Afternoons for Tuesday 28 October 2025

 

1:10 What is a Capital Gains Tax and how will it affect you?

Labour has announced it will campaign on a capital gains tax at next year's election. 

The tax will apply to commercial and residential properties -excluding the family home and farms - the revenue will be used to fund three free doctor visits for all New Zealanders

A recent RNZ-Reid Research poll showed more than 42 percent supported a capital gains tax on properties, excluding the family home, with 35% opposed to it.

So what is a capital gains tax and if introduced, what could it mean for you?

Independent tax advisor Geof Nightingale joins Jesse to help explain it. 

1.15 Why is a Capital Gains Tax such a political hot potato?

Labour first started working on a blueprint for a capital gains tax under David Lange, but it was scrapped after Labour's 1990 election defeat. Fast forward to 2019 when Jacinda Ardern ruled out implementing the tax while she was prime minister 

So it begs the questions, why is a capital gains tax such a political hot potato? Is this a good political move for Labour? If the public show support, could it be something National adopt?

Dr Bryce Edwards, Bryce is director of the Democracy Project and a political analyst in residence at University of Wellington.

1:20 The Kiwi medical student's side hustle that's getting lots of attention

At just 25, University of Otago medical student Josiah Bugden has managed to balance the demands of his final year of study with a rapidly expanding side project - CourseSpy - a platform helping students make smarter decisions about their tertiary studies

Born out of his frustration with the lack of clarity around course selection and degree planning, Josiah set out to build the all-in-one tool he wished he’d had as a student.

Josiah Bugden joins us from Peru - where he is on his medical placement.

1:35 Why Taupō's new mayor is saying no to some events

Taupō’s newly elected mayor has told local residents that he might have to skip art gallery openings, cocktail parties and marae visits in his community, not because he isn't interested, but because of his significant hearing loss

The former rescue helicopter pilot lost much of his hearing after a life-threatening bout of septicemia more than two decades ago, that means it is difficult for him to hear in places where there is background noise.  

Taupō Mayor John Funnell joins Jesse now.

1:45 Tech Tuesday: Fallout from the AWS outage

Last week the giant cloud that is Amazon Web Services went down -causing outages for huge parts of the web - including servers here in New Zealand.

The outage revealed how much the world is reliant on big cloud providers and why that's an issue when things go wrong. 

Here to explain what it all means for you the consumer is our tech expert Tim Batt

2:10 Book Critic: Author Claire Mabey with her picks

Fans of the show the Great British Bake Off might remember the name Ruby Tandoh.
She was a runner up of that show in 2013, and since then has written four cookbooks. Her latest offering is called 'All Consuming' where she dives into why we eat the way we do.

Here to tell us more about this book and what else she's been reading is our book critic author Claire Mabey. 

Books: All Consuming - Ruby Tandoh
Descending Fire - Sherryl Jordan
The Legendary Scarlett and Browne - Jonathan Stroud

2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster

Today Brad talks to Jesse about police recruitment, cracking down on Australian telcos after those network outages, and sport.

2:30 Music feature: Spotlight on PJ Harvey

Harvey is a British singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, and this year marks the 30th anniversary of her breakthrough album 'To Bring You My Love'. 

She's received multiple BRIT and Grammy nominations, and she's the only artist to have been awarded the prestigious Mercury Prize twice.  

Bee Trudgeon, former 'Capital Times' and 'Rip It Up' reporter, and PJ Harvey superfan, joins Jesse.

3:10 Feature interview: Raising confident, caring young men

Boys today are overwhelmed. They’re trying to decode masculinity, navigate friendship and emotion, and survive the chaos of online life. Christopher Pepper, an award-winning health educator, and Joanna Schroeder, a journalist and mother of teenage sons, spoke with more than 80 boys to understand what they’re up against and what they need from the adults in their lives. Their new book offers 16 essential conversations to help raise emotionally intelligent, confident, compassionate young men   before the world teaches them not to be. It’s called Talk to Your Boys: 16 Conversations to Help Tweens and Teens Grow into Confident, Caring Young Men.

3:30 You're the Judge

Okay lovely listeners, it's Tuesday, which means we need your help. 

You see we've got a new 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. 

If you've got an irk you'd like resolved, please do email me jesse@afternoons.co.nz

Today's problem is one that we think will resonate with many of you ... is it okay to ask someone where they are from?

3:45 The pre-Panel

Wallace Chapman previews tonight's instalment of The Panel.