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Personal finance expert Mary Holm spoke to Jesse in the Auckland studio about her tips for setting up a rainy-day fund.

Personal finance expert Mary Holm spoke to Jesse in the Auckland studio about her tips for setting up a rainy-day fund.

Crimes NZ is one of our favourite segments and we are so pleased we are back with another series of it. Over the next few weeks, we'll be looking at some high-profile cases. The title kind of hints at this - but just a warning that this interview deals with some of New Zealand's most serious crimes... murder, kidnapping and sexual abuse, so please take care about who's listening around you. If you need to talk to someone - there are free, trained counsellors at Helpline. Just call or text 1737. In this episode of Crimes NZ, we're looking into the murder of Grace Millane. The 22-year-old British backpacker had been in New Zealand for two weeks before she was brutally killed by New Zealander Jesse Kempson. Reporter Alice Wilkins covered the trial for Newshub, she spoke to Jesse.

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Professor Kirsty Ross from Massey University's School of Psychology tackled some tricky relationship issues from our listeners.

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As you know, we're big fans of science here on Afternoons so over the next few weeks Jesse will be speaking to some of the finalists of the KiwiNet research Commercialisation awards. The awards celebrate companies making the leap from science research to science commerce Today Jesse spoke to Mick Riley from Forever Harvest, a company growing fruits and nuts - but get this - without the tree.

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The most famous shipwreck in the world is undoubtably the RMS Titanic. Despite sinking 114 years ago, we remain fascinated. What's less well known is the human stories that go along with the vessel. An immersive exhibition - 'Titanic: The Human Story' makes it's NZ debut later this month. Jesse spoke to the exhibition's creator Luis Ferreiro Aguirre.

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What was your favourite school subject? It probably had nothing to do with AI - and likely wasn't something called next-gen manufacturing or applied intelligent systems. Those are just two of the nine new secondary school subjects the government has announced today, They will be part a new qualification replacing the NCEA with the subjects developed with the input of industry The aim? Equip students for the move into work, trades, training or university. Energy and Infrastructure Industry Skills Board chief executive Philip Aldridge spoke to Jesse.

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Jesse speaks to the citizen science team Fireballs Aotearoa about finding all four pieces of the same meteoroid that caused the fireball over the lower North Island last month.

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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.

Work hard and success will follow. It's the promise many generations grew up with. But Gen Z isn't buying it, not because they're lazy or entitled, but because they no longer believe the deal applies to them says journalist Emi Nietfeld. She knows that promise well. She went from homelessness to Harvard to Google by following the traditional path to success. For years, she was invited to speak at university campuses as proof that hard work pays off. But in a recent essay for The New York Times, she argues her story now feels like it belongs to another era. Young people, she says, aren't rejecting work, they're rejecting a bargain that no longer seems to exist.

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