Afternoons for Wednesday 31 May 2023

 

1:15 Farmers prepping for dairy farm mooving day

It's a big week for the dairy farming community... That's because tomorrow is mooving day!

It's the day when dairy farming families, contract milkers, sharemilkers, and employees move to new farms- that means that cattle farm equipment's and vehicles are also relocating.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council Biosecurity Officer Dave Grimmer has got some good tips on how to reduce the biosecurty risks associated with moving day

1:25 'Māori Millionaire' on her quest to encourage financial independence

Te Kahukura Boynton is working hard encouraging other young people to find their own financial independence and empowerment.

She's 19 and studying law at the University of Waikato.

She's also the founder of 'Maori Millionaire'.

1:35 How much screen time should pre-schoolers be exposed to?

Many of us parents are guilty of putting on an episode of the Wiggles, maybe Bluey to entertain the kids...but how much screen time is too much in early childhoood?

New research has shown that higher levels of screen time in early childhood have been linked to poorer developmental outcomes for Kiwi kids.

Dr Megan Gath from the University of Canterbury's Child Well-Being Research Institute is one of the researchers behind this study. She speaks to Jesse.

1:45 True Colours wins Audioculture survey

To celebrate it's 10th birthday AudioCulture ran a survey to find out what album has had the most lasting impact in New Zealand music.

The results came in earlier today and the winner is the 1980 Split Enz album True Colours.

Music writer and reviwer Graham Reid talks to Jesse about why this album has made such a mark on New Zealand fans.

2.12 Podcast Critic: Jemima Huston

Today Jemima talks to Jesse about the podcast The Kidnapping of Stephanie Slater and a US case Bear Brook.

2:25 Bookmarks with Levity Beet

This week's bookmarks guest is children's entertainer Levity Beet.

The Golden Bay-based musician has been entertaining Kiwi kids for almost two decades.

He's particularly known for turning trash into gold, using tools like plastic fizzy bottles and PVC pipes to create musical instruments.

For his work he's been awarded the APRA for best children's song three times.

He also won Best Children's Artist at the Children's Music Awards in 2018, a success he repeated earlier this month.

3:10 How a guide to writing poetry became something more personal

Every great poem ever written starts with a blank page. A few years ago, acclaimed poet, editor and professor Matthew Zapruder began documenting the process of writing a new poem. But the project to illuminate poetry for us, turned into a personal one for him. Pouring words on blank pages gave him a way to understand  his son's diagnosis with autism. He chronicles the journey of understanding his son, his role as a father and the powerful process of writing poetry in his new book is called Story of a Poem: A Memoir.

3:35 Stories from Our Changing World

Coming up on Our Changing World - Claire Concannon learns about the recruitment of, and research into, biocontrol agents to help in the battle against weeds.

3:45 The Panel with Jo McCarroll and Steve McCabe