Afternoons

Today Mary's focusing on women and money ahead of International Women's Day tomorrow. She has facts and figures on women's finances and found that women invest well in some ways but could do better.

Fifty years ago - in 1974 - Christchurch hosted the Commonwealth games 17 year old Jaynie Parkhouse won a gold medal. She's with us for this week's NZ sporting history.

Music Critic: Jana Te Nahu Owen

Humans are merging their brains and nervous systems with technology, and it's being predicted that will keep lawyer's quite busy.

A new solar farm is up and running in Kaitaia, and it's pinched the crown as New Zealand's largest solar installation to date.  Lodestone Energy managing director Gary Holden speaks to Jesse.

Kina numbers are exploding on some of our reefs, decimating seaweed habitats. Could this problem be solved by eating them? Kate Evans investigates the potential of kina-nomics.

Doing nothing has become something we just don't do anymore in our over-scheduled, always online world. But the simple act of hanging out with other people could be the solution to the epidemic of loneliness the world is facing says Sheila Liming. She's a professor of literature, media, and writing who says we need to put our phones down and re-learn out to just spend time with people with no set agenda or activity. Her book is called Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time.

We love it when one of Aotearoa's own makes it big and our bookmarks guest today, Luciane Buchanan has done just that. Many will know the Auckland-born actor as one of the stars of the Netflix series hit - The Night Agent - an FBI action-thriller, currently filming its second season in New York In addition to that, short film Lea Tupu'anga/Mother Tongue recently screened at the Sundance film festival She's off to a flyer in 2024 but managed to find some time to chat in between takes for Bookmarks this week.

Dairy farmer turned lego collector, and now lego museum owner. Waihi local, Spike, took his love of lego to the next level, opening a museum after his collection grew too big to keep in his own home. He's been running 'Spikes Bricks and Models' for the last eight years, much to the delight of locals and visitors. But Spike gets just as much out of it himself, if not more. Spike joins Jesse in the Auckland studio.

Today Alex talks to Jesse about Open Source and Rourou Conversations.

When Kiwi Daniella Elwood met her Irish partner Sean Ohare at a crossfit gym in Wellington, the pair dated for two months before heading off around the world together. Both were experienced solo travellers, but this was their first time travelling as a couple. Now, the only thing stronger then their love of travel - is their combined love of chips. The pair have gone as far as starting an instragam page called 'The Crispy Couple', documenting the highs and lows that the world of chips has to offer. We speak to Daniella.

On Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's 80th birthday, RNZ Concert presenter Clarissa Dunn joins Jesse to share magical moments from Dame Kiri's career including recordings of the young star on the rise and reminisces about her own experiences of sharing a stage with this Kiwi legend.

The Hamilton County Bluegrass Band is about to play its last concert. The band has been around since the 1960s when it was founded by Paul Trenwith and Alan Rhodes. The lineup has changed over the years - the current one includes Paul and his two sons. The band's in our Hamilton studio to speak to Jesse.

What does the future of food look like? What will we be eating in the future? Quinault Childs is research director in the Food Futures Lab at the Silicon Valley based Institute for the Future. His work focuses on the future of food systems, society, and the impact of climate change. Quin's been in Aotearoa to speak at an event, he stops by to share his knowledge with Jesse.

There was a time when logic and evidence were all you needed to win an argument. Aristotle would hardly recognize what we describe as a debate today says strategist and author Michael McQueen.

Brad Foster reports on the success of the NRL season opener in Las Vegas, the high tech plans for the new Western Sydney Airport including a remotely operated control tower, new house approvals at a 12 year low, Melbourne Fashion Week, and the AFL season kickoff.

Today our book reviewer Anna Rankin talks to Jesse about Vincent Bevin's book, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution.

Today tech commentator and founder of Ambit AI Tim Warren talks to Jesse about technology in the work place and what the future holds.

A new public artwork installation is coming to the southern end of Federal Street in Auckland, just a stone's from the RNZ studio.  The artist, Joe Sheehan, speaks to Jesse.

A Facebook group called 'Southland Random Acts of Kindness' was launched 10 years ago and now has 12,000 followers. The group was launched by Mary Gilbert, we speak to her.