Nine To Noon for Friday 8 October 2021

 

 

09:05 Business meets govt to push workplace rapid antigen testing

Business leaders are meeting government ministers are meeting shortly to construct a pilot programme allowing rapid antigen testing in workplaces. 25 large companies from sectors including freight, aviation, food production, and aged care have formed a coalition to urgently import 370-thousand rapid antigen tests -  for work sites around the country. The head of Business New Zealand, Kirk Hope tells Kathryn Ryan urging the Government to act quickly.
[topics] business, health, covid-19

09:20 Māori stone artefact digital repository 

 A high tech project is underway to shed light on thousands of Māori stone artefacts, so they can be preserved for future generations. Funded by the MBIE, it involves archaeologists, bioengineers and computer scientists analysing large collections of stone items and fragments. The aim is to create digital repositories of New Zealand's cultural heritage that can be accessed by iwi and archaeologists around the world. Archaeologist Rebecca Phillipps is co-leading the project.

09:35 Living vicariously in level 3 - opshop treasures
 

What do you do when the much vaunted takeaways, or a picnic in the double bubble under Covid restrictions alert level 3 just don't cut it?. Waiheke woman Lisa Talbot has the answer. Get a friend or relative in living in level 2 to take you on a face time journey of the thing you are hankering to do most. Kathryn talks Phill Palmer and Lisa about virtual reality op shopping.

09:45 Pacific correspondent Susana Leiataua

The first of two repatriation flights of Cook Islanders stranded in New Zealand because of our lockdown left Christchurch last night. There are strict safety protocols around passengers and the ground crew who meet them in Rarotonga to keep the Cooks covid-free. And community mass vaccination events are picking steam in Auckland attracting large numbers of the community and commitment from Pasifika sports stars.

Susana Leiataua is RNZ's Pacific news editor.

10:05 'Look at moy!' Why Kath & Kim is earning a new generation of fans

Kath & Kim ran from 2002 to 2007 and was the highest-rated comedy series in Australia at the time - spawning a US remake, a telemovie called Da Kath & Kim Code and even a feature film - Kath & Kimderella. The suburban sitcom was based on the lives of Kath Day-Knight, her "hornbag" daughter Kim and Kim's "second-best friend" Sharon Strezlecki. Sayings from the show like, "look at moy" became part of the vernacular on both sides of the Tasman and beyond - and the malapropisms were epic - like Kim's "I want to be effluent and practise serial monotony". So what did the show say about Australia at the time, and why is it earning a new generation of fans? Dr Michelle Arrow is a professor of modern history at Macquarie University and joins Kathryn to consider Kath & Kim's place in Australian culture.

10:35 Unity books review: The Shut Ins by Katherine Brabon

Briar Lawry from Unity Books Auckland reviews The Shut Ins by Katherine Brabon, published by Allan and Unwin   

10:45 The Reading

11:05 Music reviewer Grant Smithies​

Two double albums of Jamaican rocksteady have just been released via Trojan Records in the UK, just in time for summer. We'll hear a track from each of those today, alongside gems from Dunedin band Marlin's Dreaming and Nigerian jazz-funk hero, Peter King.

11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman - Benji Marshall retires

Sam looks back on Benji Marshall's remarkable rugby league career and says he is easily the most admired NZ player ever in the eyes of most Australians. He also talks to Kathryn about the demise of Manu Vatuvei, women's rugby, and the NPC.

 

11:45 The week that was

Comedians Te Radar and Donna Brookbanks bring a few laughs.

Music played in this show

Artist: Damien Jurado
Track: Take Your Time
Time played: 9:35am

Artist: Jorja Smith 
Track: Addicted 
Time played: 10:45am