Afternoons for Monday 24 December 2018
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Danyl Mclauchlan: how social media is warping society
1:17 PM.It's not fake news but Facebook and other social media platforms that are really polluting our media landscape and our lives, argues Wellington writer Danyl Mclauchlan. Read more Audio
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The campaign for Lego to make a Kākāpō set
1:33 PM.Hayden Pickford's kākāpō Lego design has more than half the support it needs for the huge company to consider turning into a commercially available set. Read more Audio
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Re-gifting all year round
1:40 PM.In a suburb of Palmerston Crissy Shiels' house is brimming with gifts - but none of them are for her or her family. She collects unwanted gifts and other items and then gives them away free to people… Read more Audio, Gallery
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NZ Live 2018: our 12 favourite performances
2:10 PM.Mel Parsons, Tami Nielson and Lawrence Arabi are among the many fantastic live performances we enjoyed on NZ Live in 2018. RNZ's studio engineers got together and picked their favourites. Read more Video, Audio
Happy Christmas Eve. Today is our final show for 2018, but we are back on Monday 21st January!
1:10 First song: Carson Taare performing Wicked Game with Gray Bartlett
1:15 Is social media warping society?
Some people moan about the media - but Wellington writer Danyl McLaughlan reckons its social media companies like Facebook and Google that are warping society
And he has some suggestions around what we can do about it.
You can read his piece on The Spinoff here
Mini lego Kakapo Photo: Supplied/ Hayden Pickford
1:25 The campaign for Lego to make a Kākāpō set
Hayden Pickford designed and built a lego kākāpō out of pieces from other sets.
He then submitted it to the Lego Ideas website, and if it achieves 10,000 supporters then Lego will review the design and it may become an official product to be sold worldwide.
Last week it got to 5,000 supporters and has 600 days to get to 10,000. If you want to lend your support you can click here to sign up
Hayden Pickford's lego Kakapo Photo: Supplied/ Hayden Pickford
1:35 Re-gifting all year round
In a suburb of Palmerston Crissy Shiels house is brimming with gifts - but none of them are for her or her family. She collects unwanted gifts and other items and then gives them away free to people who need them
It's called Pass it On Manawatu
Crissy's house is full to the brim with items for re-gifting
1:40 Great album: The Love Actually soundtrack
2:10 Best of NZ Live 2018
Our studio engineers in Auckland and Wellington; Andre Upston, Darryl Stack and Phil Benge chose their favourite songs from our NZ Live sessions this year:
The D4 - What You Want
Nomad - All Along
Amber Maya - Salt
Bill Hickman - Mr Mercedes
Tami Neilson - A Woman's Pain
Jamie McDell - Slow Dream Boat
Ebb and Sparrow - Prodigal
Earth to Zena - Crooked Mouths
Openside - No Going Back
Lawrence Arabia - Everybody Wants Something
Mel Parsons - Breaking
Avantdale Bowling Club - Years Gone By
3:10 The Panel Christmas Special