Afternoons

A Tauranga group is using art as way for people to connect and challenge the stigma around dementia Artful Mind pairs local artists with people living with Alzheimer's and dementia - to see what they create together The works are then shown and sold at Dementia Tauranga's annual awareness exhibition. Dr. Bronwyn Copeland is a Tauranga based geriatric psychiatrist and artist, she spoke with Susana.

Papatoetoe's night patrol volunteers are calling for more funding and better equipment as they try to plug the gap left by stretched Police resources The Counties Manukau Community Safety Patrol Trust says its volunteers are patrolling into the early hours ... observing incidents and reporting concerns to Police and other agencies. Patrol team leader Bella Tamotu spoke to Susana.

Following in the footsteps of Taylor Swift ... another one of the world's biggest acts has decided to park up in Australia.... and skip NZ entirely Radiohead announced its 2027 tour overnight, with 18 shows across Perth, Melbourne and Sydney, plus five dates in Japan. But there's not a single show here in Aotearoa. For Kiwi music fans, international artists bypassing New Zealand is becoming an increasingly worrying trend. Susane spoke with music journalist - and author of the Boiler Room substack - Chris Shulz

Winter can feel like one long game of pass the parcel when it comes to sickness. One person gets a cough, then someone else gets the flu, the kids are off school, a colleague calls in sick, before you know it, everyone seems to be unwell This flu feels particularity bad - with reports of people waiting 20+ hours to be seen in hospitals, while octors becoming increasingly disillusioned by the health system But just how bad is it? Are more people actually getting sick, or are we just hearing more about it? Dr Luke Bradford spoke to Susana Leiataua.

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.

The AI debate usually sounds like a choice between the camp that thinks artificial intelligence will solve our biggest problems, and the other camp, certain it will create entirely new ones. But there's a lot of territory between utopia and apocalypse. That's where longtime journalist Josh Tyrangiel is looking. Rather than asking what AI might do in theory, he looks at what happens when people put it to work deliberately using the technology alongside human judgement to tackle genuine problems in the world today. His book is called AI for Good: How Real People Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Fix Things That Matter.

We've got a segment on Afternoons we like to call Roadie Songs ..we want to know the songs you love to turn up loud when you're on a road trip. If you have a song and a story you'd like to share, send your suggestion to 2101 along with your phone number. Aileen shared her song with us today.

Caitlin Cherry reviews 'Alone Australia' (available on TVNZ+) and 'Trying' (Apple TV)

Jesse calls the Hannah Purdie from the Pania Plodders Hash House Harriers.

Brad Foster joins us to discuss the NSW Governments plan to combat organised crime, tougher enforcement of the U16s social media ban, and the NRL finals.