Megan Singleton often does her cross for The Sunday Session from some of the world's most exotic and exciting places.
This week, she decided to go a little closer to home - though Havelock North is no less exciting than many foreign cities!
She joined Andrew Dickens to discuss the little Hastings suburb that is attracting global talent.
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Southland locals are rolling up their sleeves after a week of torrential rain wreaked havoc throughout the lower country.
All of the Mataura was evacuated earlier this week as the River rose and heavy rain fell.
Multiple DOC tracks are closed, including the Milford and Routeburn, and many people are only just beginning to see the true extent of the damage.
Vice President of Southland Federated Farmers Bernadette Hunt told Andrew Dickens for farmers, the situation is heartbreaking.
"There's farms that don't have a fence left on the property, so they're trying to get back as quickly as they can for business as usual, but they can't even contain stock. They can't walk them through their farms because the lanes have got huge holes in them."
A 'farmy army' of volunteers is helping to clean up flood-ravaged farms across the region. However, Hunt says that the devastation is widespread. 
"To have three towns fully evacuated because they were fearful of flood bank breaches that could have taken out the full towns, and the number of farms and the sheer scale of the water was just beyond belief."

Southland locals are rolling up their sleeves after a week of torrential rain wreaked havoc throughout the lower country.
All of the Mataura was evacuated earlier this week as the River rose and heavy rain fell.
Multiple DOC tracks are closed, including the Milford and Routeburn, and many people are only just beginning to see the true extent of the damage.
Vice President of Southland Federated Farmers Bernadette Hunt told Andrew Dickens for farmers, the situation is heartbreaking.
"There's farms that don't have a fence left on the property, so they're trying to get back as quickly as they can for business as usual, but they can't even contain stock. They can't walk them through their farms because the lanes have got huge holes in them."
A 'farmy army' of volunteers is helping to clean up flood-ravaged farms across the region. However, Hunt says that the devastation is widespread. 
"To have three towns fully evacuated because they were fearful of flood bank breaches that could have taken out the full towns, and the number of farms and the sheer scale of the water was just beyond belief."

Black olive honey 
1/2 cup pitted kalamata olives 
4 tbsp liquid honey
Heat the honey in a small pot slightly and place the olives into a blender and pulse a couple of times, until smooth but still chunky. Add the olives to the honey and stir. Allow to cool.
Pickled Watermelon 
Rind from One average watermelon with the green cut off and cut into small cubes
1 cup cider vinegar 
1 cup of water
3/4 cup sugar
4 tbsp rock salt
5 star anise
1 tsp allspice
1/4 cup crystallized ginger, cut into thin strips 
Place everything apart from the watermelon into a saucepan and bring to the boil. Carefully add the watermelon rind and bring back up to boil before allowing to cool.
I just place the watermelon rind into a jar and refrigerate for a month before use.

Black olive honey 
1/2 cup pitted kalamata olives 
4 tbsp liquid honey
Heat the honey in a small pot slightly and place the olives into a blender and pulse a couple of times, until smooth but still chunky. Add the olives to the honey and stir. Allow to cool.
Pickled Watermelon 
Rind from One average watermelon with the green cut off and cut into small cubes
1 cup cider vinegar 
1 cup of water
3/4 cup sugar
4 tbsp rock salt
5 star anise
1 tsp allspice
1/4 cup crystallized ginger, cut into thin strips 
Place everything apart from the watermelon into a saucepan and bring to the boil. Carefully add the watermelon rind and bring back up to boil before allowing to cool.
I just place the watermelon rind into a jar and refrigerate for a month before use.

Auckland's orchestra has added its voice to calls for Radio New Zealand to scrap plans that will gut its Concert programme.
RNZ plans to shift Concert to the lower quality AM frequency, a move it said would free up space to build a new music channel based in Auckland and aimed at youth.
The content will also be downgraded. Its expert presenters will be shown the door and feature programmes scrapped in favour of an automated playlist broadcast around the clock.
But classical and jazz music lovers are fighting the move with more than 16,000 people having signed by Saturday afternoon a petition opposing the move by the publicly-funded broadcaster.
Opponents include opera legend Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, who has likened the proposal to gut RNZ Concert to scrapping the All Blacks, and former prime minister and arts minister Helen Clark, who tweeted it "equates to a dumbing down of cultural life in NZ".
"There is a pattern here of destruction of cultural services available to New Zealanders," Clark said.
Dame Kiri said it would be "an inestimable blow to the arts in New Zealand".
Today, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra chief Barbara Glaser urged the orchestra community to support the petition. She said classical and orchestral communities are "deeply shocked and horrified" about the "drastic" changes.
"We're extremely distressed about this dumbing-down of the arts in our society," Glaser said.
RNZ Concert is home not just for orchestral music, but for New Zealand artists, she said.
"This would be a devastating loss to our arts and culture sector."
In a tweet Thursday, Clark referenced Minister for Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Kris Faafoi and Finance Minister Grant Robertson, and said "Hope ministers will take an interest in this very concerning @radionz decision".
She said the decision appeared to have been taken without public consultation and asked, "who's in charge?"
A tweet by Robertson in reply said he was advised it was still a "consultation" and "we will be talking to RNZ about their options".
Meanwhile, Glaser said the assumption classical music is elitist was not true today.
"Our diverse audiences and engagement with young people through our education and outreach programmes is testament to that. We know the same is also true of other orchestras and music organisations across the country."
The APO is calling on fans to sign the petition to keep the Concert programme on FM and retain the presenters.
The petition says Concert FM is the only station in the country playing jazz and classical music with world-class presenters, but there are dozens of stations providing the content the RNZ board wants to replace it with.
The move was against RNZ's charter to "reflect ... artistic diversity", and provide programmes which balance special interest with those of wide appeal.
But an audience of 170,000 appears to not be enough for RNZ's decisionmakers who want to use FM to reach a bigger audience.
RNZ Concert's FM stereo frequency is to be taken over by a new music station targeting younger, more diverse audiences.
RNZ chief executive Paul Thompson told Mediawatch the decision was part of the public broadcaster looking to attract a younger audience.
"We are thinking five and 10 years ahead. We need to start to connect with younger New Zealanders," Thompson said.
"We are expanding our services off our current resources. There are some tough choices in that but this is a really good story of RNZ getting to more New Zealanders."
The news came days before Broadcasting Minister Kris Faafoi announced Cabinet had approved a business case to examine the viability of merging TVNZ and RNZ under a mixed funding model.
He assured media that already commercial free platforms will remain that way. Faafoi said it's vital our media showcases a unique identity because foreign media can't grasp our culture and...

Auckland's orchestra has added its voice to calls for Radio New Zealand to scrap plans that will gut its Concert programme.
RNZ plans to shift Concert to the lower quality AM frequency, a move it said would free up space to build a new music channel based in Auckland and aimed at youth.
The content will also be downgraded. Its expert presenters will be shown the door and feature programmes scrapped in favour of an automated playlist broadcast around the clock.
But classical and jazz music lovers are fighting the move with more than 16,000 people having signed by Saturday afternoon a petition opposing the move by the publicly-funded broadcaster.
Opponents include opera legend Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, who has likened the proposal to gut RNZ Concert to scrapping the All Blacks, and former prime minister and arts minister Helen Clark, who tweeted it "equates to a dumbing down of cultural life in NZ".
"There is a pattern here of destruction of cultural services available to New Zealanders," Clark said.
Dame Kiri said it would be "an inestimable blow to the arts in New Zealand".
Today, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra chief Barbara Glaser urged the orchestra community to support the petition. She said classical and orchestral communities are "deeply shocked and horrified" about the "drastic" changes.
"We're extremely distressed about this dumbing-down of the arts in our society," Glaser said.
RNZ Concert is home not just for orchestral music, but for New Zealand artists, she said.
"This would be a devastating loss to our arts and culture sector."
In a tweet Thursday, Clark referenced Minister for Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Kris Faafoi and Finance Minister Grant Robertson, and said "Hope ministers will take an interest in this very concerning @radionz decision".
She said the decision appeared to have been taken without public consultation and asked, "who's in charge?"
A tweet by Robertson in reply said he was advised it was still a "consultation" and "we will be talking to RNZ about their options".
Meanwhile, Glaser said the assumption classical music is elitist was not true today.
"Our diverse audiences and engagement with young people through our education and outreach programmes is testament to that. We know the same is also true of other orchestras and music organisations across the country."
The APO is calling on fans to sign the petition to keep the Concert programme on FM and retain the presenters.
The petition says Concert FM is the only station in the country playing jazz and classical music with world-class presenters, but there are dozens of stations providing the content the RNZ board wants to replace it with.
The move was against RNZ's charter to "reflect ... artistic diversity", and provide programmes which balance special interest with those of wide appeal.
But an audience of 170,000 appears to not be enough for RNZ's decisionmakers who want to use FM to reach a bigger audience.
RNZ Concert's FM stereo frequency is to be taken over by a new music station targeting younger, more diverse audiences.
RNZ chief executive Paul Thompson told Mediawatch the decision was part of the public broadcaster looking to attract a younger audience.
"We are thinking five and 10 years ahead. We need to start to connect with younger New Zealanders," Thompson said.
"We are expanding our services off our current resources. There are some tough choices in that but this is a really good story of RNZ getting to more New Zealanders."
The news came days before Broadcasting Minister Kris Faafoi announced Cabinet had approved a business case to examine the viability of merging TVNZ and RNZ under a mixed funding model.
He assured media that already commercial free platforms will remain that way. Faafoi said it's vital our media showcases a unique identity because foreign media can't grasp our culture and...

The big sound of Tami Neilson is back with another fantastically named album CHICKABOOM!
The album releases this coming Friday and includes songs Hey Bus Driver!, Ten Tonne Truck and recently released song You Were Mine.
Neilson joined Andrew Dickens to discuss her new album, and to perform You Were Mine live in studio.
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The big sound of Tami Neilson is back with another fantastically named album CHICKABOOM!
The album releases this coming Friday and includes songs Hey Bus Driver!, Ten Tonne Truck and recently released song You Were Mine.
Neilson joined Andrew Dickens to discuss her new album, and to perform You Were Mine live in studio.
LISTEN ABOVE

Like any good bit of orchestrated fun, the Academy Awards relies on a bunch of rules and safeguards to keep the ceremony from descending into chaos. Rules and safeguards are what will provide comfort to the television producers and vote-tallying accountants who wait with bated breath to make sure the presenters don't accidentally announce that "Joker" has won best picture when, in fact, they were just handed the best actor card with Joaquin Phoenix's name on it. Without rules and safeguards, dear readers, the Oscars as we know it wouldn't exist.
Perhaps you are interested in reading about some of those rules. Or maybe you have questions of the simpler sort, about, say, the difference between sound editing and mixing. We have the answers to both.
Here's what you might want to know about the Oscars ahead of Sunday's ceremony.
- Who is hosting the show this year?
Nobody. When the Academy Awards went hostless after the Kevin Hart debacle last year, ratings actually improved - not that the bar was high, of course, as 2018's nearly four-hour ceremony turned out to be the least-watched telecast in Oscars history. The boost in viewership could have been due to curiosity piqued by Hart's ousting - the result of widespread criticism over tweets seen as homophobic - or maybe because 2019′s films had a slightly higher profile. Either way, forgoing a host didn't NOT work for ABC and the academy. So they're doing it again.
"We're extremely proud of how the show turned out creatively," ABC chief Karey Burke said in May, per Deadline. "We're not messing with that format, to the best of our abilities."
- How were all these nominees chosen? What about the winners?
While presenting this year's Oscar nominees, actors John Cho and Issa Rae made a point of clarifying that the names were selected by members of each respective academy branch. Cinematographers vote for best cinematography nominees, directors for best director, etc. But everyone can vote for best picture.
When it comes time to select the Oscar winners, those restrictions are lifted. All academy members can vote on all categories, meaning cinematographers can now weigh in on directing, and vice versa. (Voters can abstain from certain categories if they haven't seen the nominated projects, of course.)
- How do you join the academy?
No one can apply to become a part of the academy; they have to be sponsored by at least two existing members of a branch. (Oscar nominees bypass this, according to the academy's website, as they are automatically considered for membership.) Each of the 17 voting branches has its own set of requirements, outlined here. Actors, for instance, must have had at least three speaking roles in a theatrical feature film.
Statistics on the academy's exact makeup are hard to come by. The organisation most recently released demographic details for the entire academy in 2018. Including the 928 new members that year, people of colour made up 16 percent of the overall academy, and women made up 31 percent. The next year's class of 842 likely improved those stats somewhat, as 29 percent of the new members were people of colour, and 50 percent were women.
- What happened to that popular film category?
It's done for, as far as we know. The academy set off quite the brouhaha when it announced in August 2018 that it would be creating a new category to recognise "achievement in popular film" as a way of keeping the Oscars, and the overall academy, "relevant in a changing world."
Accused of being a ratings grab, the proposal prompted questions: What constitutes a "popular" film? Did the academy really believe that box-office numbers reflected the quality of a movie? "We have the MTV Movie Awards for that kind of junk," IndieWire critic Eric Kohn told The Washington Post.
The category, planned for the 2019 ceremony, was officially "put on hold" the preceding September.
- Are there any awards that...