Nine To Noon for Friday 30 July 2021

 

 

09:05 Hospice nurses seek pay parity with DHB colleagues

Hospital nurses are eyeing up possible strike action after rejecting the government's latest pay offer, while their counterparts in hospice care pursue pay parity with hospital nurses. Hospice nurses are paid significantly less, with estimates putting the difference between 10 and 20 percent less than DHB nurses. Nurses employed by 18 different hospice groups are currently voting on new MECAs - Multi-Employer Collective Agreements. If they are successful in achieving parity, it will put increased financial pressure on hospices, which already rely heavily on charity to meet operational costs. But if pay parity is not achieved, how can the hospice sector attract and retain qualified nurses? Kathryn talks through the issues with Denise van Aalst from Palliative Care Nurses New Zealand and Danielle Davies, an industrial adviser for New Zealand Nurses Organisation members who work in the Private Hospital and Hospice sector.

0925 Fun diggity dog - pests become pooch toys

Southland woman,  Louise Mackenzie's start-up Fun Diggity Dog came about when Covid struck and her job in the tourism sector went with it. Working from her dining room table in the rural settlement of Castlerock, she is now turning pests, including possum pelts into dog toys.

09:45 Pacific correspondent Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor

Fiji's medics are under extreme stress as Covid 19 infections accelerate, and former Health Minister, Neil Sharma says pressure from the pandemic has caused the nation's health system to collapse. And in Samoa, the country's first woman prime minister, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa is taking office.

 

10:05 Promoting te reo through bi-lingual children's books

Educator, Te Ataakura Pewhairangi was brought up in te ao Māori, and her home language was and still is te reo Māori. She has completed a Bachelor of Arts and teaching degree entirely in te reo Māori and is currently completing a Master of Arts, majoring in Māori studies at Massey University. She is also the Māori Student Recruitment Advisor there. Adding author to her skills, Te Ataakura had written a bi-lingual children's board book Kei te aha ngā kararehe? What are the animals doing?

Find out what all the animals are up to in this delightful board book. Tūhuratia ngā mahi a ngā kararehe i tēnei pukapuka pārekareka.

10:35 Book Review - Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World by Emma Marris

Ash Davida Jane from Unity Books Wellington reviews Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World by Emma Marris, published by Bloomsbury USA

10:45 The Reading

11:05 Music reviewer Grant Smithies​

A 50th Anniversary Edition of The Pretty Things' celebrated "Parachute" album was released late last year, and Grant says it's a cracker. We'll hear a song from that today, alongside the band's rough-as-guts debut single. Also, brace yourself for some stirring Afro-funk from Togo's Orchestre Abass and a dance floor heater from New Zealand born, Melbourne-based electronic artist, Nice Girl.

11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman

Looking at Olympic success so far, Sam ponders whether Bay of Plenty is New Zealand's sporting capital. He says seeing triathlete Hayden Wilde win the first medal set him thinking about  how the region punches above its weight. The Mount Maunganui based mens sevens team got silver and arguably our leading Olympian, Ohope's  Lisa Carrington's canoe events are yet to come.

11:45 The week that was

Comedians Te Radar and Irene Pink bring a few laughs.

Music played in this show

Title: One More Second 
Artist: Matt Berninger
Broadcast time: 9:30am 

Title: Grey Skies
Artist: Kate Bollinger 
Broadcast time: 9:50am

Title: Orion from the Street 
Artist: Field Music
Broadcast time: 10:05am 

Title: Toast
Artist: Coffee
Broadcast time: 10:35am