Afternoons for Monday 23 September 2024

Announcing Critter of the Week T Shirts 2024!

Preorders are now open! Head on over here to claim your sweet T! 

Forest and Bird's CEO, Nicola Toki, Joyya, and Jesse Mulligan team up to bring you Critter of the Week – an awe-inspiring tribute to the lesser-known native critters and plants of Aotearoa. Illustrated by the incredible Giselle Clarkson and guided by science consultant Mike Dickison, each item showcases New Zealand's unique biodiversity our local conservation experts are striving to protect. 

With $5 from every product going directly to Aotearoa-based conservation efforts, your purchase supports heroes on the ground protecting our natural treasures. Together we've raised over $31,686! Join us in celebrating the wild beauty of Aotearoa while giving back – now that's something to be proud of!

Crafted from premium organic cotton, ethically manufactured by our World Fair Trade Organisation certified production facility in India – showcasing Joyya's commitment to sparking good in places of extreme poverty and modern slavery.

1:15 A circular economy 

Take, make, dispose. That's how our current linear economy is described. 

It creates 17 million tonnes of waste in New Zealand every year, contributing to environmental damage. 

There are numerous recycling and waste minimisation schemes and projects around the country ...  we've featured some of them on this show. But how do we create something that covers all country and disrupts the factory to rubbish tip model? 

Saeid Baroutian is the Executive Director of CIRCUIT, the Circular Innovations Research Centre at the University of Auckland. 

1.25 The best pies (on the West Coast)

Pie lovers on the West Coast are about to get a chance to put their tastebuds to the test. The West Coast Pie of the Year Challenge kicks off today with local businesses putting together teams to pitch their "dream pie".

Local "pie lady" Emily Lucas from the West Coast Pie Company says competition could be fierce!

1.35 Forests, but indoors

A kiwi company has taken out a string of top awards at the international Biophilic Design Awards. If you've never heard of biophlic design - it's greenscaping at scale, bringing nature inside by incorporating plants and natural environments in indoor spaces.

Jesse talks to Outside In co-founder and creative director Ryan McQuerry. 

1:45 Number 1 album: Pure Heroine by Lorde

2:10 TV Critic: Bad Monkey, Kaos, Agatha All Along, The Penguin

Claire Chitham reviews a swath of new TV shows to put on your must watch list.

2:20 Made in NZ: the smart petrol pump

For Made In NZ today we're taking a trip to the Rangitikei, specifically Marton, And a company called P. E. C. who have been designing and making petrol pumps since 1939.

They claim to be the first to put microprocessors in pumps and they are moving into hydrogen. Jesse learns more about that and a lot more with CEO Richard Coxon.   

2.30 Expert Feature: ask a forensic scientist 

Today's guest SallyAnn Harbison has been working in the field for over 30 years. She's the Director of Auckland Universities' Forensic science programme, and leads the forensic biology team at ESR.

Have you ever wondered if it's really possible to use DNA to track bank notes? Or maybe your more interested in whether the mud on your shoe gives away your movements? Jesse puts that to SallyAnn and the listener questions. 

3:10 Feature interview: late bloomers have the last laugh   

Late bloomers are people who find a way to be successful when no one expects them too.  Henry Oliver is a writer who finds inspiration in people who were living one kind of life and then said perhaps I can try something different.    His new book tells the stories of accomplished people who he says demonstrate that not only is being late better than never finding hidden talents or an ideal career path, often being late is better than being early. It's called Second Act What Late Bloomers Can Tell You About Success and Reinventing Your Life.

3:35 Here Now

3:45 The pre-Panel