Easter Monday: Recent Episodes
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Wellington Chocolate Factory was the first bean-to-bar factory in the country, and now produces the only certified organic chocolate made right here in Aotearoa. Its been busy creating special treats for the Easter and ANZAC long weekends. Co-founder of the Wellington Chocolate Factory Gabe Davidson tells Karyn they used a tonne of chcoclate beans to make this year's easter batch of chocolate.
Designer Evie Kemp loves to breathe life and colour into old and second hand furniture. She has honed this skill from childhood and she tells Karyn her secrets.
Autumn is a wonderful time of the year and we dig out a few woollen jumpers, it's also a great season to be in the garden preparing for winter and spring. April is also the time for harvesting the last of the late summer produce. If you're lucky enough to be in that position what should you do with it all? Foodwriter, and author and creator of the website Homegrown Kitchen, Nicola Galloway has the answer.
Australia's Federal election campaign is in full swing before Aussies go to the polls on May 21st. Scott Morrision's foe Labour leader, Anthony Albanese has had a bumpy start to the campaign forgetting the official cash rate and the unemployment rate last week. And in the first major survey of the campaign for the Sydney Morning Herald, revealed a reversal of fortune for the two leaders, with Morrison leading Albanese as preferred prime minister by 38 to 30 percent. .ABC Canberra's Adam Shirley gives Karyn an update on the Aussie election.
The research is in, wearing your outdoor shoes indoors is a big no-no. A recent study from environmental chemists in Australia found that people were bringing in a myriad of nasty bacteria into their homes via their shoes. But what about our foot health, is it better to wear shoes indoors, or go au naturel? Dr Tim Halpine from Active Feet Podiatry has the answer.
Two things are a given on Easter- chocolate and holiday traffic. Waka Kotahi journey manager, Liam Ryan tells Karyn what motorists should expect this Easter Monday.
The boarders may now be open, but New Zealanders are still flocking to the water in what was known post-lockdown as the great boating boom. Boat sales have continued to grow, with the latest Trade Me figures showing there has been a six percent increase in the number of boats for sale. Just last week in the lead up to easter, there were 80 thousand searches for boats on the trade me website.... 'Jet boat' was the most searched for type of boat followed by 'inflatable', 'Senator' and 'Stabicraft' Karyn speaks to Maritime New Zealand's, Senior Adviser "Recreational Boating and Common Compliance", Matt Wood
The Prime Minister is today embarking on her first international trip in almost 800 days. She'll arrive in Singapore first, before travelling to Japan later this week. Trade will be at the forefront of discussions. Japan and Singapore are already the country's fourth and fifth largest trading partners and the Government sees room to grow that further. Export New Zealand Executive Director, Catherine Beard explains the significance of the trip to the NZ economy.
A group of engineers are working to reduce childhood concussions in our national sport. In 2019 there were almost three thousand ACC claims for rugby players with concussion; and more that half were from players aged 10-19. Dr Natalia Kabliuk from the University of Canterbury's Department of Mechanical Engineering is part of a team designing a helmet to help protect children from concussion.
As inflation bites and house prices stay stubbornly high, banks are now encouraging less tradition methods of home ownership. Currently, if a median-income household saved 15 percent of their income, it would take 11 years to save for a standard deposit. It gets even more bleak for singles, as it could take double that time. Kiwibank Mobile Mortgage Manager, Philippa Scott speaks to Karyn about how co-ownership could be a solution.
Karyn goes on a journey through the world of music from one artist to another. Today Karyn is starting with New Zealand composer and musician Louisa Nicklin. Who knows where we'll get to from there!
Is a glut of fejoas, apples and pears starting to put a strain on the fruit bowls? Never fear, Helen McNamara from the Hawkes Bay culinary institute The Cook and Grow Project is here to help with the autumn bounty.
David Mountain is a writer, speaker and editor based in Edinburgh in Scotland and has recently published his first book: Past Mistakes: How We Misinterpret History and Why It Matters.
A new book has been published looking at the history of the punk scene in Auckland in the 20th century. From AK79 to the Class of 81 tracks the world of the punk scene through the eyes of the then young photographer Anthony Phelps. Karyn and Anthony look back on a world they both had close contact with.
Artist Christian Nicholson has a new exhibition opening soon at Art by the Sea Gallery in Takapuna in Auckland called "Ready to Roll: the Kiwi Music I Grew Up With". He joins Karyn to talk about re-exploring the world of his youth through a TV show that shaped the world of his formative years.
What do we plant at this time of year in different parts of the country? And what problems might we be running into? Gardener Adrian Sutherland runs the thriving Facebook page One Minute Gardening and is constantly trying to get people involved in getting their hands dirty in the garden. He joins Karyn to talk about the immense potential of this time of year.
Award winning New Zealand photographer Robin Hammond has just landed again on New Zealand soil. He's been documenting the quarantine process while also still working with aid organisation Witness Change to try and keep global attention on hotspots of conflict and extreme inequality. He joins Karyn to talk, photographs, fatherhood and landing back in Aotearoa camera in hand.
Self isolation, plague, closed borders, quarantine. These are all words we've become very familiar with over the past year, but they have their roots in plagues of the past. Historian and medievalist Dr Eleanor Janega runs the Going Medieval blog and podcasts her way around the world, looking into the past. She somehow fits this all in around teaching and lecturing as well. She made time for us to talk about just how medieval the modern moment is.
We know a lot less than we think about the deep oceans of the world. It's been a source of fascination for humans since we first saw the ocean, and understanding it properly is now more important than ever as the climate changes. Marine Biologist Helen Scales' new book The Brilliant Abyss takes about the deepest dive it is possible to take into the depths of the world's seas.