Nine To Noon for Wednesday 13 October 2021

 

09:05 Digital identity service providers' concerns over RealMe and new legislation

The need to prove you are who you say you are has increased in the digital era - and anyone wanting a vaccine "passport" is going to have to go through the process. In order to access their vaccination records and certificate, people will have to go via the government's RealMe service or sign up for a new My Health Account. RealMe - run by Internal Affairs -  is one of a number of providers offering digital identity verification, but there are concerns the department will also play the role of regulator too, with new legislation introduced to Parliament. The Digital Identity Services Trust Framework Bill will set up the legal structure for providing secure and trusted digital identity services for people and organisations. Kathryn speaks with Colin Wallis, incoming executive director of Digital Identity NZ and James Brown, Director of Global Partnerships with APLYiD.

09:30 Digital tool to measure Christchurch residents' vulnerability to sea level rise

Christchurch and Banks Peninsula residents can go on line from Friday to find out how vulnerable their properties are to coastal erosion. It's part of Christchurch City Council's efforts to engage residents in moves to adapt coastal and low-lying areas of the city and the peninsula in line with predicted sea level rises.  It's anticipated the digital tool will give residents information so they can be part of this conversation  Using data from a Coastal Hazard Assessment report by environmental and engineering consultancy Tonkin and Taylor , residents will be able to see how coastal flooding, erosion and groundwater levels could affect their properties from now until the middle of the century, through a colour coding system.  Data suggests parts of Christchurch and Banks Peninsula are likely to become uinhabitable by 2050.  Council principal programme advisor Jane Morgan speaks with Kathryn Ryan.

09:45 Australia: Lockdown lifts, climate deal, more corruption, new airline

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about the lifting of Sydney's lockdown and decreasing Covid cases in Melbourne, a possible deal between National and Liberal parties over climate change that could break a political stalemate, a corruption scandal engulfing the Labor party in Victoria and Bonza, a new airline could take to Australian skies next year.

10:05 The fight to save British Columbia's wild salmon
 

Field biologist Alexandra Morton has been on a 30 year crusade to save British Columbia's wild salmon taking on governments and industry. Her extensive research has shone a light on the detrimental impact of ocean based salmon farming off Canada's west coast. Alexandra Morton's latest book Not on My Watch has been described as a roadmap of resistance.

 

10:35 Book review: The Raffles Affair by Vicki Virtue

Lisa Finucane reviews The Raffles Affair by Vicki Virtue, published by Penguin

10:45 The Reading

All That Ends Starts Again, the final episode of Rochelle Elliot's story, told by Vivienne Bell.

11:05  Music with Charlotte Ryan

Music correspondent Charlotte Ryan joins Kathryn to celebrate the Beatles and the release next month of the Peter Jackson documentary Get Back, a single from Cat Power's new covers album and a track from Canadian instrumental group BadBadNotGood.

11:20 Xanthe White's tips for low cost gardening

Landscape gardener Xanthe White is with us this spring day - with some tips on how to keep the costs of gardening down. Just how can you get plants for free?. This is particularly pertinent for Aucklanders who is recent times have not been able to head to the garden centre.

 

11:45 Art and heritage in small-town New Zealand

This week on our regular arts slot Mark Amery heads to Gore, Foxton and Whanganui to consider how visionary individuals in some of our smaller but rich historical centres are bringing art and heritage together to maintain their towns’ identity post-industry and their futures as dynamic visitor destinations.

 

Music played in this show

Artist: Weta
Song: Calling On
Time played: 10:40

Artist: Outkast
Song: Take off your Cool
Time played: 10:45