Afternoons

New Plymouth's Puke Ariki museum wants your help. For the first time thousands of historic images are going to be shown publicly, and the museum needs help identifying the people, places and stories within them. The project is called Rekindled: Opunake Life through the Feaver Collection. Puke Ariki's pictorial curator Natasha McKinney joins Jesse.

In quite an extraordinary public announcement, the US military has confirmed that it has deployed weapons in space. According to the US secretary of the air force, Washington had active "on orbit" weapons, which means they have been deployed and are circling the globe. We wanted to get a better understanding of what this means, and how worried we should be. Maria Pozza is an international space lawyer and senior lecturer at Lincoln University - she chats to 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.

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Afternoons' chance to chat about the topics that might be filling up your group chats .. joining Jesse in the Auckland Studio is Culture 101's Perlina Lau, Afternoons Senior Producer Olivia Wilson and Lucy Walker Senior Producer on Morning Report. This week we're discussing the Ed Sheeran tour, Sydney Sweeney's controversial ad and that Hyrox situation.

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It's Wednesday which can mean you're on struggle street for meal inspiration ... but don't worry .. help is at hand in the form of the very talented Kelly Gibney and our Easy Eats segment.

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Time for our weekly travel segment Heading Off. Remember if you have a travel story of your own we'd love to share it with your fellow listeners, just text us on 2101 or email [email protected] Today we're heading off to Honfleur, a little seaside port in France, with Afternoons listener Tommy Wilson.

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Our Changing World's Claire Concannon is with Jesse to talk about the H5/N1 bird flu strain and what plans are in place for Pukekura or Tairoa Head on the end of Otago Peninsula, which is the site of the only mainland colony of Northern Royal albatross.

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Nutritionist Lily Henderson joins Jesse to chat about Weet-Bix. Just how healthy is the breakfast food and how many should you eat in one serving?

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A new podcast is taking a closer look at what happens to Maori when they are released from prison. Over six episoides the podcast, called TIAKI - which means 'to care' - reveals that more research needs to be done on the mental impacts of prison when it comes to re-entry into the community. Maori health expert Gabrielle Baker discusses the issue with Jesse.

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Three hour school bus rides... missed firefighter call outs .. loads of Queenstown locals say traffic jams are having a real impact on their day to day life. Residents say it's not just a peak-hour problem - congestion can strike at almost any time of the day. Now the council has set up an anti-traffic congestion taskforce to tackle the issue. But, what can actually be done? To look at some of the potential solutions, Jesse is joined by Ross Copland from Southern Infrastructure.

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