Afternoons for Tuesday 2 April 2024

 

1:15 300 year old parchment, search for it's original home launched

A 300-year-old parchment was found down the back of a couch in the 1940s. It then sat folded up in Eketāhuna for years, until recently.

Passed down from her father, Cheryl Banks opened up the document, and now wants to return it to where it came from.

But how do you find the home of such an old document?

Peter Whitehead, the National Library's collection care leader has some ideas, he talks to Jesse.

1:25 New Zealand at 'electrifcation tipping point'

New Zealand is at the 'electrification tipping point', according to a new report from non-profit Rewiring Aotearoa.

Rewiring Aotearoa's aims to boost knowledge of electronificaiton.

Its Electric Homes report highlights the environmental benefits of New Zealanders switching to electric appliances and vehicles.

CEO Mike Casey knows all about the environmental impact and economic benefit to decarbonising.

Mike talks to Jesse about the report and his own journey of 'electrification' at his Cromwell property.

1:35 The conflict triangle in the work place and how to avoid it

Victim, hero and villain. They sound like characters in a murder-mystery, but this is drama which is played out in workplaces across Aotearoa.

To be exact, it's a drama triangle, a theory about the how and why of workplace conflict.

So what exactly is a drama triangle - and how can we avoid them, or get ourselves out of one.

Sarah Cross who is director of training organisation, Kakapo Consulting talks to Jesse about the issue and how to avoid being caught up in it.

1:45 Tech Tuesday with Tim Warren

Today Tim Warren talks to Jesse about the pros and cons of using tracking devices such as apple air tags.

2:10 Book Critic: Dominic Hoey

Dominic Hoey talks to Jesse about Acute Misfortune by Erik Jensen.

2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster

This week Brad Foster reports on the Alice Springs youth curfew with more police on patrol in the Northern Territory town, the Federal Government's goal of Australia becoming a  globally competitive solar panel manufacturer, and some wet weather on the way along the east coast. He also talks about the cancellation of a major music festival and the rise of property investors.

2:30 Music feature: Prince's musical relationships

This week for our music feature we delve into the creative process of Prince.

Victoria Kelly's a huge fan of his work and is with Jesse to talk about some of the very special collaborations he worked on during his career.

3:10 The wonderful world of play time in the animal kingdom

Birds do it. A crow has been caught on camera carrying a jar lid to a snowy roof in Russia to snowboard down.

Bees do it, they stop along a path offering food and small wooden balls to push the balls back and forth. They play. 

University of Massachusetts Professor Dr. David Toomey looks at this growing  field of study that was once considered laughable.

But now, research is showing how many animals, just like humans, play to reduce stress, build community and defuse conflicts.

His new book is called Kingdom of Play: What Ball-Bouncing Octopuses, Belly-Flopping Monkeys, and Mud Sliding Elephants Reveal About Life Itself.

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Witness

The Juliet Club is in Verona, Italy, a place known throughout the world as being the city of love.

The club has been replying to mail addressed to Shakespeare’s tragic heroine, Juliet since the early 1990s.

The story of the Juliet letters started in the 1930s when the guardian of what is known as Juliet’s tomb began gathering the first letters people left at the grave and answering them.

The task was taken on by the Juliet Club which was founded by Giulio Tamassia in 1972. His daughter, Giovanna, tells Gill Kearsley that thousands of love letters from around the world are each given a personal response.

3:45 The pre-Panel