Jesse Mulligan RNZ Afternoons

11/09/2024

Today we're playing music from the finalists in this years APRA AMCOS NZ 'Silver Scrolls' awards

The scroll is awarded for the best songwriting, and voted on by a community of over 10,000 Aotearoan songwriters and composers. To even make the shortlist is a huge achievement.

Congratiulations Anna Coddington Stan Walker SKILAA Mermaidens & Georgia Lines

We're lucky enough to have had two of them perform NZ Live for us this year.

Including this one... Georgia Lines - The Letter

📽 Mikee Carpinter

09/09/2024

We've had some stellar NZ Live performances recently. The Aotearoa music scene is thriving. It's a privilege a true privilege to to get to watch these performances every week, so I love it when I get to share the video with you too.

This one is Mountain Boy giving us their take on Gregory Alan Isakov's 'Big Black Car' for NZ Live.

09/09/2024

Did you hear Jesse's interview with Tali Whiteridge? (link in comments) She is a year 12 Wellington Girls College student who has just made it into the semifinals of the global Breakthrough Junior Challenge. It's a science competition for students aged 13 to 18, aiming to inspire creative thinking about science by asking students to create a complex science question in a creative way.

She's the only New Zealander to get to the semi-finals and to get through to the top 15 people just have to like her video explaining the many worlds theory.

This science video has made the Popular Vote of the Breakthrough Junior Challenge! If you think it should go straight to the final round, give it a like befo...

04/09/2024

SKILAA performed an NZ Live session for us a few weeks back.

I wanted to share it with you again because tomorrow they celebrate the release of album 'Tiger In The River' with a one off show at Neck of the Woods

03/09/2024

Some photos from Jesse's Reading Parry held in Wellington at Meow, thanks to Verb Wellington.

03/09/2024

Jesse's Reading Party is imminent, thanks to Verb Wellington. Jesse is greeting attendees and making friends. Don't forget to pick up a classy Afternoons bookmark at the door.

30/08/2024

They're live! Preorders for the 2024 edition of the Critters of the Week T-shirt (and hoodie and tote bag) are now open. SHOP LINK IN THE COMMENTS.

Forest and Bird's CEO, Nicola Toki, Joyya, and Jesse Mulligan team up to bring you Critter of the Week – an awe-inspiring tribute to the lesser-known native critters and plants of Aotearoa. Illustrated by the incredible Giselle Clarkson and guided by science consultant Mike Dickison, each item showcases New Zealand's unique biodiversity our local conservation experts are striving to protect.

With $5 from every product going directly to Aotearoa-based conservation efforts, your purchase supports heroes on the ground protecting our natural treasures. Together we've raised over $31,686! Join us in celebrating the wild beauty of Aotearoa while giving back – now that's something to be proud of!

Crafted from premium organic cotton, ethically manufactured by our World Fair Trade Organisation certified production facility in India – showcasing Joyya's commitment to sparking good in places of extreme poverty and modern slavery.

29/08/2024

Recently we had the amazing Taranaki indie band Fin Rah Zel on NZ Live. We loved having them on the show, so here's some fresh photos from the session. Link to all the audio is in the comments.
(Photo credit: Warren Payne paynephotofineart.com)

27/08/2024

Matt and Mark Smith are in studio today to talk about their unusual, but awesome maps of Aotearoa New Zealand history. Listen in to hear more! 🗺️

18/08/2024

If you listen to the show later this post will make sense. For now here is some art to brighten up your monday morning.

Thanks to Henri Matisse / Pablo Picasso / Giovanni Bellini for the art :-)

07/08/2024

Our favourite Australian, OZ correspondent Brad Foster, just happened to be in town today and brought the team gifts from the lucky country. Thanks Brad!

05/08/2024

Happy Birthday Jesse Mulligan. Marama made excellent use of the office printer to celebrate and honour Jesse's olympic achievements.

01/08/2024

Our recent NZ Live session with Christchurch singer-songwriter Amber Carly Williams was a real treat. Here's some great video of her and the band playing Don't Know Vertigo.

Recorded and filmed by RNZ's awesome Alex Harmer. Link to the whole segment in the comments.

01/08/2024

TBT - Another one from Wiri Donna performing 'In My Chambers' for NZ Live a few weeks back.

They've just announced their new EP of the same name will be out in October. The second single from that 'Bad Behavior' drops tomorrow :-)

31/07/2024

Timor-Leste is one of the least visited-countries on the planet. In todays 'Heading Off' Jesse spoke with Jonty Crane who's been living there since February.

Today on 'Heading Off' we're exploring one of the least visited-countries on the planet - Timor-Leste. It's had a rough history, but after gaining independence this small Southeast Asian island is keen for tourists. Helping boost the country's tourism profile is Jonty Crane, who's been living in Tim...

30/07/2024

Ahead of their soon to be realeased album 'It's All Downhill From Here' Dateline join us to perform 'Leaves'

🔗in the comments

29/07/2024

Our newsreader Marama T-Pole showing off a suit she picked up at the op-shop for NINE DOLLARS! We love you Marama - JM

26/07/2024

There have been many strange Olympic one-offs and anomalies over the years, and Niall Seewang, the Sports & Society Editor at The Conversation, guided Jesse through them 🏀🏸🛹

Jesse goes down the rabbit hole of all the times the Olympics got strange.

18/07/2024

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In 1976 Tony Ineson captained the Black Sticks to their first - and only - Olympics medal.

The goalie played the last 10 minutes with a shattered kneecap, Tony scored the winning goal, and their opponents Australia were so confident of winning they turned up with a crate of Champagne!

Tony Ineson is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Tony was the captain of the 1976 gold medal-winning hockey team. His brother Chris was a New Zealand representative at the 1972 Summer....

17/07/2024

Different shouldn't doom anyone to unemployment or underemployment.

Different should doom anyone to unemployment or underemployment.

17/07/2024

Today on Heading Off Jesse spoke to someone who's been to the North and South poles, the seven summits, and every country in the world.

Today on Heading Off Jesse spoke to someone who's been to the North and South poles, the seven summits, and every country in the world.

15/07/2024

Te Whanganui-a-Tara band Wiri Donna perform their take on CHELSEA JADE's "Laugh It Off'

Did they do it justice? It might be even hookier than the original.

🔗 To listen to the full five track performance is in the comments

10/07/2024

James Mustapic joins us for Bookmarks

Spoiler alert - he doesn't read, but does love country music. He even tried to sneak in some Dixon Dallas (CC RNZ Nights on RNZ National 😜)

🎙 link in the comments

03/07/2024

We love having MEL PARSONS on the show 🎶🎶🎶

🔗 Listen to the full performance at rnz.co.nz/music
🎥 RNZ / Alex Harmer

10/06/2024

How would you commit a perfect murder? It's a question New Zealand's leading forensic pathologist gets asked a lot.

In his third and final book, Dr Cynric Temple-Camp, shares some less well known causes of death, disease and murder that prove that sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. The book is called Final Diagnosis .

How would you commit a perfect murder? It's a question New Zealand's leading forensic pathologist gets asked a lot.

10/06/2024

Today's expert feature was all about falconry - that's the art of using a bird of prey for hunting. It's history here in Aotearoa only dates back 100 or so years. Globally it's been going for thousands.

Falconer and General manager of Wingspan Birds of Prey Trust in Rotorua, Ineke Milner, spoke to us about the misunderstood birds.

Today's expert is all about falconry - That's the art of using a bird of prey for hunting.

10/06/2024

A breathing tool designed right here in Aotearoa is made to help relieve anxiety, increase lung volume, and regulate the nervous system. Julia Wikeepa is the founder of Hā Habit, she spoke with Jesse.

We've all experienced those moments in life when we feel totally overwhelmed. Well, a breathing tool designed right here in Aotearoa is made to help in those moments Julia Wikeepa is the founder of Hā Habit!

10/06/2024

With increasing pressures on universities, Dr Anthony Richardson, Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Tertiary Teaching and Learning at Waikato University chats with Jesse about the role universities should play in the future.

New Zealand universities are under increasing pressure, there's financial constraints, the post-COVID hangover, and staff layoffs. In response the government's appointment of a University Advisory Group to consider challenges and opportunities for improvement in the university sector.

04/06/2024

If you've ever dined at Ada Restaurant, it will come as no shock that head chef Kia Kanuta has been awarded 'Outstanding Chef' at this weekend's Lewisham Awards. Jesse talks to the culinary king about his inspiring journey to the kitchen.

Kia Kanuta began his culinary career as many do, as a dishwasher. 20 years later he's been named Auckland's Most Outstanding Chef at the 2024 Lewisham Awards.

04/06/2024

Fish and game officer Lawson Davey came out swinging for the black swan at the recent New Zealand Bird Conference in Nelson. After 47 years of monitoring, how are the birds faring these days?

This past weekend, at the New Zealand Bird Conference in Nelson, Lawson Davey presented a talk about the central New Zealand black swan population. Lawson is a fish and game officer at Fish and Game New Zealand.