger Mark Kent and Mākara Peak Supporters chair Kerei Thompson speak to Mark.

1:25 Trying to battle the ongoing problem of 'greenwashing'

More and more consumers are looking for the products they buy to align with their environmental and sustainability concerns.

But according to research by Consumer NZ, almost half of New Zealanders are finding it tricky to tell how true a product's green claims are, and the majority of us never fact check them.

It's a phenomenon known as 'greenwashing'. To tell us exactly what that is Mark speaks to Consumer's head of advocacy and research Gemma Rasmussen.

1:35 Crown Lynn pottery takes centre stage in new play

A new play premiering in May will take audiences inside the iconic Crown Lynn crockery factory.

It's titled 'The Handlers', and the story delves into the lives of three of Māori women working at the West Auckland factory in the 1970s.

It will debut at Auckland's Te Pou Theatre on the 16th of May and run until June 2nd.

 Poata Alvie McKree is the playwright behind the production, and she talks to Mark.

1:45 Great album: Visions by Norah Jones 

This week's winner of link 3 will get a vinyl copy of Norah Jones' latest album, Visions.

2:10 Music Critic: Matthew Crawley

Today Matthew talks to Mark about a new track from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and a song from Australia whistler Molly Lewis.

2:30 NZ Sporting History: Arthur Lydiard

There are few New Zealand athletes who's influence extends to millions of people around the world.

But marathon runner and athletics coach Arthur Lydiard's running programme fundamentally changed the sport.

He spent 13 years developing a training method, which he would test before and after going to his day job at a shoe factory. He inspired everyday people to run, and some of them became world champions.

To take a look back, we're joined by Olympian and coach Barry Magee.

Barry was known as one of the "Lydiard Boys", alongside Peter Snell and Murray Halberg.

3:10 Link 3

3:15 Solving the World's Problems with Dave Armstrong

Dave Armstrong is along today for Solving the World's problems with a number of issues he's going to highlight in the capital, including Wellington Council today voting to amend the district plan.

3:20 History with Dr Grant Morris: The age of majority in New Zealand history

When does a person become an adult in NZ?  This simple question has a complicated answer and that answer has changed throughout NZ’s history.  Today Dr Grant Morris has a look at those changes.

3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness

In 1984, a diplomatic dispute broke out between Canada and Denmark over the ownership of a tiny island in the Arctic.

The fight for Hans Island off the coast of Greenland became known as the Whisky War. Both sides would leave a bottle of alcohol for the enemies after raising their national flag.

What could be the friendliest territorial dispute in history came to an end in 2022, with the agreement held up as an example of how diplomacy should work.

3:45 The pre-Panel