Afternoons for Thursday 1 June 2023

1:15 Alix Te Kere on being a finalist in Ahuwhenua Young Māori Grower Awards

For this year's Ahuwhenua Young Māori Grower Award all three finalists are wāhine Māori.

One of the finalists is Alix Te Kere, who is a health and safety advisor for Rockit Management Services in Hastings.

Te Kere, who is Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Tu, Ngāti Maru and Ngāti Maniapoto has juggled her career with the demands of being a young mother.

1:25 Mike Joy a casualty of university cut backs

It appears that nobody is immune from Victoria University's proposed job cuts, even one of the country's leading fresh water scientists.

The university has warned staff it needs to cut up to 260 positions due to falling enrolments.

That includes Senior Research Fellow and Fresh Water Ecologist, Mike Joy who has been given three months notice.

1:35 Danish traveler makes history by travelling to all 203 countries without flying

Torbjørn Pedersen has just made history with thousands by reaching every country in the world completely without flying.

The Danish native set off on his quest in 2013 and just last week completed it.

He speaks to Jesse about the feat, including being stuck during the COVID outbreak, which delayed the timing of his end goal.

1:45 Great album: Hans Pucket's No Drama

Hans Pucket have announced a winter warmer tour of their album No Drama kicking off in July.

They'll be playing at 13 venues from July 7 before finishing in their home town of Wellington on August 12. You can buy tickets for their concerts at hanspucket.com.

Today's link 3 winner will receive a vinyl copy of No Drama.

2:10 Music Critic: Matthew Crawley

Today Matthew talks to Jesse about tracks from D.C Maxwell who's playing Whammy Bar on June 9th and Circling the Sun's track Veneer. They're playing Auckland Unitarian on July 8 with a 7 piece choir backing them.

2:25 NZ Sporting History: Lydia Bradey

For today's NZ Sporting History, our guest has conquered the summit of Mount  Everest, not once, but six times!

In 1988 Lydia Bradey became the first woman to summit Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, and was the first New Zealander of any gender to do so.

In the 2020 New Year Honours, Bradey was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to mountaineering.

3:10 Link 3

3:15 Solving the World's Problems with Simon Wilson 

Today senior NZ Herald writer Simon Wilson talks to Jesse about the end of the housing density accord and whether it signals the end of bipartisan solutions in NZ politics.

3:20 History with Dr Grant Morris

The biggest layoffs in NZ history.  New Zealanders are being warned about a looming recession which will see unemployment rise.  Some areas of the economy will be particularly hard hit. But how will it compare to events in our past? Dr Grant Morris looks back at some of the biggest job layoffs in New Zealand history.

3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness

Sherpa Tenzing Norgay had tried to climb Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, six times before his successful climb with Edmund Hillary in 1953. His son, Jamling Norgay, spoke to Louise Clarke about the spiritual importance of the mountain for his father, and how Tenzing Norgay saved Hillary's life when he fell down a crevasse on the mountain.

3:45 The Panel with Ruwani Perera and Liam Hehir