Afternoons for Tuesday 19 December 2023

12.30 NZ Sporting history replay: Dame Lois Muir

Each day this week we're replaying one our NZ Sporting history interviews from 2023.

Today we've got Jesse's chat with the legendary Dame Lois Muir.

1:15 What we need to do to move on climate change commitments

The United Nations conference on Climate Change, or COP28, wrapped up in Dubai last week, agreeing to ratchet up climate action before the end of the decade.

But what does this mean at a local level, and what can we do individually to help make positive changes.

Chief Executive Officer of Eco Choice Aotearoa Laura Gemmell was at the conference, she speaks to Jesse.

1:25 Keeping golden clams out of Lake Taupō

Planned commercial boating events at one of our summer hot spot have been cancelled, in an effort to protect the lake from the unwanted freshwater gold clam.

The new-to-New Zealand clam species was first discovered in the Waikato River in May.

Local Lake Taupō iwi Tūwharetoa have now cancelled boating events - and to find out more/

Taupō District Mayor, David Trewavas speaks to Jesse.

1:35 What's up in Oz with Brad Foster

Brad Foster reveals Christmas travel plans for Aussies, flooding in Cairns, and reports on a call for motorists to slow down this holiday period after a horrific weekend on Australian roads.

He also reflects on some of the biggest news stories in the country in 2023.

1:45 Tech Tuesday with Daniel Watson

Today owner and managing director of Vertech IT Services, Dan Watson, talks to Jesse about what cyber-criminals are saying about AI and Chat GPT type tools, a warning about default passwords on internet linked kit and Dan's favourite daily use app.

2:00 Music feature: Listener's Christmas music

For the last music feature of 2023 we decided to ask the listeners for their favourite, but not usual, Christmas tunes.

You did not disappoint. The whole hour is dedicated to Christmas songs from our audience.

3:10 'Saving' Christmas through the courts, Elizabeth Chan's case

All Mariah Carey wanted for Christmas is to use the  title "Queen of Christmas".

She is, after all, the artist behind one of the most popular holiday songs of all time earning more than a million dollars every year from the vast airplay "All I want for Christmas is You"gets at this time of the year.

But a New York city Christmas music writer and entertainer Elizabeth Chan  took the pop icon to court in a trademark dispute to make sure no one, not even Mariah Carey, could be declared the only queen of the holiday season.

Chan won the case. She talks to us about the importance of the holiday, going to battle against a megastar, and  why she thinks her victory is a victory for the spirit of Christmas.

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Witness

In 1969, a Peruvian farmer received an unusual assignment - finding a bird called the white-winged guan that had been regarded as extinct for a century.

After years of searching, he found the bird deep in Peru's wilderness in 1977. He then made it his life's mission to save the species, setting up a zoo in his family home.

3:45 The Panel with Wendyl Nissen and Simon Pound