Afternoons for Tuesday 10 December 2024

1:15 Avian Flu and your pet fowl

80 thousand chickens will be culled in Otago after the high pathogenic strain of avian influenza known as H7N6 was found.

It's a stressful time for commercial poultry farmers and the industry in general. But residential owners of pets like ducks and chickens are also worried and batting down the hatches.

Evie Batten and her internet famous muscovy duck Pippi are ready for whatever comes.

1:25 Beloved Geoff's Emporium calls it a day

Over the last few years there's been a flood of social media posts and articles, all predicting a surge in boomer owned businesses coming up for sale. Or closing down.

One poll by ASB suggested 1 in 4 small business owners are considering retiring in the next 5 years. One result of this could be the loss of beloved, but old timey, favourites.

Places like Geoff's Emporium, on Auckland's Dominion Road.  It opened in 1980, and will be no more at the end of January...

Owner, operator Derrol Lamb talks to Emile about the decision. 

1:35 How to clean your barbeque

Christmas is only a couple of weeks away The summer holidays are starting soon.

And the giant nuclear fusion reactor in the sky is ramping things up.

'Tis the season of the sizzle: BBQ time!

So, to help you prepare to bring it out of hibernation, we're joined by Consumer NZ BBQ expert James Le Page.

1:45 Tech Tuesday: the best tech of 2024

Tim Batt reviews the world of technology as it was in 2024.

2:10 Book Critic: 'All the Feels' Christmas Recommendations

Director of Library at Auckland Grammer, Catherine Ross has some recommendations for books that are beautifully written, challenging, touching, desperately sad but also wonderfully uplifting.

2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster

Our regular date with Mr Australia, Brad Foster, our Aussie correspondent. Today he's updating us on the 10th anniversary of the Lindt Café siege in Sydney and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's shocker poll results.

2:30 Music feature: the songs that influenced The Beatles

Today we're delving into songs covered by the fab four. During their prolific career the Beatles released 213 songs, 25 of them covers.

We're joined by British music historian, producer and musician Geoff Barker.

Geoff has worked with some of the biggest names in music, including Sir Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Little Richard.

He's also hosted music shows for the BBC and produced documentaries on legends like Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, and, of course, The Beatles.

3:10 Feature interview: the art of the sandwich 

If you want to learn about history, culture and economics, just look at what people put between two slices of bread. Just about every cuisine around the world has a sandwich recipe going back hundreds of years and marketing consultant and former Netflix exec Barry Enderwick has tried more than a thousand of them.  He makes a new, old sandwich recipe every day on his TikTok, Sandwiches of History, starting with an oyster sandwich, made with chopped raw oysters, olive oil and Worcestershire sauce. He now has thousands of followers, millions of views and a new cookbook called Sandwiches of History: The Cookbook: All the Best (and Most Surprising) Things People Have Put Between Slices of Bread.

3:30 Thrift

Cheap and cheerful ways to pamper yourself these holidays. Katy Gosset talks to a public health specialist about simple, free ways we can all boost our wellbeing.

3:45 The pre-Panel

Wallace Chapman and producer Sam Hollis join Emile to preview tonight's episode of The Panel.