Nine To Noon for Monday 17 May 2021

 

 

09:05 Clock ticking for private landlords to meet healthy home standards

From the first of July, private landlords must ensure that their rental properties comply with healthy homes standards within 90 days of any new tenancy. This means properties must be fully insulated, have good quality curtains or blinds, a fixed heating source, extractor fans in kitchens and bathrooms, and no drainage or moisture issues. There are an estimated 600,000 rental properties around the country. Wellington's Sustainability Trust CEO Georgie Ferrari says installers are flat tack keeping up with the last minute demand from landlords. Kathryn also speaks with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's Tenancy Compliance and Investigations Manager, Steve Watson.

09:20 RMA reform - what does it mean for local councils, and your consents?

Reform of the Resource Management Act is now well underway, with the first two peices of the new legislation to replace it expected to be before Parliament at the end of this year. The RMA will be replaced with three new acts, the Natural and Built Environments Act, the Strategic Planning Act, and the Climate Change Adaptation Act. The reform will see the 100-plus RMA council planning documents reduced to about 14. It will mean huge changes for local councils which are already dealing with the reform of three waters, and a local government review. So what are those changes, and what will they mean for people seeking consents?  Dr Grant Hewison is the director of Grant Hewison & Associates Ltd, a firm specialising in local government and environmental legal and consultancy services and John Tookey is a professor of construction at AUT University's School of Future Environments.

09:45  Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney

A look at how the second Christchurch Call conference was covered in France with President Macron highlighting new EU laws in the pipeline. And Greece has become the first country in the EU to officially announce the start of a new holiday season, desperate to get back on its feet after Covid whacked its tourist industry.

10:05 KKK to civil rights activist: Bob Zellner on Spike Lee's Son of the South

Bob Zellner has spent his life dedicated to fighting for the rights of African Americans. But he wasn't born to it.  His father and grandfather were members of the Ku Klux Klan, based in Alabama in America's deep south. His mother made Sunday school shirts from the white robes when his father finally broke ranks with the Klan.  Bob was the first white southerner to join the black protest movement the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.  He has worked with civil right leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. Bob's efforts weren't appreciated by his grandfather and other white supremacists: he's been beaten unconscious on more than one occasion, suffering brain damage and post traumatic stress, and has been to jail 18 times.  Bob is author of "Wrong Side of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement." which has been adapted into a new movie produced by Spike Lee, called Son of the South released in cinemas on Thursday May 20.

10:35 Book review: Love in Five Acts by Daniela Krien

Laura Caygill reviews Love in Five Acts by Daniela Krien, published by Hachette NZ

10:45 The Reading

11:05 Political commentators Stephen Mills & Ben Thomas

Stephen, Ben and Kathryn discuss the results of last night's Newshub-Reid research poll including preferred Prime Minister, and they look ahead to the budget on Thursday.

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.

Ben Thomas is a PR consultant and a former National Government press secretary.

11:30  One pot warmers for autumn & winter: Justine Schofield

MasterChef Australia contestant-turned-TV-presenter Justine Schofield's cook book is called The Slow Cook. She joins Kathryn with some ideas for delicious one pot meals, so we can get stuck into some good hearty cooking for winter.

11:45 A Good Place: Auckland’s Freyberg Place

Bill McKay joins Kathryn to talk about how urban spaces don’t just need good design, they need ‘activation’ as well.

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

Music played in this show

Artist: Don McGlashan and Holly Smith
Track: Koru Kutia
Time played: 9:35

Artist: Ria Hall
Track: Flow  
Time played: 11:40