Afternoons

Time to catch up with Our Changing World's Claire Concannon. Claire's been chatting to some of the winners from the Prime Minister's Science Awards.

The Prime Minister's Science Prizes have just been awarded for another year and boy - does our future look bright. Among the winners is Jesse Rumball-Smith, who's picked up the Prime Minister's Future Scientist Prize, for his "Better Backseat Driver" app. Tackling the lack of safety features in older cars, the app brings together modern technology and behavioural psychology, to make our roads safer. Jesse chats to Perlina.

The workplace satire 'H.R. THE MUSICAL' is back for a run of shows in Auckland before it heads to Edinburgh Fringe The sketch comedy takes aim at office politics - corporate jargon and passive aggressive emails - delivering a sharp critique of the modern workplace Amy Mansfield is the writer and director of HR The Musical, she chats to Perlina.

If the World Cup wasn't keeping you busy enough - this week marks the start of the new NRL Women's Season. The 'Warriors Women' have their first game on Sunday against the Bulldogs at FMG Stadium in Hamilton. Michaela Brake is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, women's rugby sevens most prolific try scorer, and a former Warrior .. she's part of this weekend's coverage team. She's also a brand new mum! She joins us now for a chat.

Tuesdays mean You're the Judge here on Afternoons. We present a problem and get the audience's help solving it. Today we're looking at whether you need to stop socialising so much once you are married with kids. As always we love your reckons on 2101 or [email protected]

Afternoons critic Philippa Rennie joins us to share what she's been listening to.

Afternoons critic Catherine Robertson joins Perlina to share what she's been reading: The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout (Viking) Three Reasons for Revenge by Dervla McTiernan (Harper Collins) Night, Ma by Elizabeth Knox (THWUP)

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 sunny Nelson from where Mayor Nick Smith joins us.

The town of Rakaia has a population just shy of seventeen hundred people. Nestled in the vast Canterbury plains, it's flanked by the Southern Alps, with a stunning braided river and a very long bridge, But what's the story of the name Rakaia? Let's find out with RNZ Producer Justine Murray and this week's episode of the podcast NAU MAI TOWN.

When you think of walking sticks or canes - generally quite functional images come to mind. But walking sticks can be so much more than utilitarian. Our next guest certainly thinks so. Renowned furniture and industrial designer Keiji Takeuchi - who is Japanese-born, Milan-Based, New Zealand bred and Paris educated - has brought together nineteen examples of walking sticks and canes, all made by leading designers for a new exhibition at Auckland's Object Space. The exhibition, which runs until the 30th of August, is all about broadening our awareness of this essential and expressive tool.