Afternoons RNZ Radio

Work isn't working. We are so busy staying busy, with constant emails and new message apps, we end up exhausted says professor Cal Newport. 

Electricity - how do we generate it, how does it get from a hydro-station to our kettles, and where is the technology involved heading? 

This week on Made in NZ we meet Shona Garven who's dedicated her business to making and restoring rocking horses. The Rocking Horse Place is based in Turakina just south of Whanganui. Shona explains her passion and business to Jesse.

Today Linda talks to Jesse about The Tattooist of Auschwitz on Neon and Clarkson's Farm on Prime Video.

This coming weekend the New Zealand Association of Scrabble Players (NZASP) is hosting the 44th National Scrabble Championship in Wellington. 

Research is underway on the barriers on the West Coast which are stopping young freshwater fish travelling upstream to feed grow into adult fish.