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After 134 years the classrooms and playing fields of a Manawatū school fell quiet. Linton Country School closed for good in early 2023 after the roll dwindled to zero. Now, the old schoolgrounds are up for sale. Tenders are open for the property and its classrooms, hall, out-of-tune piano and well-stocked library. Reporter Jimmy Ellingham called in for a look.

A New Zealand Olympic medialist is riding the wave of sucess all the way to hollywood. Slalom canoeist, Luuka Jones Yaxley, has been working as a stunt double for Oscar winning actress Charlize Theron for the film Apex. Billed as an action thriller, the movie was shot primarily in Australia's Blue Mountains. It is the story of a grieving adrenaline junkie - played by Theron - who finds herself being hunted by a serial killer in a game of cat and mouse in the wilderness. Luuka Jones Yaxley spoke to Lisa Owen.

In sport, Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua announced her assistant coach for the Commonwealth Games. Australian Briony Akle has been brought back into team's set-up, less than a year after being stood down during last season's coaching turmoil. Sports reporter Bridget Tunnicliffe spoke to Lisa Owen.

It's the end of an era for DIY dressmakers, with the supplier of big brand paper patterns shutting down. An Australian distributer that supplies New Look, Simplicity, Vogue, Butterick and McCalls is closing. The patterns are made from tissue paper that are cut out and put together like jigsaw using instructions that come with it. New Zealand used to have its own paper making pattern companies but they closed down in the 1960s. Bronwyn Summers, the owner of Pattern Postie spoke to Lisa Owen.

Americas correspondent Adam Hancock spoke to Lisa Owen about how a soldier who was part of the mission to capture Venezuela's former President Nicolas Maduro has been charged after allegedly winning hundreds of thousands of dollars betting on the operation. He also spoke about how Mexico's president is trying to simmer tensions with the US after two CIA officials died in the country and how Cuban's have faced fewer blackouts after a recent oil shipment.

A "muslim terrorist," that is how Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown refered to a RNZ staffer of indian descent, when the man escorted him into the building for an interview on Monday. The staffer apologised to the Mayor for having to wait due to security; the Mayor responded with a comment along the lines of 'security can't be very tight if we're being escorted by a Muslim terrorist.' Reporter Rowan Quinn spoke to Lisa Owen.

Kara Rickard, host of Music 101 here on RNZ each Saturday afternoon from 1pm, talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and because Friday is new music day - she'll pick us a track to play.

Gretchen Lowe joins Jesse with a delicious sounding recipe - perfect for the long weekend. Click here for the recipe

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Dominic Corry is with Jesse to talk films and we're going to start with the one he said is "the worst biopic he has ever had to sit through." Michael (the Michael Jackson biopic) in cinemas this week. Sgt. Haane (the new local doco-drama about a Maori war hero) in cinemas next week. The Italian film festival which begins on Tuesday.

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It's that time of the week - time for Freaky Friday! It's the home for all of your terrifying tales, eerie co-incidents and spooky stories. So if you've got a story you'd like to share. Text the details to 2010 or email me at Jesse@ afternoons.co.nz Today we're speaking to Matthew.

Chloe Swarbrick discusses state of Auckland economy; Louise Upston on why SailGP won't be returning to Auckland next; Peter Stone, Chief scientist at Sony AI speaks to Guyon Espiner; Political chat with Patrick Gower and Guyon Espiner.

On the 10th of November 2024 Hikoi mo te Tiriti set off from Cape Reinga for Parliament. The hikoi was a march against the Treaty Principle Bill. By the time it arrived in Wellington nine days later, it had become one of New Zealand's largest ever protest movements with up to 100 thousand people involved. Among those walking was documentary film-maker Whatanui Flavell His film about the experience "KA ORA TONU - When We Walk" airs on TVNZ this Sunday morning.

Eating disorders are estimated to affect somewhere between 100 and 200,000 New Zealanders. And it's an issue that seems to be getting worse rather than better. So a boost in funding from the Government is very welcome news to places like the Waikato Region Eating Disorders team. To discuss, Jesse is joined by Waikato's regional mental health and addictions lead Vicki Aitken.

Including looking after the monuments. Pam Dziwulska is a specialist architect who's been working to finish restoration work on Pukekohe War Memorial Town Hall in Auckland in time for ANZAC Day. She chats to Jesse.

There has been a lot of talk about the free trade agreement between New Zealand and India this week. Winston Peters says it's an "utter unmitigated disaster of an agreement for New Zealand's future." However yesterday Chris Hipkins confirmed Labour will support deal but did express concern about the investment target that's been set - 33 billion dollars. The deal is set to be formally signed on April 27th in New Delhi, and the full text is expected to be made public the following day. We want to find out more about it, so BusinessDesk senior correspondent Dileepa Fonseka chats to Jesse.

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