Afternoons for Monday 29 January 2024

 

1:15 Demand for back to school devices at an all time high

Charities working to help communities access technology say a number of people are being left behind because they can't afford devices they need.

Local charity Recycle a Device sources pre-loved laptops, teaches high school students how to refurbish them and gets those devices into the community for people in need.

Bronwyn Scott is program manager at Recycle a Device.

She says Recycle a Device has received requests for over a thousand laptops this week alone - and is struggling to keep up with demand.

She talks to Jesse about what they do and how people can help.

1.25 Help wanted for Waitara Rail project

If you have capable hands and a budding interest in trains, the Waitara Railway Preservation Society needs you.

Next year the long-standing society of enthusiasts will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Waitara to Lepperton line.

They're looking to make a real celebration of it, but to do it properly they'll fresh volunteers to assist with repairs and maintenance work.

The society's secretary and treasurer Derek Baker speaks to Jesse.

1.35 Whānau cooking for whānau, how Kura Kai feeds the community

What began as a request for freezer meals on social media back in 2020, has developed into Kura Kai - a regular fixture in 38 schools around the country, with 1000 volunteers, having cooked over 40,000 meals to date.

Kura Kai works to keep freezers in schools well stocked with meals for anyone that needs them.

It's all run on the motto of "whānau cooking for whānau".

General manager Marie Paterson, joined the team back in 2021, she explains the kaupapa to Jesse.

1:45 Feature album

2:10 Television Critic: Linda Burgess

Today Linda talks to Jesse about Claremont: The Killer Among Us on TVNZ+, The Curse on Neon and The Traitors on ThreeNow.

2:20 Made in NZ: Lavender oil

For Made in NZ this week we meet the creators of Lavender Abbey, Jan and Stuary Abernethy.

Each year they tend to more than 3,500 plants on their property which are harvested in February and made into their award winning 100% pure essential oil.

2.30 Expert Feature: Hypnosis

We've all seen the tv shows where a hypnotist asks a volunteer from the audience to get up on stage and then proceeds to hypnotise them so they start clucking like a chicken, but there's more to it than that.

June Callan, runs June Callan Clinical Hypnotherapy based in Auckland.

While working as a Pain Clinical Nurse Specialist she noticed a lack in options for chronic pain sufferers and realised that hypnotherapy could be an effective tool in pain relief and even some mental health conditions.

She's with us in the Auckland studio to talk about hypnosis. If you have any questions for her please text 2101 or email jesse@rnz.co.nz

3:10 Rick Stein's simple 'last meal' and how it inspired his latest book

In June 2022, renowned chef and restaurateur Rick Stein would have a meal of haddock that would set him on a path to simplifying his life and his work.

For the seafood champion, it had to be fish, but most importantly, it was the last meal he had before undergoing open heart surgery.

His latest cookbook is an ode to the ordinary, and cooking well with few ingredients and easy preparation.

We'll talk to Rick Stein about 'Simple Suppers'.

3:35 Voices

Back for 2024, Voices is now called Here Now. In this week's podcast episode, Kadambari Raghukumar chats about what diaspora creatives make of some cultural cliches and stereotypes around their hometowns in India.  

3:45 The Panel with Wendyl Nissen and Dave Cormack