Afternoons

Time now for the Kakapo Files, with Alison Ballance. The biggest kakapo breeding season on record kicked off seven months ago. It's now at the stage where the first chicks have left their mums and are leading independent lives in the forest. Alison has an update on chicks, as well as some listener questions to put to Kakapo Team experts. But first, there's a milestone to celebrate.

In our most recent Solving the World's Problems segment Emile spoke to Verity Johnson, who advocated very passionately for Auckland appointing a night mayor. A Night Mayor's job is to advocate for the community, businesses, artists, venues, and workers that keep a city alive after dark. Many of you were in support of such an idea .. although some of you concerned about more bills to pay for it .. so we thought we should find out how it could work in reality. And we didn't have to look very far to find an example .. if we take a look to Australia, New South Wales already has something very close to that. Michael Rodrigues is the New South Wales 24-Hour Economy Commissioner, he joins Emile.

We love celebrating small-business success here on Afternoons, and people who do good things for their communities and our next guest is a great example of both. Just three months after launching his own rubbish-removal business, AUT student Paul Franco Lo has secured a $3000 grant to help it grow. To celebrate, he decided to do something that would make a big difference to South Auckland communities.

It won't come as a surprise to any of you that social media can be a minefield of information - and misinformation. You click on something and next minute it is all over your social media feed - for good or bad. A new study from the University of Otago has examined social media through the lens of exercise advice targeting women - and the result may just surprise you. Professor Katherine Black, from the Department of Human Nutrition co-authored the study - and she joins Emile to discuss.

One ordinary morning in Sydney 12 years ago, novelist Hannah Richell's husband, Matt had died in a surfing accident at Tamarama Beach. In an instant, she lost her husband and her two small children lost their father. The years since have been shaped by grief, but also by the challenge of raising children, rebuilding a life, and finding meaning after unimaginable loss. Richell reflects on what it means to keep living after the person you expected to grow old with is suddenly gone in her new memoir, An Ocean and a Day.

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We talk all things tech with Tim Batt.

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Afternoons critic Catherine Ross joins Emile to share what she's been reading.

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It's time for Mayoral minutes 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 Waimakariri District that's north of the Waimakariri River in North Canterbury home to Rangiora and Kaiapoi.

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Ice swimming is officially classified as swimming in water 5 degrees C or below... No wetsuit allowed! This Thursday 43 intrepid swimmers from around the globe will descend on Alexandra for the International Ice Swimming Associations New Zealand and Oceanic Pool Championship. The prize of the winner - a chance to represent NZ at the World Championships next year. Emile chatted to Event director, and comparative ice swimmer Laeti Berten.

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The controversial move is among measures National would like to bring back under proposed new anti-social road user laws. The Antisocial Road Use Legislation Amendment Bill passed its third reading earlier this month and gives police and courts more powers. So, is this policy worth another shot? And will additional measures in the bill help make our roads a safer place? Terry Collins is the AA's Principal Policy Adviser Terry Collins.

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