Afternoons for Monday 16 October 2023

 

1:15 Drinking water still a challenge for community
When it comes to water, everybody knows when things go wrong, but there's a lot that goes on behind the scenes to keep things flowing.

Gisborne District Council healthy living team leader Judith Robertson has had the tough job of ensuring a safe supply of water to Gisborne since the main water treatment plant was cut off after Cyclone Gabrielle. 

They've been relying on the local Waipaoa plant, which draws from a silt-laden river, and then undergoes a dramatic transformation before it reaches the tap.

But the Waipaoa plant, which was only ever meant to be a back-up, won't meet the water demands of a horticultural area in high summer. 

1.25 How to make seed bombs 

Flowers are blossoming all over the place at the moment, but there are still areas that are just a bit... dull.  

Seed bombs have been taking off online at the moment, a fun thing to do with kids, but just as fun for adults too. 

They can be lobbed over fences on abandoned land, down gullies, or up on banks that are too hard to access to plant a garden on.

They're a great gift too, and Jesse talks to gardening writer Jane Wrigglesworth on how to make them. 

1.35 Iconic 50's memorabilia, property for sale

Clive Taylor's place in Raumati Beach is quite easy to find. You'll know it from the mock 1950s gas station he's installed out the front, complete with original Shell, BP and Big Tree signage, oil cans and petrol pumps.

In the huge workshop behind you might spot one of his Fords.

Then there's the traditional red '50s milk bar - complete with mannequins, the saloon, a Coke vending machine, Elvis posters and hundreds of items of 50s memorabilia that the house. 

The locals called it Taylorville. Jesse talks to Clive about what it means to put it all up for sale. 

1:45 Great Album: Electric Ladyland

Electric Ladyland is the third and final studio album by Jimi Hendrix released in 1970 before his death. 

2:10 Television Critic: Caitlin Cherry 

Caitlin Cherry reviews the new Beckham documentary series, and The Lincoln Lawyer season two. Both can be found on Netflix. 

2.30 Expert Feature: Quantity Surveying

It's time for our expert feature, and today we are headed to Hamilton to talk to Quantity Surveyor Martin Bisset.

He tells Jesse about the things to consider when pricing up projects, where people tend to go wrong, and answers your questions about quantity surveying. 

3:10 We're all extremely online and being shaped by it
Build it and they will come. Silicon Valley unleashed the technology that gives anyone the chance to be famous on social media platforms, and content creators accepted the challenge.

They are revolutionizing the entertainment industry, disrupting legacy institutions, empowering marginalized communities and demolishing modern capitalism itself according to Taylor Lorenz.

She’s the tech columnist for the Washington Post. Her new book is about the rise of social media from the user’s side and how their content is shaping platforms like TikTok and Instagram and while shaping us too.

The book is called Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet, Taylor Lorenz talks to Jesse.

3:35 Voices
In this episode of Voices, Kadambari Raghukumar talking to Emeline Paat Dahlstrom and Eric Dahlstrom of Spacebase - the social enterprise working in democratization of space, innovation and research.  

3:45 The Panel with Janet Wilson and Peter Elliott