Nine To Noon for Friday 15 October 2021

 

 

09:05 Vaxathon - everyone rolling up their sleeves: Healthline CE Andrew Slater

The urgency to get more people vaccinated ramps up tomorrow with a blast from the past. The Super Saturday Vaxathon will see many rolling up their sleeves to persuade a further 100,000 eligible people to get a jab. There'll be a shot-by-shot leader board, an Air New Zealand Dreamliner, donations to charity, free food and coffee and free rides to help get people there.  Healthline is supporting the Vaxathon. It's had 1.4 million calls to its covid vaccination line since it was set up in February this year, and is giving people information to be vaccine-ready.  Andrew Slater, the chief executive of Whakarongorau Aotearoa - which runs Healthline - speaks with Kathryn Ryan about its role in beating vaccine hesitancy. 

The Vaxathon will be broadcast on multiple platforms, including TV3, Māori Television, and Facebook from midday to early evening. You can change or book your appointment online, or call 0800 28 29 26. 

09:20 Bringing a right to repair to our waste minimisation legislation

A growing Right to Repair movement is pushing for changes to our waste minimisation legislation to require the repairability of household items like whiteware appliances and electrical devices. Environment Minister David Parker has signalled he wants the upcoming Waste Minimisation Act review to include a right to repair, meaning businesses would need to ensure their products can easily be fixed,  at a reasonable cost. Currently a model of planned obsolescence means that when something like your fridge or washing machine breaks, repair can be difficult; products are tough to crack open, spare parts are scarce, and there is usually no manual for how to repair an item. Kathryn speaks to Sarah Pritchett, coordinator of the Right-to-Repair working group at WasteMINZ, and Brigitte Sistig from Repair Cafe Aotearoa New Zealand, which operates drop-in centres where people can bring their broken items and get help repairing them.

09:40 The tale of a pesky nut stashing squirrel in North Dakota 

 

A red squirrel keeps taking a shine to Fargo resident, Bill Fischer's Chevy pickup truck, storing enough walnuts there to get it through the winter. Bill talks to Kathryn about the latest stash. 

 

09:45 Asia correspondent Ed White

Ed White discusses China's energy crisis which is causing massive electricity shortages and why people around the world will be affected. Also the creative response Laos is taking to the pandemic, opening up to cryptocurrency mining.

Ed White is a correspondent with the Financial Times.

10:05 Behind the scenes of the movie Juniper

Auckland film director Matthew Saville went to great lengths to persuade award winning actor Charlotte Rampling to star in his debut feature. Juniper opens in cinemas on 28th of October, and tells the story of the relationship between a self-destructive teenager, played by George Ferrier, and his gin-soaked curmudgeonly grandmother played by Charlotte Rampling. Her character is based in part on Matthew Saville's own grandmother, who moved from Europe to live with his family in New Zealand when he was 17. Kathryn talks to Matthew and George.

10:35 Book review: Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg

Kiran Dass reviews Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg, published by Daunt Books

10:45 The Reading

11:05 New music with Jeremy Taylor

The first solo music in more than a decade from The Phoenix Foundation's Luke Buda, thirty years since Metallica's 'Black Album', and a 1983 dancefloor smash.

11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman

Sam wonders if two of Team NZ's biggest names, Peter Burling and Blair Tuke will part ways with the America's Cup syndicate. They're essentially keeping their options open and not committing until they know more about how the competition will play out. Sam also talks to Kathryn about a Commonwealth Games revamp and Sonny Bill Williams memoir.
 

11:45 The week that was 

Comedians Te Radar and Elisabeth Easther bring a few laughs.