Programme Info April 29, 2017

Publish Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2017, 12:46PM

SPECIAL GUEST:

Tami Neilson - upcoming tour Tami Neilson Sings! 'Songs of Sinners' coming to a town near you soon!

Tickets on sale from Monday 24 April (Midday NZST)
Thu 25 May | Charles Luney Theatre, Christchurch (Jazz and Blues Festival)
jazzbluesfestival.co.nz

Fri 26 May | Plato, Dunedin (18+)
ticketmaster.co.nz| Ph: 0800 111 999 | www.utr.co.nz

Sat 27 May | The Sherwood, Queenstown (18+)
ticketmaster.co.nz | Ph: 0800 111 999 | www.utr.co.nz

Fri 9 Jun | The Mayfair, New Plymouth (18+)
ticketmaster.co.nz | Ph: 0800 111 999 | www.utr.co.nz | The venue

Sat 10 Jun | Totara Street, Tauranga (18+)
ticketmaster.co.nz | Ph: 0800 111 999 | www.utr.co.nz

Sun 11 Jun | The Ballroom, Napier (All Ages)
ticketek.co.nz | 0800 842 538

Fri 16 Jun | Nirvana Lounge, Hamilton (18+)
ticketmaster.co.nz | Ph: 0800 111 999 | www.utr.co.nz

Sat 17 Jun | The Tuning Fork, Auckland (All Ages)
ticketmaster.co.nz | Ph: 0800 111 999

Sun 18 Jun | The Sawmill, Leigh (matinee show) (18+)
ticketmaster.co.nz | Ph: 0800 111 999 | www.utr.co.nz | The venue

Francesca Rudkin: Movies

Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Karen Gillan, Kurt Russell, Michael Rooker, Glenn Close, Sylvester Stallone

Francesca's verdict: 4 out 5!

NICI WICKES: Food

Celebrating Bitterness! We're getting too much of the sweet things in life and not enough bitterness! If we lose our palate for bitter foods, we lose the incredible digestive qualities that bitter foods offer. Whilst coffee, beer and dark chocolate qualify as ‘bitter’ foods, it’s also good to increase our love and consumption of the following: Argula, dandelion, dill, kale and chicory. (For a more complete list go to botanical-online.com)

Salmon boats are crunchy bites of freshness are the perfect way to get some of the benefits of consuming bitter food whilst snacking on something delicious. They're healthy, quick and easy to prepare and also an economical way to serve salmon. You can find audio and tips on our page and for more inspiration visit niciwickes.com or her Facebook page.

LYNDA HALLINAN: Gardening

EPA bans toxic fungicides to keep Kiwi gardeners safe

BOB CAMPBELL: Wine

Visit Bob's website with over 22,000 wine reviews! http://bobcampbell.nz/

MIKE YARDLEY: Travel

Free-roaming the Waikato! For more tips on road-tripping the mighty Waikato, Mike's article is on our website: www.newstalkzb.co.nz/lifestyle

CATHERINE RAYNES: Books

Say Nothing by Brad Parks, Allen&Unwin $33

The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti, Hachette $35

ANDREW DICKENS: Music

Gorillaz 'Humanz' - Andrew's verdict: 8/10

A fascinatingly diverse 50 minutes chock full of guest vocalists and ideas. Not an easy listen but in this day of iTunes playlist albums it is refreshing to hear a concept album in it's truest sense. Perhaps too many ideas and sounds but you can't complain about that.