Afternoons

 

1:10 Safety First: The bleak reality of running a shop in South Auckland

An article by RNZ journalist Gaurav Sharma takes readers behind the scenes of the Indian business community in the Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe and reveals the lengths many shop owners are going to in order to stay safe.

Along with fog cannons, bollards and security doors, some jewellery retailers have installed cages within their stores, protecting them and their products.

Gurdeep Singh, owner of Pooja Jewellers, talks to Jesse.

Link to Gaurav Sharma's article is here

1:15 How much ecological damage has the Tongariro fire done?

Nearly 3,000 hectares of Tongariro National Park have been turned to ash by fires that started on Saturday.

That's more than three thousand full size rugby pitches of old growth and native plants burnt - some completely.

As the ash starts to settle, the process of understanding what has been lost is being revealed, Jesse is joined by Project Tongariro Chief Executive Kiri Te Wano.

1:20 Capturing Shackelton's Trans-Antarctic Expedition

Sir Ernest Shackleton's Trans-Antarctic Expedition - between 1914 and 1917 - has been described as one of the greatest adventures of all time.

While photos were taken during the expedition - the full voyage hasn't been documented visually, until now. 

Antarctic and maritime artist Sean Garwood has spent years compiling photographs and studying accounts of the expedition and has now brought the story to life through oil paintings. 

1:35 Singer Songwriter Babe Martin back in studio

Babe Martin, also known as Zoe Larsen-Cumming, is back with a new EP called "Not a Bee, but a Wasp".

It's officially out this Friday and later this month she's performing with a seven-piece band for her release show.

She chats to Jesse. 

1:45 Tech Tuesday with Tim Batt

Tim Batt joins Jesse to explain why he hates smart devices. This is off the back of Google no longer supporting some of its smart thermostats in the United States. 

2:10 Book Critic: Book things related to 'Hoods Landing'

A few weeks ago Pip Adam was lucky enough to be part of the launch of Laura Vincent’s new novel Hoods Landing.
Today she chats to Jesse about three book things related to Hood’s Landing.

Overseas Experience by Nicola Andrews (Āporo Press, 2025)

local loser podcast with host Damien Levi

The Whitireia Publishing Course - Aotearoa New Zealand’s only full-time industry-led qualification in book publishing

2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster

Let's find out what's happening in Australia now Brad Foster is with us now to tell us what everyone is talking about across the Tasman. 

Today's topics - How a Neo-Nazi rally in Sydney on Saturday got permission to be held and why tobacco sales are soaring on the Australian black market. 

2:30 Music feature: Ry Cooder

Today in the Tuesday music feature we're turning our attention to Ry Cooder's 2005 album 'Chavez Revine.'

To celebrate the album turning 20, Jesse is joined by RNZ Operations Team Lead and host of two documentaries about Ry, Elliott Childs.

3:10 Feature interview: Why you shouldn't be yourself

 “Just be yourself” is one of the worst pieces of advice out there says Psychologist Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic. Authenticity and some diversity programs that encourage people to ‘be themselves’ often lead to failure he says. Dr Chamorro-Premuzic explains that the most successful people aren’t intensely authentic, they’re experts at reading a room, adapting, and understanding where the right to be yourself ends and our obligation to others begins.  

His new book is called Don't Be Yourself: Why Authenticity Is Overrated.

3:30 You're the Judge: Children at parties - yes or no?

We've got a weekly segment called 'You're the Judge' where we present an issue that's been sent in by one of our listeners, and you, our audience, decide what the right course of action is. 

3:35 Spoken Feature: Thrift is Back!

It's time now for a new season of the RNZ podcast Thrift and this week host Katy Gossett investigates some cheap tweaks that can help turn your rental property into a home.

Today we meet an expert renter and op-shopping queen whose homely hacks won't stretch the budget.

3:45 The pre-Panel Wallace Chapman previews tonight's instalment of The Panel.