Nine To Noon for Friday 11 February 2022

 

09:05 New vape regulations won't stop kids vaping: academic

New regulations on vape products come into force from today but a public health expert says the change won't do anything to stop the rise in young people vaping. All retailers, manufacturers and importers must now only sell notified vaping products that have been registered with the Ministry of Health's Health Advisory and Regulatory Platform. More than five thousand products have been registered.The Health Ministry says the law strikes a balance between ensuring vaping products are available for smokers who want to switch to a less harmful alternative and ensuring these products aren't marketed or sold to young people. But Otago University Professor of Public Health, Janet Hoek says vape products are being aggressively marketed to young people and the new rules won't change that.

09:30 Jessie Wong: award winning handbag designer and businesswoman

Five years ago, Wellingtonian Jessie Wong was studying fashion and frustrated that she couldn't find a bag that would fit all her essentials.So she founded Yu Mei leather goods, producing handbags, totes and other products from South Island deer nappa. Yu Mei now has a team of 16, 37 stockists across Australasia,  and three stores. Last night, Jessie Wong won the Women of Influence Award Business Enteprise Category.

 

09:45 Pacific correspondent Susana Lei'ataua

Susana has an update on Covid in the Pacific. Kiribati records its second death amid more than 2000 active cases since the virus arrived a month ago, rising case numbers in New Caledonia and French Polynesia and Tonga's community outbreak now has 65 cases and a case has been recorded now on the island of Vava'u. And sad news from Sydney, with the death of Rugby League great Olsen Filipaina. 

Susana Lei'ataua is RNZ Pacific's news editor

10:05     Renowned geriatrician 'Being frail is not a disease' 

Canadian academic and geriatrician, Professor Kenneth Rockwood has developed a frailty index which is used in health care systems around the world. He argues that hospitals and medical clinics do not always cope well with people who are frail, despite it being a common factor in ageing. He recently was awarded the Ryman Prize. 
Professor Rockwood was singled out for his unique contribution to the understanding of ageing, and his development of a system that enhances the quality of life for older people. Kenneth Rockwood is a professor of medicine and neurology at Dalhousie University based in Halifax.

 

10:35 Book review: The Sea Is Not Made of Water: Life Between the Tides by Adam Nicolson

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews The Sea Is Not Made of Water: Life Between the Tides by Adam Nicolson, published by HarperCollins.

Few places are as familiar as the shore - and few as full of mystery and surprise. How do sandhoppers inherit an inbuilt compass from their parents? How do crabs understand the tides? How can the death of one winkle guarantee the lives of its companions? What does a prawn know? In The Sea is Not Made of Water, Adam Nicolson explores the natural wonders of the intertidal and our long human relationship with it. The physics and biology of the seas, the long history of the earth, and the stories we tell of those who have lived here: all interconnect in this zone where the philosopher, scientist and poet can meet and find meaning.

10:45 The Reading

11:05 Music reviewer Grant Smithies​

Released to coincide with an exhibition at London's Tate Modern, Life Between Islands focuses on the myriad musical styles to emerge out of the distinctly Caribbean world of sound systems. We'll hear two key tracks from that today, alongside classics from recent Spotify critic Joni Mitchell and enigmatic Liverpool band, The La's.

11:30 Tension builds at Parliament protest

Kathryn speaks with Jane Patterson, RNZ's political editor about the morning's developments at the protest at the Beehive. 

11:35 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman 

Sam has the latest action from the Winter Olympics and pays tribute to Rugby league legend Olsen Filipaina.

Here's an interview with Olsen on Nine to Noon in 2020.

11:45 The week that was

Comedians Pinky Agnew and Gemma Gracewood bring a few laughs.