Nine To Noon for Monday 19 April 2021

 

09:05  'The delay took away her opportunity to be treated': Cancer treatment delays devastating families 

The Cancer Society says there are chronic problems with cancer treatment in most of our DHBs with unacceptably long wait times for surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Data collected by the Health Ministry show only three out of twenty DHBs are meeting targets to treat patients with a "high suspicion" of cancer within two months. In Southland, Kathryn Harper was diagnosed with lung cancer in January, which would have been curable, but ongoing delays meant that by March, the tumour was no longer treatable. Kathryn Ryan speaks with her daughter Kate McHugh, and Chris Jackson, medical director at the Cancer Society. 

09:20 As the Trans-Tasman bubble opens, who will fill newly-available MIQ spaces?

The trans-Tasman bubble is open and hundreds of MIQ spaces are now available going forward - so who will fill them? The government estimated opening the bubble would free up between 1000 and 1300 rooms per fortnight within Managed Isolation and Quarantine, although roughly 500 spaces would be retained as a contingency should they be needed. The extra space has raised the hopes of migrants who have been apart from their families during the pandemic, that they may finally be able to get their loved ones into the country. Kathryn talks this morning to Gray Todd, who hasn't seen his four-year-old daughter for 409 days, and licensed immigration advisor Katy Armstrong, who's been advocating on behalf of migrants seeking to be reunited with their families.

09:45 Canada correspondent Salimah Shivji

Canada is firmly in the grips of a third covid-19 wave, with infections skyrocketing in many parts of the country amid more lockdown measures and growing frustration.

 Salimah Shivji is a senior reporter with CBC's Parliamentary Bureau, based in Ottawa.

 

10:05 A farmer's journey from traditional to regenerative farming

Jono Frew is the co-founder of a network Quorum Sense which brings farmers together to share knowledge about regenerative farming systems. Jono is an award-winning farm manager and has a background in dairy, arable and sheep and beef. He comes from a family of agrichemical applicators and contractors, but is now passionate about transforming the health and resilience of soil and the complex eco-sytems that depend on it. He will be speaking next month at the Boma NZ Agri Summit.

10:35 Book review: First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami

Phil Vine reviews First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami, published by Penguin Random House

10:45 The Reading

How to Hear Classical Music, episode one. Written and read by by Davinia Caddy.

11:05 Political commentators Mills & Morten

Stephen, Brigitte and Kathryn discuss the ongoing management of Covid as the trans Tasman bubble takes off. 

Stephen Mills is the executive director of UMR Research , which is the polling firm used by Labour.  He is former political adviser to two Labour governments.

Brigitte Morten is a senior consultant with public and commercial law firm Franks & Ogilvie and a former senior ministerial advisor for the previous National-led government. 

11:20  Nicola Galloway with recipes for the autumnal produce growing in your garden

Autumn brings an exciting array of produce in the garden that will be ripe for the picking. Nicola Galloway is a food writer and author of Homegrown Kitchen.  Seasonal produce is at the heart of her cooking, making use of what's at the local market and growing in her own Nelson garden. She joins Kathryn to share a few recipes and talk about apples and pears, and pumpkins. 

11:45 The rocky road of light rail in Auckland: From Queen Street to the airport. Or not.

Bill McKay looks at the announcement of a new Light Rail Establishment Unit to investigate options for a new transit system and what it could mean for the city as a whole.

Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland.