Afternoons for Friday 23 February 2024

 

1:15 Manawatū community pulling together after clubrooms razed

On Saturday fire ripped through Palmerston North's Cloverlea Tavern. Happily no one was hurt.
But the devastation does go beyond the tragic loss of the local watering hole. Cloverlea Tavern also doubled as the clubrooms for Kia Toa Rugby & Netball clubs.

With much of its gear turned to ash, and the new rugby season due to start in March, the timing couldn't have been much worse.

To talk to us about the impact of the fire, and how the Manawatū community is pulling together in the wake of the fire, club president Kenny Johnson speaks to Mark.

1:25 Hard to Find Books doing a roaring trade

Hard To Find books is Aotearoa's largest second hand book business.

The shop specialises in rare and unique books and has a collection of nearly a million titles! Some of which cost tens of thousands of dollars.

It was set up in an Auckland garage way back in 1983, and now also encompasses a Dunedin store and thriving online business.

The shop is also the final resting place for many famous book collections including those belonging to Edmund Hillary, Robert Muldoon and David Lange.

Founder and passionate book fan Warwick Jordan speaks to Mark.

1:35 Rain on your wedding day - how to plan around weather for the big day

After proposing to his girlfriend live on air, NIWA meteorologist Ben Noll decided to combine his two loves - his fiancée Katie & the weather.

He decided to use their wedding as an experiment to answer the question "How do you plan for prefect weather?". No mean feat, given weddings are usually booked over a year in advance.

To help other couples with their wedding weather planning, his - not totally successful - journey has been immortalised on the NIWA YouTube channel.

Ben speaks to Mark.

1:45 Freaky Friday

Freaky Friday is back again with two ghostly encounters from one of our listeners. Teresa has been to one of the most haunted places in the world. She shares her spooky story with Mark.

If you have a Freak Friday tale you'd like to share please text 2101 or email afternoons@rnz.co.nz.

2:10 Film Review with Dom Corry

Today Dom talks to Mark about The Zone of Interest, Drive-Away Dolls and horror film Baghead.

2:20 NZ Live: Georgia Gets By

It's a familiar face on NZ Live today but under a different name.

Georgia Nott, best known for being one half of the electronic pop-duo BROODS,  has branched out on her own.

Having opened for international stars such as Taylor Swift and Ellie Goulding, with her brother and BROODS collaborator Caleb, she's now kicked off her solo project known as Georgia Gets By.

She plays for NZ Live this week.

3:08 Best Ever Bacon and Egg Pie

Today Julie Biuso shares a recipe for what she calls the "best ever" bacon and egg pie.

The version of the picnic favourite Julie makes is richer than others with a light and fluffy filling that includes spicy pungent notes from sage and nutmeg.

You can find out how to recreate this delicious crowd pleaser at home here.

3:16 Music 101: Charlotte Ryan

Charlotte Ryan, host of Music 101 here on RNZ each Saturday afternoon from 1pm talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and because Friday is new music day - she'll pick us a track to play.

3:25 Weekend Stuff: DIY with Stan Scott

Builder Stan Scott is back this week to help with handy hints for any DIY projects you might have.

If you have a question for him you can text 2101 or email afternoons@rnz.co.nz.

3:35 Critter of the Week

If you think cyrogenic freezing is only for science fiction billionaires looking to live forever - think again. Now it's being used to save one of our most endangered trees: the maire tawake or swamp maire, Syzgium maire. This rare tree only grows in swamp forests in warmer parts of Aotearoa.

Maire tawake was already threatened by habitat loss when the deadly plant disease myrtle rust arrived in Aotearoa in 2017. To save the species from extinction, scientists from Ōtari-Wilson's Bush in Wellington have started cyrogenically freezing embryos.

3:45 The Panel with Victoria MacLennan and Alan McElroy