Afternoons for Tuesday 12 March 2024

 

1:15 Chef shortage in Aotearoa, what needs to change

Restaurants across New Zealand and Australia are all saying the same thing - we need chefs!

Apparently chefs are currently the eighth most in-demand occupation, and a recent report out of AUT mightg explain why.

The report reveals that chefs at home and abroad often experience significant financial hardship and mental health issues.

It also found that exploitation was a quote, "industry norm", and that burnout and wage theft is also common.

Christchurch-based chef and caterer Jonny Schwass talks to Jesse about the heat in the kitchen and what needs to change.

1:25 More volunteers needed to protect Hihi in Northland

The hihi (stitchbird) was once found throughout the North Island the species suffered catastrophic declines resulting in their extinction from everywhere except one small offshore island Te Hauturu-o-Toi/Little Barrier Island

Its unique status in Aotearoa and the world, as the sole representative of its own bird family, comes with unique challenges for its conservation

Hihi Conservation Charitable Trust spokesman Kevin Parker talks to Jesse.

1:35 How to make 55 meals for 50 dollars

In a recognised cost-of-living crisis it's no wonder youtube clips like 'depression-era salad - it's so GOOD' and 'homemade crumpets, you'll never buy them again' are getting thousands of views

But it was the '55 meals for $50' that saw Stacey Stott aka the Farmers Wife Homestead blow up

Since then, the reluctant youtuber has reached almost 14-thousand subscribers and the viral video one-hundred-and-forty-thousand views.

She joins Jesse from her homestead in Waikato.

1:45 Tech Tuesday with Dan Watson

Dan Watson is the owner and managing director of Vertech IT services. This week he talks to Jesse about the new Surface Pro laptops from Microsoft.

2:10 Book Critic: Claire Mabey

Today Claire talks to Jesse about three very different books, The Grimmelings by Rachael King, Plastic by Stacey Teague and The Vet's Daughter by Barbara Comyns.

2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster

Brad Foster reports on the reaction of the closure of two mental health hospitals in Sydney, and outlines changes to planning laws to allow unit blocks of up to six storeys to be constructed along railway corridors. The changes are said to assist the NSW Government in achieving new housing targets. He also talks about the Australian Grand Prix, a man charged with murdering missing Ballarat mother Samantha Murphy, and record hot weather in Australia's south.

2:30 Music feature: The music of D'Angelo

D'Angelo is a singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist who was at the forefront of the neo-soul movement in the 1990s.

His three studio albums have received universal critical acclaim and have seen him compared to the likes of Prince, Stevie Wonder and Sly Stone.

Despite this reputation, he is known as a reclusive figure who rarely releases new music or sets foot on a stage.

RNZ producer Sam Hollis is a super fan, he's with Jesse to go through D'Angelo's music.

3:10 A close look at languishing and how to vanquish it

It's not depression. It's not burnout. Languishing is a sense of low-grade mental weariness.

It's a term coined by sociologist Dr Corey Keyes during the pandemic when so many people felt like we were muddling through our days instead of thriving.

While the pandemic is over, the feeling of stagnation persists for many. Dr Keyes explains what it is and how to vanquish it in his new book, Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down.

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Sporting Witness

In the 1976 Formula One motor racing season, South African driver Jody Scheckter became the first and only person to ever win a race in a six-wheeled car. Competing against him in Sweden was American Mario Andretti.

In this episode, both former world champions speak to James Pepper about history being made at the Anderstorp circuit.

3:45 The pre-Panel