Afternoons

Banking reform activist Kent Duston says he plans to nominate Roger Beaumont, the Chief Executive of the New Zealand Banking Association, for Australia's top honour, "Australian of the Year" It's a tongue in cheek move than Kent Duston says is due to Beaumont's successful lobbying on behalf of Australian-owned banks that generate billions in profits for Australian shareholders. Kent is the Convener of the Banking Reform Coalition, which is campaigning for structural separation within the banking industry and a break-up of the Australian-owned banks operating in Aotearoa. He chats to Jesse.

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The show within a show, the little show that could, call it what you will, Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan will attempt to make you smile as they preview tonight's edition of The Panel.

A couple of years ago we spoke with Grant Leach from the Vertical Farming company 26 Seasons At the time they were growing strawberries in Foxton and selling them to foodstuffs. Two years on and a lot has changed. The Foxton operation has closed down and instead they're doing a deal with Emirates and looking to expand into the Middle East. Chief Executive Grant Leach joins Jesse from Dubai.

Mary Holm joins Jesse to talk about personal finance, this week she's asking whether you making the most of bank deposit insurance? Mary discusses: What is covered and what not? How to make the most of it Use a higher-risk deposit taker to get more interest?

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Time for NZ Sport History where we revisit some of the great names and moments in New Zealand sport. This week we're joined by an Olympic gold medallist, double world champion rower, America's Cup yachtsman, and former Chef de Mission for the Olympic and Commonwealth Games, Rob Waddell. Rob Waddell is also an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit and a triple New Zealand Supreme 'Halberg Awards' Sportsperson of the year winner from 1998 to 2000. Rob Waddell chats to Jesse.

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It's time to talk relationships because no matter if it is friends, colleagues, partners or family members, relationship troubles are everywhere! Jesse is joined by Professor Kirsty Ross from Massey University's School of Psychology Please let me know if there are any topics you would like Kirsty and me to cover at [email protected].

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Welcome to Afternoons' first convening of the politics group chat - a chance for three interesting people to say what they're thinking out loud. Joining Jesse in Auckland is comedian and commentator Tim Batt. In Wellington it's former TOP candidate and writer of the Substack Less Certain Natalia Albert, and representing Feilding it's podcaster and free speech advocate Dane Giraud.

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He Puawai, A Natural History of New Zealand Flowers by Emeritus Professor of Botany Philip Garnock Jones won the Judith Binney Prize for Illustrated Non-Fiction at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. It is a stunning book documenting 100 of the at least 2200 native flowers we have in New Zealand. Philip joins Jesse.

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During yesterday's show we spoke about book clubs, that led Karen to get in touch about her club, which has been running since 1972. That's 54 years of talking books! is this New Zealand's longest running book club? Karen joins Jesse. 

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Home schooling is in the headlines today after the New Zealand Herald revealed that the Ministry of Education granted Marokopa father Tom Phillips permission to homeschool his three children before the family disappeared in 2021. What surprised us was that it seems no ministry officials visited Phillips to assess his suitability, or what the children were learning, that's after regular in-person reviews of homeschooling households were scaled back in 2010. So this afternoon, we wanted to take a closer look at how homeschooling works in New Zealand. Todd Roughton is a former principal who left the mainstream education system to homeschool his four children. He's now the Principal Emeritus of Home Schooling New Zealand.

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