Nine To Noon for Thursday 24 June 2021

 

 

09:05 Black Caps win World Test Championship 

The Black Caps are at the top of the cricket world this morning, winning the inaugural World Test Championship final, beating India by eight wickets on the last day of the match in Southampton. New Zealand chased down a target of 139 in their second innings to seal the title. They lost openers Devon Conway and Tom Latham, before captain Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor guided them to victory. Kathryn speaks to Black Caps coach Gary Stead in Southampton. 

09:20 Lake Alice survivor who confronted his abuser

A survivor of Lake Alice tracked down the former head of the psychiatric hospital, Dr Selwyn Leeks, and confronted him about the abuse he had endured as a child. Kevin Banks was first sent to Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital in 1973 at the age of 14 and  spent a total of two years in the hospital's child and adolescent unit in three separate periods through to the age of 16. While at Lake Alice he experienced sexual abuse, drug abuse, physical abuse, psychological abuse, solitary confinement, paraldehyde injections and electroconvulsive therapy as punishment - which was often administered by Selwyn Leeks. In 1977 he laid a complaint to the Medical Council. Yesterday at the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care, the Medical Council apologised for for any actions that the Medical Council of the time should have taken, but didn't.  Kevin Banks tells his story to Kathryn Ryan.

09:45 Wellingtonians flock to get Covid tests

People are rushing to be swabbed for Covid across the Wellington region on the first full day of level 2 restrictions. The scare was sparked after an Australian man, who had spent the weekend in the city tested positive for the virus after returning to Sydney. The traveller spent time across the CBD visiting heavily populated bars, cafes and tourist attractions like Te Papa, leaving thousands of people potentially exposed. Whitby GP, Dr Larry Jordan, is Deputy Chair at General Practice NZ and Chair at the region's biggest PHO Tū Ora - and says it's a busy day ahead for medical practices.

09:50 UK correspondent Matthew Parris

Matthew joins Kathryn to discuss a surprise by-election victory by the Liberal Democrats that overturned a Conservative majority in a seat that had only ever elected a Tory MP, all adults aged over 18 can now book a Covid vaccination while crowd limits are to be raised at Wembley for the semi-finals and finals of the Euro 2020, speed limits derail a London to Glasgow train attempt and Alan Turing’s  £50 note enters circulation.

10:05 Australia & China's deteriorating relationship

Kathryn Ryan discusses Australia and China's increasingly fractious and deteriorating relationship with Peter Hartcher political editor and international editor for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Relations between the two countries have been on the decline for several years since Australia became the first country to ban Huawei from building its 5G network in 2018. Last year,  Australia called for an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. China followed this quickly by imposing sanctions on a range of Australian imports including wine, beef, barley, cotton, seafood, timber and coal, and warned its citizens not to travel to Australia.This week Australia announced it would lodge a formal complaint with the WTO. Peter Hartcher's book Red Zone, draws on interviews with Scott Morrison, Malcolm Turnbull, Kevin Rudd and Peter Dutton as well as a range of security sources and China watchers.

 

10:35 Book review: Diary of a Film by Niven Govinden

Ralph McAllister reviews Diary of a Film by Niven Govinden, published by Dialogue Books

10:45 The Reading

Hand Me Down World, episode four. Written by Lloyd Jones.

11:05 Random computing errors, dream advertising, faster EV charging

Technology correspondent Mark Pesce looks at how the increasing sophistication of computers is also resulting in them producing random, unpredictable errors. Meanwhile Android users in the US state of Massachusetts got their Covid app installed - whether they wanted it or not. Advertisers could soon be coming for you in your dreams, thanks to smart speakers and the inventor of the 'anode' used in all lithium batteries has now invented a faster way to charge electric vehicles.

11:25 Stuttering: when kids can't get the words out

Stuttering is a normal part of learning to speak, particularly when a pre-schooler's language abilities can't keep up with what they want to say. Most children outgrow this phase but for some, the struggle to get words out continues. Wellington Speech and Language Therapist Christian Wright has advice for parents and teachers.

11:45 Searching for Italy, Limetown, This is Pop, Motherland

Film and TV reviewer James Croot joins Kathryn to talk about Stanley Tucci's new foodie-travel show Searching for Italy (CNN). Stanley is also in Limetown with Jessica Biel about the disappearance of 300 people from a research facility. Also in the mix is documentary This is Pop (Netflix) and the new season of Motherland (Neon).