Afternoons
Kanaal Besonderhede
Afternoons
Jesse Mulligan presents an upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time.
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The pre-Panel: Your daily slice of sense and nonsense
The show within a show, the little show that could, call it what you will, Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan will attempt to make you smile as they p...
Critter of the Week: Chatham Roughy Octopus
NZ octopuses have a reputation: stealing GoPros, climbing onto boats, even escaping aquariums. But one of our most mysterious species, the Chatham Rou...
Weekend Stuff: How to deal with the most disliked chore ever!
Rachael Quinn from The Housekeeper talks Jesse through the most efficient way of cleaning your oven.
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Food: Fallen Chocolate Macadamia Cake
Martin Bosley from Yellow Brick Road joins Jesse to share a recipe for a divine sounding chocolate cake.
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Film Review: Caterpillar and Mother Mary
Afternoons Film Critic Kate Rodger is with Jesse to review Mother Mary and Caterpillar.
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What's on this Weekend?
We do a quick whip around the country to highlight some of the events on this weekend Lots of comedy options thanks to the International NZ Comedy Fes...
Freaky Friday
Your chance to share the unexplainable! We've had ghost encounters, UFO sightings, people hearing voices. If you've got a spooky story we'd love to he...
Is having a 5% party vote threshold outdated thinking?
On Monday's show, Bryce Edwards from The Democracy Project joined us to discuss The Opportunity Party. He said one of the biggest challenges smaller p...
Celebrating Pasifika traditions with a new local show
Weddings and funerals are two of the biggest life events for most of us, but it all gets taken up a notch in Pacific cultures. A new TVNZ show '400 We...
Why New Zealand's banking industry needs a shake up
Banking reform activist Kent Duston says he plans to nominate Roger Beaumont, the Chief Executive of the New Zealand Banking Association, for Australi...
The pre-Panel: Your daily slice of sense and nonsense
The show within a show, the little show that could, call it what you will, Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan will attempt to make you smile as they p...
A good news business story!
A couple of years ago we spoke with Grant Leach from the Vertical Farming company 26 Seasons At the time they were growing strawberries in Foxton and...
Are you making the most of bank deposit insurance?
Mary Holm joins Jesse to talk about personal finance, this week she's asking whether you making the most of bank deposit insurance? Mary discusses: Wh...
NZ Sport History with Rob Waddell
Time for NZ Sport History where we revisit some of the great names and moments in New Zealand sport. This week we're joined by an Olympic gold medalli...
Relationships
It's time to talk relationships because no matter if it is friends, colleagues, partners or family members, relationship troubles are everywhere! Jess...
Political Group Chat: A chance to debate the big issues
Welcome to Afternoons' first convening of the politics group chat - a chance for three interesting people to say what they're thinking out loud. Joini...
The award-winning book showing off NZ flowers in full bloom
He Puawai, A Natural History of New Zealand Flowers by Emeritus Professor of Botany Philip Garnock Jones won the Judith Binney Prize for Illustrated N...
Have we found New Zealand's longest running book club?
During yesterday's show we spoke about book clubs, that led Karen to get in touch about her club, which has been running since 1972. That's 54 years o...
Explainer: How does homeschooling work?
Home schooling is in the headlines today after the New Zealand Herald revealed that the Ministry of Education granted Marokopa father Tom Phillips per...
The Pre-Panel for 13 May 2026
The show within a show, the little show that could, call it what you will, Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan will attempt to make you smile as they p...
Catastrophe Bonds - Would you bet on a disaster?
Extreme weather keeps getting more extreme. Once-in-a-century flooding is starting to feel routine here, while wildfires and major disasters devastate...
Easy Eats: Chorizo, white bean and spinach soup
Wednesday is Easy Eats, a chance for us to share a recipe that tastes delicious and doesn't take forever to make. This week Kelly Gibney shares her re...
Heading Off to Yunnan in China
Heading Off is our weekly travel segment where we go on adventures. We'd love to hear from you if you've got a travel yarn you'd like to share - text...
Stories from Our Changing World
Claire Concannon, host of Our Changing World joins Jesse.
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Everything you want to know about our brains
Sir Richard Faull is one of New Zealand's most respected neuroscientists, he's well known for his work on diseases like Huntington's, Parkinson's & Al...
Another festival farewell, What is happening to NZ culture?
The Others Way Festival, one of New Zealand's independent music festivals won't be back next year, and organisers say there are no plans for it to ret...
Hunters Gold - the TV show that helped launch careers!
Hunters Gold was a 1970s children's TV show, which seems to have come along at a seminal moment in New Zealand screen history At the time of its launc...
Should the age of superannuation be raised?
National has confirmed it will campaign on lifting the retirement age, with leader Christopher Luxon saying the current system is "unworkable and unaf...
The pre-Panel: A slice of sense and nonsense
The show within a show, the little show that could, call it what you will, Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan will attempt to make you smile as they p...
Opinion: Why Australia's ban on social media won't work
Australia's ban on social media for anyone under 16 isn't working. It's not even close says world renowned behavioral economist and Harvard Law School...
Tech Tuesday with Tim Batt
Tim Batt is with Jesse to talk about what's been happening in the world of technology; today he'll bring us up to speed on a local data breach and why...
Book Critic: Three books about self-described losers
Afternoons book critic Lisa Glass joins Jesse to share her thoughts on the following books: Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte Eurotrash by Christian Krac...
Mayoral Minutes: Gisborne's Mayor Rehette Stolz
It's time for Mayoral minutes, each week we speak with a local mayor about the challenges they're facing how they're working to solve them and what ma...
New ADHD research challenges current thinking on the condition
A recently published study from West China Hospital and Monash University has the potential to upend our understanding of ADHD For decades ADHD has be...
How to make small business thrive rather than fail
For the first time in almost 15 years there are more business deaths than births here in Aotearoa New Zealand. And of those business failures, the vas...
Toha Network: A biodiversity credit scheme in action
David Hall is the co-founder and Executive Director at a startup called Toha Network. In October 2024 they launched an environmental restoration proje...
Explainer: What are "nature credits" and why does NZ need them?
This morning the Government announced it's changing the law to prevent companies from being sued over climate change related harm caused by green hous...
The pre-Panel
The show within a show, the little show that could, call it what you will, Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan will always make you smile as they previ...
Feature Interview: Is your life dictated by numbers?
Life can start to feel like a numbers game with everyone chasing likes and followers, and productivity stats that measure our steps. It seems like the...
TV Critic: The Newsreader and The Miniature Wife
Afternoons TV critic Caitlin Cherry shares what she's been watching: The Newsreader (Netflix) The Miniature Wife (TVNZ+).
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