Nine To Noon for Thursday 10 June 2021

09:05 Climate Commission to government: don't delay on carbon cuts

The government has until the end of the year to respond to the final report of the Climate Change Commission as to how the country will transition to carbon neutrality by 2050. The final report of the Commission was released yesterday setting out a radical blueprint for cutting greenhouse gas emissions in three five-year budgets. Among the recommendations are a move to electric vehicles, fewer cows, phasing out coal, no new gas connections, denser housing and a focus on new native forests. The Commission says there is no time to waste, and delaying action any further will cost the economy dearly. Kathryn speaks with Chair of the Climate Change Commission, Dr Rod Carr and Minister for Climate Change James Shaw.

0920: New stock exchange for smaller companies

New Zealand has a new stock exchange - designed specifically for small and medium-sized businesses that are too small to list on the NZX. The new exchange, called Catalist, has already been working in the private investment sector, and will open a public market from June 21st. It will target listings with an initial value of between $6 million and $60 million - which is considerably lower than what is expected for a traditional stock market listing. Kathryn speaks to the founder and CEO of Catalist, Colin Magee.

09:45 UK: Restrictions could stay, summer holidays scrapped, Brexit 'sausage war'

UK correspondent Matt Dathan joins Kathryn to talk about the growing pessimism that the government will lift the remaining Covid restrictions on June 21, despite a successful vaccine rollout. Overseas holidays look doomed for another summer, with the removal of the only main "green" destination on the quarantine-free travel list - Portugal - removed. And another Brexit impasse has cropped up, this time chilled food being imported into Northern Ireland which has been dubbed the "sausage war".

10:05 Do something for nothing: How a haircut sparked a movement

We all know how uplifting a trip to the hairdresser or barber can be, but it's often an experience that's out of reach for those living rough. Joshua Coombes is a hairdresser by trade, whose client list for the past few years has exclusively been the homeless. He'd been working at a London salon in 2015, when he got talking to a homeless man, remembered he still had his scissors in his bag and offered him a haircut. Soon word grew - and he was in demand. He got to know his clients well - and would post their stories and photos of them to Instagram with the hashtag 'Do Something for Nothing'. It took off - and became a movement in itself that has taken Joshua around the globe. He's written about his experiences in his book - also called Do Something for Nothing.

 

10:35 Book review: Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz     

Carole Beu of the Women's Bookshop reviews Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz, published by Allen & Unwin

10:45 The Reading

The Years Before my Death, part eight. David McPhail reads from his memoir. 

11:05 Biden's tech supply push, Fastly fallout, Apple's new privacy boost

Technology commentator Peter Griffin joins Kathryn to look at what US President Joe Biden's push to improve supply chain disruption in tech could mean for New Zealand. He'll look at the fallout from Fastly's outage that took out some of the world's biggest websites and Apple's rolling out some more privacy improvements - but will they antagonise Facebook further?

11:30 Lefties vs righties: when do children develop hand dominance?

How and when do children become left handers or right handers? Christchurch based educator, speaker, author and founder of Moving Smart, Gill Connell, says coordination in learning is vital to how the brain develops, determining how children think, feel, behave and learn. She talks to Kathryn about the physical activities that can help with coordination.

11:45 Film and TV: Untold Pacific History, Kava Corner, Bump

Film and TV reviewer Laumata Lauano joins Kathryn to look at Untold Pacific History, a RNZ-Tikilounge video series about little known history around the Pacific; Kava Corner, Meldownz' interview series involving rounds of kava with different New Zealand personalities; and Bump, an Australian series coming to Neon about an overachieving student who has a surprise baby.

Music played in this show

Title:    When Your Tears Have Dried
Artist:     Edward Castelow
Time:    10:35

Title:    Always Fly
Artist:    Raf Rundell
Time:    10:41