Afternoons for Monday 24 March 2025

1:10 A doorway into Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei

Right now, a major new exhibition is open to the public at Auckland Museum.

Ko au, ko Ngāti Whātua aims to offer a doorway into the story of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, one of the hapu of the the wider Ngāti Whātua iwi of central Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland.

The exhibition aims to display rare and never before exhibited taonga from the hapū

Te Arepa Mōrehu of Ngāti Whatua is the Māori director at the Auckland Museum and he tlaks to Jesse about putting the exhibition together

1.20 How to invest in things other than property and shares

You can be passionate about lots of things - wine, fashion, art but would you invest in them? 

Gertjan Verdickt from the University of Auckland's business school, is the co-author of The Passion Portfolio: Investing in Style.

Described as an "offbeat guide", it will talk you through what to do and what not not to do if you want to invest in something other than property or shares.

1.35 Is Predator Free 2050 fantasy? 

In 2016 then Prime Minister John Key stood on stage and announced "by 2050 every single part of New Zealand will be completely free of rats, stoats and possums"

To many this was a remarkable statement of intent, but to conservationist Greg Billingham it was just another empty promise from an unaccountable politician. 

In the years since his view hasn't changed... But he does have an alternative idea - something that's already happening on a small scale.

2:10 Television Critic: Protection and Zero Day

Caitlin Cherry reviews two fun formulaic thrillers where you don't know who the real baddies are amongst the red herrings and bureaucrats: Protection (TVNZ On Demand) and Zero Day (Netflix).

2:20 Information Center Cold Call: Lyttleton

Every week Jesse literally cold calls a random information center somewhere in Aotearoa. Will it be awkward? Or will it be a lovely chat where we learn something new?

2.30 Expert Feature: Composting 101

Nearly every garden or gardener has to deal with waste and what to do with it. Ali Nicholls from Gardens4Health is an expert on composting and she's in the studio to answer your pressing compost questions. 

Text 2101 or email jesse@rnz.co.nz all your questions.

3:10 Feature interview: the science of changing your personality

Finding misery in even the best circumstances was always one of writer Olga Khazan's special talents. So she set out to change her personality, using science to become more open, less neurotic, and maybe even a little happier.

Starting as an experiment for The Atlantic, Khazan tested whether an introvert can learn to be more comfortable in social situations and if a procrastinator can be more productive.  Her new book is called Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change.

3:35 Here Now

This week on Here Now, Caribbean reggae artist Omega Queen chats with Kadambari Raghukumar about how it all began from her, in her home island of Trinidad and Tobago.

3:45 The pre-Panel

Wallace Chapman and producer Sam Hollis join Jesse in the studio to preview tonight's instalment of The Panel.