Afternoons for Monday 14 December 2015
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Turtle Invasion
1:13 PM.They're pesky critters and they're taking over Auckland waterways. Read more Audio
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A new image for Auckland
1:21 PM.Our biggest city is set to get a new look... but it's going to cost... to the tune of about five hundred thousand dollars. Read more Audio
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Solent Boat
1:32 PM.Our next guest is restoring a boat... but it's not just any boat. It's one that takes to the skies. Audio
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Music - Russell Brown
2:20 PM.Cloves, xiii ep, Jah Red Lion with Iron Will and Dub Terminator 'Sweet Maria', and The Velvet Underground 'The Complete Matrix Tapes' Audio
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John Seabrook on The Song Machine
3:08 PM.John Seabrook has been a contributor to The New Yorker since 1989 and became a staff writer in 1993. He explores the intersection between creativity and commerce in the fields of technology, design… Read more Audio
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Sino-English a new global language
3:30 PM.Not “Chinglish” anymore. Professor Jonathan Stalling has created Sino-English, a new alphabet for 350 million speakers with world-wide applications. Read more Audio, Gallery
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The Panel pre-show for 14 December 2015
3:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio
1:10 First Song
Okinawa Daydream - Miho Wada Jazz Orchestra.
A red-eared slider turtle. Photo: 123rf
1:17 Red-eared Slider Turtles - Angie Harvey
They're pesky critters and they're taking over Auckland waterways. Red-eared slider turtles are on the list of the world's 100 most-invasive species. The species originally came from southern United Sates. One woman who knows a lot about them is Angie Harvey. She's an 'aquatic nanny' of sorts, and runs the West Auckland Fish and Turtle Rescue.
1:27 Global Auckland - Vivien Bridgwater
Our biggest city is set to get a new look. But it's going to cost, to the tune of about $500,000. The Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development branding project, Global Auckland, is well underway. Its mission, to come up with a new image and catchphrase for the city. Vivien Bridgwater is the general manager of destination and marketing.
1:34 Solent Mark IV Flying Boat - Steven Fox
Our next guest is restoring a boat, but it's not just any boat. It's one that takes to the skies. And 'Aranui', is believed to be the world's last remaining Solent Mark IV Flying Boat. Steven Fox is the general manager of museum collections at MOTAT. And he's managing the Solent restoration and conservation project.
1:40 Favourite Album
Hopetown - Dave Dobbyn
2:10 The Critics
TV Review - Alex Casey
Music - Russell Brown
Books - Allan Drew
ToYs - Lonica van Engelen
3:10 Feature interview
3:35 Voices
It's derogatory term was "Chinglish", it's around 200 years old, and has been the mode of communication between Chinese and the world until now. Professor Jonathan Stalling has created Sino-English, a new alphabet for 350 million speakers with world-wide applications. Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets him in Wellington to learn more.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Julie Moffett.