Afternoons for Wednesday 26 March 2025

1:08 What does the future hold for Liam Lawson?

There are reports that Kiwi Formula One driver Liam Lawson has been dropped by Red Bull after just two races.

RNZ Sports reporter Barry Guy has the latest.

1:10 An art competition for everyone

Nelson's Beer Chair Competition is an art competition for anyone who's ever wanted to enter one but never thought they could.

 

1:20 How to make your birdbath sing!

Fancy a bit of garden DIY?

Learn how to make your own birdbath and to attract more native wildlife into your garden.

 

1:35 Plant your own food forest

Growing your own food is a blessing during times of financial hardship. But we're not just talking about a vegetable patch - Te Puke’s Kris Edgington can teach you how to feed your family by planting your own food forest. 

 

1:45 Heading Off: Perlina Lau in Taiwan

2.12 Music Critic: new tracks from Lisa Crawley and Jessica Pratt

Music man Matthew Crawley is in studio to play two new cuts just for you. World on a String by Jessica Pratt and What You Can Do by Lisa Crawley.
 

2:20 Easy Eats: Spiced Broccoli and Cottage Cheese Fritters

Courtesy of Kelly Gibney not only are these fritters packed with broccoli, but they also contain a tub of cottage cheese for a big protein boost. Any leftovers are brilliant for lunchboxes or with a poached egg on top for breakfast. Get the recipe here.

2:30 Bookmarks with Melissa Chan-Green

Today we have one of the most recognisable names in New Zealand journalism over the past 20 years, Melissa Chan-Green. 

She's an award-winning journo who has reported on major local and international news across her time at Breakfast, Newshub, and AM. 

Most recently Melissa has launched her 'School Shorts' podcast, which is all about lifting the level of literacy amongst Kiwi kids. 

She'll tell us all about that along with some of her favourite things today.

3:10 Feature interview: the true story of the atomic spaceship 

Mars by 1965, Saturn by 1970.  This was the motto of a group of eminent scientists in the 1950's who had an audacious plan for space travel riding atomic explosions.  Physicist Freeman Dyson was part of the team that proposed using newly created nuclear bombs to get to Mars. His son George Dyson is an author and historian of technology who explores the groundbreaking science, political struggles, and moral dilemmas that ultimately sealed the fate of the endeavour in a book called Project Orion: 1957 - 1965.  

3:35 Stories from Our Changing World

In this episode of Voice of the Sea Ice. We meet some of the iconic Antarctic species - Weddell seals and Emperor penguins - and learn how they use the ice.

3:45 The pre-Panel