Afternoons

Tuesdays is our chance to chat books! Our critic Anna Rankin joins Jesse to share what she's been reading. U.X.O by Brannvan Gnanalingam Paradiso 17 by Hannah Lillith Assidi

Mayoral minutes is where we speak with a local mayor about the challenges they're facing - how they're working to solve them - and what makes their community special. Today we're heading to the Waitaki District in the Canterbury and Otago regions of the South Island ...where you'll find Oamaru .... Mayor Mel Tavendale joins Jesse.

We're going to turn our attention to parenting now and making the call to get help when our children need something we're struggling to provide. Kristin Ward - mum of three and parent coach manager from The Parenting Place - is with Jesse to discuss when counselling should be considered.

Several big announcements this year have left vegetable growers around the country wondering what comes next. Heinz Wattie's is closing four sites, including its frozen packing operation in Hastings, while McCain is shutting its Hastings vegetable processing plant. For crop farmers, that means finding new buyers, rethinking what they plant, and asking whether New Zealand can support a local frozen vegetable industry at all. One of the growers caught up in it is Hew Dalrymple, who runs the cropping side of Waitatapia Station near Bulls and has been involved in efforts to keep vegetable processing going.

For many children, seeing where their food comes from and understanding life on a working farm is a bit of an unknown. That's why Patoka-based farmer and vet Dr Sally Newall developed a new learning facility to help change this. Sally joins Jesse from her farm in Patoka near Napier.

Treasury has today opened the country's financial books to reveal the state of the government accounts. It's what's known as PREFU - or the Pre-Election Fiscal Update. As well as a financial snapshot, it also provides forecasts on key areas like inflation, wages, the housing market and unemployment for the next few years. RNZ Business Editor Corin Dann talks it through with Jesse.

Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join them to be part of their delight, or to simply despair. Wallace will also preview what's on The Panel tonight.

Five minutes doesn't sound like enough time to change much. But if you are spending big chunks of your time sitting, thinking, working, or scrolling, getting up for just 5 minutes at regular intervals can change everything. Journalist and broadcaster Manoush Zomorodi has spent years investigating what the digital, sedentary life is doing to us. Three years ago, her Body Electric podcast invited listeners to take part in a Columbia University study, testing what happened when people got up and moved regularly for just five minutes. Now the results are in, and they're the basis for her new book that shows how surprisingly small changes can make a big difference to our bodies and brains from blood pressure to posture, eyesight to productivity. The Book is called Body Electric: The Hidden Health Costs of the Digital Age and New Science to Reclaim Your Well-Being.

Afternoons critic Ruwani Perera is with Jesse to share what she's been watching - Last Seen (Apple TV) and Sweetpea (TV3)

It's time for our expert feature ... where we invite an expert in their field on the show to answer all your questions. And today we're talking about arguably the most popular and universally loved dish in the world ... pizza! With endless topping, base and sauce options .. the humble pizza is surely the ultimate crowd pleaser. Vincent Michaelsen and wife Nina own the popular long standing pizzeria 'Vinci's Pizza' in Napier... if you have a question for Vincent text Jesse on 2101 or email [email protected]