Afternoons for Monday 19 August 2024

1:15 Christchurch band ZED release their first new music in 20 years

It's been 20 years since the ZED put out a full blown album. That's a long wait for fans of a band that came to typify that particular early 2000s New Zealand rock sound with hits like Renegade Fighter and Glorafilla. But good things take time and the full release of new album, 'Future Memory' is imminent.. 

Jesse is joined by band members Nathan King and Ben Campbell. 

1.25 Sarah Trotman: Why economic headwinds aren't always bad

New Zealand is technically out of a recession, but despite this, spending is still down - and businesses are taking a hit. A recent Stats NZ report confirmed electronic card transactions for July, were down $6.3 million on the month prior and that's after an 'especially quiet' June, where the rate of spending dropped below that of the Global Financial Crisis.

However according to chief executive of Business Mentors New Zealand - Sarah Trotman - economic headwinds can bring positive change.

1.35 Jasbir Kaur: This is how you judge Tapas

The 'Australasia Tapas Competition' kicks off in Auckland at the end of this month. During the fiery heats chefs from here and across the Tasman battle it out for the title. Not only will the winner receive huge kudos, they'll be flown to Spain to compete in the World Tapas Champs. 

Chef Jasbir Kaur - who brought the now annual contest to Aotearoa New Zealand - joins us. 

1:45 Great albums: Regina Spektor 'Soviet Kitsch'

It's 20 years since Regina Spektor released her third album 'Soviet Kitsch'. It's one of those rare major label releases where Regina is credited as the sole song writer on every track. It was released in 2003, and scored a place in the, then influential, music magazine NME's 'Best 100 albums of the decade' list.

2:10 Television Critic: Pratik Navani

Pratik reviews some of this weeks best TV. We don't know what he's going to talk about yet but will update this page when we do.

2:20 Cock-a-doodle-do or Cock-a-doodle-don't: Should Marama get chickens?

News reader Marama T-Pole has been weighing up getting some backyard chickens. To push her into finally making a descision we've lined up an interview with backyard chicken expert Pam Adams. Marama has promised that by the end of the interview she'll make a descision. We're going to hold her to it. 

2.30 Expert Feature: Understanding Art with Mary Kisler

Curator Emerita at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki Mary Kisler joins us to answer your questions on art. Get them into afternoons@rnz.co.nz or from 1PM via text to 2101.

3:10 Why caring for others isn't a weakness

We like to think of ourselves as independent, but the truth is we depend on someone caring for us at the start of our lives, the end of our lives and in-between. And yet we elevate the idea of going it alone and devalue caregiving says journalist and writer Elissa Strauss.  As a feminist writer, so much of what she heard about becoming a mother was about giving away tiny pieces of herself to care for tiny humans. Instead, she says she has come to see caregiving, not a sign of weakness, but something that enhances our emotional wellbeing.  Her book is called When You Care, The Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others.

3:35 Here Now

In the third episode of a 4 part series on black womens' lives in New Zealand, Kadambari Raghukumar finds out about navigating race, queerness and identity in Aotearoa through the eyes of researcher and cultural producer, Makanaka Tuve. 

3:45 The pre-Panel