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Every fortnight Victoria University's Dr Grant Morris joins Jesse to peel back the onion layers of history to help illuminate something that's currently a hot button topic. This week he looks at the history of pay equality in NZ.
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Today Wellington's 2nd favourite son after Dave Armstrong is solving all of Wellington's problems and maybe, by extension all of the problems everywhere. Dave joined Jesse.
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For today's sporting history we're going back to the 1981, where a New Zealander took the running world by storm. 24-year-old Allison Roe... a long-distance runner from the Auckland's north shore, won both the prestigious Boston & New York marathons in the same year. She broke both course records and smashed the world record in New York. Only to have it controversially stripped weeks later. Allison became a global star overnight and became the first female to win the Halberg New Zealand Sportsperson of the Year award. Allison spoke to Jesse.
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Podcast critic Jemima Huston joins us to share her podcast picks for the week. Empire & Mushroom Case Daily
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Well-presented recycling bins in Hamilton are set to get the recognition they deserve After a successful trial last year... Hamilton's City Council will now be dishing out green tags to acknowledge households that sort their recycling bins correctly Currently, residents receive yellow tags if they've tried to recycle correctly but have fallen a bit short... and red tags are issued for bins that contain household rubbish Hamilton City Council operate, and unit director Tania Herman spoke to Jesse.
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If you've got young teenagers and adolescents in your house - you'll know it can often be a tough time to navigate. Researchers at Canterbury University have released the results of a study into teen stress - identifying the issues which young teens struggle with the most and how they deal with them. Senior Lecturer Dr Valerie Sotardi spoke to Jesse about the Our Voices study.
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In the world of competitive barbecuing, two west Auckland brothers have sizzled their way to a big win across the Tasman. With their expert crusting, marinating and glazing, Cook Cartel became the first international team to take out the Grand Champion title at Meatstock Sydney. And they did it in style - cooking up an almost perfect score across all categories. To tell me all about it I'm joined by master barbecuer Steve Cook.
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Parents unleash the arrow of ambition in their children, but siblings are often the ones who help guide its direction says Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times staff writer Susan Dominus. After a lifetime of curiosity about the ecosystems of families, Dominus set out to discover what families of high-achieving siblings had in common including the values, habits, and everyday rituals, like dinnertime conversations that influenced their children to hit the bullseye in their lives and work. Her book is called The Family Dynamic: A Journey into the Mystery of Sibling Success.
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Kelly Gibney offers up this soup which is made with handy household staples like frozen peas and dried herbs, but the end result has a wonderfully bright and fresh flavour. Get the recipe here.
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Armenia - Perfect destination for those wanting to avoid the crowds. Today we're talking about Armenia - a country with a cultural foot hold in both Europe and Asia. It's described as a holy land, full of surprises, with a lot to offer - but without the crowds. Ash Jurberg spoke to Jesse
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It's not often window-washing draws a crowd - but a Waikato company is soaring to new heights thanks to the use of drones. And it's not just windows - it's now setting its sights on using them to replace cranes to do the heavy lifting on busy building sites. Francois De Beer from Drone Wash Solutions spoke to Jesse.
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Rough sleepers in Whangarei now have a fresh, funky new cafe to go sit, get a free meal and be part of the community. Charity Whare Awhina has opened new headquarters in the city's former police station. It marks a new chapter for the city's vulnerable and a shift away from a more City Mission style environment. Manager Robyn Reihana spoke to Jesse.
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Spark has announced New Zealand's first mobile plan designed specifically for children. The 'Kids Plan' can be added to a parent's account for full oversight of its usage, and children will be barred from buying plan add-ons and will not receive promotional marketing texts. Child psychologist and mother of four Dr. Emma Woodward spoke to Jesse.
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Join a club and save democracy. 30 years ago, political scientist Robert Putnam published research explaining that people were becoming increasingly disconnected from each other and disengaged with their communities because they stopped joining clubs, going to church or participating in school groups. Pete Davis was one of Putnam's students. His sister Rebecca was a producer at NBC news. Together they tracked Putnam down and put together a documentary about the decline in community and connection called Join or Die.
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Brad has the latest from the Lucky Country: a new report into the urgent need for more social housing in Victoria; some of the early findings in the inquest into the Bondi shopping center stabbings a year ago and the continuing mushroom poisoning trial.
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This month's theme does what it says on the tin! All these books have been published in the last year and are definitely worth talking about according to Catherine Ross, the Director of Library at Auckland Grammar School. More details can be found on Catherine's blog.
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Time Batt joins Jesse with his thoughts on the world in tech this week. Today Tim discusses Duolingo's move to an AI first strategy replacing human contractors with AI. He also looks at the impending doomsday for Windows 10 users.
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The humble moth often gets a bad rap compared to its more glamorous relative, the butterfly. But moths are actually an important part of our ecosystem. And Wairarapa local Jim O'Malley thinks so too - he's part of the region's first ever moth survey, which has revealed a surprising wealth of biodiversity, as well as the discovery of a very rare moth.
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Forest and Bird has criticised the move to protect a herd of wapiti deer - or North American elk, in Fiordland National Park but ecologist Cam Speedy says it's the right move.
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With delays of up to a year for specialist support for children with autism, a free programme has helped hundreds of families bridge the gap while they wait.
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