Nine To Noon for Thursday 30 September 2021

 

 

09:05 Reserve Bank ponders digital currency and new rules for new money

The Reserve Bank is considering creating an official digital currency as well as new rules for new types of money. Just six per cent of New Zealanders rely on cash on a day to day basis, and the central bank says while cash will always exist, it wants New Zealanders have access to money in forms that suit them and their changing needs. It's seeking public input on two issues papers just published.  Reserve Bank Assistant Governor Christian Hawkesby says New Zealanders payment preferences are changing rapidly, and new innovations in private money are emerging, which offer both opportunities and threats.

09:20 Companies challenged by covid supply chain calling for help

Of the many companies grappling with the uncertainties of the pandemic in their forward planning, Frances Anderson is the inventor of the Patney pillow, shown to reduce snoring, and the founder of the 3 year old Hamilton based company of the same name. Covid supply chain challenges, and international shipping costs that have increased tenfold due to the pandemic, have led to the company putting a pause on any more shipments to New Zealand of their product for the meantime, though it is still selling existing stock. What kind of support could help these small companies with the adjustments they need to make - protecting their IP, their customer bases, and making decisions about scaling down until better times?  Frances Anderson's business was born out of her own life-long struggle to find a solution to her snoring.

 

09:45 UK: Labour conference, Sarah Everard murder, petrol crisis, new Bond

UK correspondent Hugo Gye joins Kathryn to talk about Keir Starmer's first-ever party conference speech, details into the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer, the panic-buying of petrol by millions of Britons and speculation about who will be the next James Bond now No Time to Die has been released in the UK.

10:05  Number dyslexia and counting successes: hip-hop dancer Yami 'Rowdy' Löfvenberg

Yami 'Rowdy' Löfvenberg has difficulty understanding numbers, and couldn't read an analogue clock until she was 18, yet needs to count beats for her art. The award-winning British-based hip-hop artist and choreographer with a rare counting dyslexia was born in Colombia and adopted by Swedish parents. She was bullied at her Swedish school because of her dyscalculia, and told she was stupid.  But she has capitalised on this. Today Yami is a well-regarded hip-hop dance theatre director.  Her shows challenge stereotypes, incorporating dance, spoken word and music; she goes by the motto "Let's Edutain".  Yami also teaches dance at a London conservatoire  and is the only northern hemisphere member of the Australasian female collective Hot Brown Honey.

10:35 Book review: Scary Monsters by Michelle de Kretser

Mary Fawcett of Schrödinger's Books Petone reviews Scary Monsters by Michelle de Kretser, published by Allen and Unwin   

10:45 The Reading

Dresses by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall.

We continue Page Numbers 2021 - a collection of new short stories from MA writing graduates of  VUW and Auckland University.

11:05 Chip shortages, Facebook's big fine, hampster trading

Technology correspondent Mark Pesce looks at how a shortage of semi-conductors is now making things worse for automakers, who were already being affected by the global shortage of computer chips. Facebook shareholders aren't happy with revelations that the company offered to pay a fine that was fifty times higher than what the US Federal Trade Commission was seeking over the Cambridge Analytica affair - all so Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg didn't have to testify. And a crypto-trading hamster has been found to make better trades than Warren Buffett and the S&P 500...

11:25 Parenting: how are students faring under covid restrictions?

New research from Massey University and New Zealand Council for Educational Research on learning from home shows children are experiencing some rich learning, while the Educational Review Office’s latest report suggests on-going issues for students include anxiety around returning to school, missing out on learning and attendance. For how parents and teachers can support children at this time Kathryn is joined by Mohamed Alansari, Senior Researcher at the New Zealand Council for Educational Research

11:45 Film & TV: Inked, Squid Game, Raya and the Last Dragon

Film and TV correspondent Laumata Lauano joins Kathryn to talk about Inked (Prime) the first Aotearoa-made Mandarin-English bilingual drama, children's film Raya and the Last Dragon (Disney+) and Squid Game - the Korean horror series that's on track to be one of the most popular offerings on Netflix - ever.

 

Music played in this show

Artist: Beyonce
Track: Single Ladies
Time: 10:05

Artist: Little Dragon
Track: The Other Lover
Time: 10:45

Artist: Boy & Bear
Track:  Fall At Your Feet
Time:  4:30