Afternoons for Monday 25 March 2024

 

1:15 Kiwi Can programme celebrates 10 years by getting people to jump out of planes

The Graeme Dingle Foundation Marlborough's Kiwi Can programme is celebrating its 10th anniversary by challenging locals to skydive.

The programme has been teaching children about life skills and values for a decade, and the celebration is asking Marlburians to skydive from 10,000 feet as a way to raise the funds to pay for the next 10 years.

We speak to Kelvin Watt about how this works.

People can sign up at Drop For Youth Marlborough 2024

1.25 Autumn impact on the insect world, how we can help

As the temperatures plummet and our habits change, there are a few things we can do to assist the insects around us which are also adapting to the seasonal change.

Dr Janice Lord is an Associate Professor in Botany at the University of Otago; she speaks to Jesse.

1.35 Australian family cycles around the world starting in NZ

In 2019, Tasmanian teachers Andrew and Nicola set off on a year-long bike tour of Australia

The catch? They were on tandems, with their five and three-year-old in tow - certainly not the typical life for a young family.

But in their own words, it was worth every tantrum, crash, dropped lolly, and bloody knee - so they're back at it again on a much bigger scale:

A three year world tour, with their (now) three kids - 10, 8, and 18 months.

Throughout the journey they're popping into classrooms, and inviting the students to follow them on their travels.

Having kicked off in Aotearoa, they're currently on the West Coast.

 

1:45 Feature album

 

2:10 Television Critic: Brooks Alexander

Today Brooks talks to Jesse about Shogun, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Invicible and The 3 Body Problem.

2:20 Made in NZ: Heed

For Made in NZ today we learn more about a company called Heed.

They make early warning systems for potential overflow events from wastewater and storm water networks.

CEO at Heed Garth Tunnicliffe talks to Jesse.

2.30 Expert Feature: Veterinarian and vet care 

This week's expert feature will be of interest for animal lovers; whether they're the ones in your home, or ones you help care for. 

We've all suffered the anxiety of having to rush our fur baby to the vet - the sad fact is they can't talk, so it can be hard to know exactly what's wrong.

We put a lot of trust in veterinarians to find out what's going on and find a solution, but how much do we know about what they do?

Sally Cory, head of veterinary services (companion animal) at the New Zealand Veterinary Association, she joins Jesse to answer these questions. If you have any for her, please text 2101 or email jesse@rnz.co.nz.

3:10 How a box of tissues sparked a movement of kindness

All it took was a small act of kindness during the pandemic, a box of tissues left on a shared table in a Melbourne  apartment complex, to set off a global movement to inspire everyone to do nice things.

Dr Catherine Barrett started The Kindness Pandemic.

People join together to help each other with food drives, neighborhood projects and so much more.

We talk to Dr Barrett about how small acts of kindness make big impacts.

3:35 Here Now

In Here Now this week, Kadambari Raghukumar chats with two headlining acts at this year's WOMAD festival - Pongo and Lady Shaka.

3:45 The pre-Panel