Nine To Noon for Wednesday 7 July 2021

 

09:05 Total Frustration: Fiji’s rising covid numbers

The Covid death toll in Fiji has risen to 39, with six more deaths due to the Delta variant and an additional 636 cases in the past 24 hours. Kathryn speaks to Sun Fiji News' Suva chief Jyoti Pratibha and Fiji opposition leader Biman Prasad, who says the government’s actions are totally frustrating and more help from New Zealand is needed.

09:20 Major new finding in post-cardiac arrest care 

New research into post-cardiac arrest care has turned treatment advice on its head and will lead to significant clinical changes in intensive care units in New Zealand and internationally. A study found that cooling survivors of cardiac arrest to below a normal body temperature does not improve patient survival or recovery. Therapeutic hypothermia has been a cornerstone of ICU treatment globally for the past 20 years and is part of standard care to limit brain damage. Kathryn speaks with Professor Paul Young, deputy director at the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand and the lead New Zealand investigator on the study, which was published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine.

09:45 Australia correspondent Karen Middleton

Karen joins Kathryn for the latest on the Covid outbreaks in Australia as it's expected Sydney will face another week of lockdown, the NRL reels from another scandal as it was revealed 13 players from St George Illawarra held a party last weekend against the Covid-restrictions, a former Liberal MP Julia Banks has made a claim of a brazen act of inappropriate touching by a colleague at Parliament House and anyone who leaked Malcolm Turnbull's memoir ahead of publication has been sent a bill for $49.95.

10:05 Adam Andrusier: autograph hunter

As a child growing up in the suburbs of London in the 1980s, Adam Andrusier became obsessed with collecting autographs of the rich and famous - Ray Charles, Elizabeth Taylor, Neil Armstrong, Nelson Mandela and Boris Yeltsin are just a few of the names he collected. What started at the age of 10 has led to a career as a professional autograph dealer. Adam is now an internationally recognised dealer of autographs and historical documents, and has worked as an expert authenticator for Christie's and Bonhams auction houses. He's just released a book, Two Hitlers and a Marilyn, a coming-of-age memoir about autographs, autograph collecting, and celebrity obsession.

10:35 Book review: Stranger Care by Sarah Sentilles

Holly Walker reviews Stranger Care by Sarah Sentilles published by Text Publishing

10:45 The Reading

Parallel Universe, part one. Written by Charlotte Grimshaw, read by Michael Hurst.

11:05 Matariki Music with Yadana Saw

Yadana gets in the Matariki spirit, with a track from Maisey Rika's 2020 album Nga Mata o te Ariki Tawhirimatea, a song from Dimmer to celebrate I Believe You Are a Star which turns 20 this year and an earworm from Gabriels - In Loving Memory.

11:20 Swapping medicine for writing

Sarah Powell is an emerging Wellington author. At 23, she's just written her first book Alyssa:Welcome to New York a young adult dystopian adventure novel set in New York, the first in series.  It's a story she's been itching to tell since she first came up with the idea with a group of friends in high school. But she put it on the backburner, in favour of pursuing a career in medicine, and following in the footsteps of her parents. But in her third year of medical school she realised she'd made a mistake - and she had a book to write. Sarah Powell joins Kathryn in the Wellington studio.

11:45 Law with Garth Gallaway

Legal commentator Garth Gallaway looks at how difficult it can be to prove a charge of recklessness in workplace prosecutions after a recent case involving Waste Management. He'll also look at the number of investigations taken by WorkSafe last year, which was significantly lower. He'll also talk about a new initiative designed to help poor performing companies or businesses improve their workplace safety.

Garth Gallaway is a partner at Chapman Tripp in Christchurch.

 

Music played in this show

Artist:                  Twin Shadow
Song:                 Alemania
Broadcast Time:         09:21

Artist:                  Glass Animals
Song:                 Tangerine
Broadcast Time:         10:08