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Best of This Way Up 2009
with Simon Morton
Radio New Zealand's 2009-10 summer programme schedule will see a four-week long break from normal programming. The last regular shows for 2009 will be on Christmas Eve.
Below is our selection of the best items of 2009. Several of these items will also appear on This Way Up's regular podcast feed every Saturday over the break.
- Wasabi
- We meet Fenton Wood, an ex-policeman growing real wasabi in the South Island. (duration: 10′40″)
Get more information from Saturday, 04 Apr 2009 - Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3
- Ten-pin bowling
- Higher scores as new technology makes it easier to get a strike. Jason Belmonte is rising to the top by bowling with two hands. (duration: 30′48″)
Get more information from Saturday, 11 Apr 2009 - Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3
- Charity collectors
- Jessica Wilson of Consumer.org.nz on the on-street collectors packing clipboards and hoping to sign you up for the long term. (duration: 15′34″)
Get more information from Saturday, 18 Apr 2009 - Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3
- Old school advertising: Bill-sticking
- We grab some glue and a brush and go bill-sticking with Jamie Holloway. (duration: 11′31″)
Get more information from Saturday, 23 May 2009 - Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3
- Peanuts: crunchy or smooth?
- Peanut history with Andy Smith. Plus peanut butter- bait of choice for possums and rats. And crunchy or smooth? The chimps decide. (duration: 37′40″)
Get more information from Saturday, 30 May 2009 - Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3
- Haggling: how to pay less for more
- Our guide on the best way to haggle. The simplest way to save money without changing your spending habits. (duration: 40′35″)
Get more information from Saturday, 06 Jun 2009 - Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3
- Meccano collector
- Charles Steadman's a Meccano collector who measures his collection in tons. (duration: 21′12″)
Get more information from Saturday, 13 Jun 2009 - Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3
- Inside the ATM
- Experts Mark Prestwood and Phil Chant on the automated teller machine or ATM. How do they work and how have they changed since 1967? (duration: 27′24″)
Get more information from Saturday, 20 Jun 2009 - Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3
- Nuts: Brazil nut
- More Brazil nuts get exported from Bolivia than from Brazil. Alison Sandle on the nut that's sparked a bit of diplomatic tension over the years. (duration: 14′00″)
Get more information from Saturday, 04 Jul 2009 - Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3
- Product lives
- Hamish Wilson of Consumer.org.nz's been researching how long stuff like TVs, washing machines and cell phones should last for. Plus Bill Bevan on the laws that protect you even after your warranty expires. (duration: 26′47″)
Get more information from Saturday, 11 Jul 2009 - Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3
- Mead making
- Leon Havill's been brewing this amber tipple made from honey for more than 40 years. We drop into his meadery in Rangiora. (duration: 21′14″)
Get more information from Saturday, 08 Aug 2009 - Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3
- Vint Cerf
- Vint Cerf's acknowledged as one of the fathers of the internet after inventing a way to send information over a network of computers more than 30 years ago. (duration: 29′59″)
Get more information from Saturday, 22 Aug 2009 - Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3
- Mags for nags: Wheelrights
- We meet two of New Zealand's last working wheelwrights. Greg and Ali Lang of the Wheelwright Shop mend and make wooden wheels for horse-drawn vehicles. (duration: 26′11″)
Get more information from Saturday, 10 Oct 2009 - Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3
- Foraging: nettles
- We meet Maryanne Vella, a nettle fan who grows nettles and uses them in everything from tea to fudge. (duration: 21′52″)
Get more information from Saturday, 17 Oct 2009 - Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3
- Farmers
- Historian Ian Hunter's charted the 100 year history of Farmers, one of the country's biggest retail chains. (duration: 19′59″)
Get more information from Saturday, 24 Oct 2009 - Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3
- Bread matters
- Andrew Whitley is a baker and one of the founders of the Real Bread Campaign in the UK. He reckons modern bread is less nutritious, and is causing health problems like Coeliac disease and gluten intolerance. (duration: 30′05″)
Get more information from Saturday, 14 Nov 2009 - Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3
- Food waste
- First up- how much of the food you buy ends up in the bin and who's to blame? We speak to Tristram Stuart and the big supermarket chains. (duration: 43′15″)
Get more information from Saturday, 21 Nov 2009 - Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3
- Bras
- The modern bra's an amazing piece of engineering. We're looking at the history of the brassiere with historian Dr Caroline Daley, and the aesthetics of the push-up bra with curator Alison McCann. Plus Carol Rashleigh of Bendon says women's bras are getting bigger! (duration: 32′05″)
Get more information from Saturday, 28 Nov 2009 - Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3
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