Nine To Noon for Wednesday 27 April 2022
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Bromley residents plead for solution to putrid stink
9:05 AM.Frustrated residents of the Christchurch suburb of Bromley say they're dismayed by the prospect of another six years living with the stench of a local composting plant. Christchurch City Councillors… Read more Audio
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Auckland maritime tech company to build electric ferries
9:15 AM.The electric future for Auckland's ferries has ramped up a notch. Two publicly-funded electric ferries are planned for Auckland Harbour crossings, plus Auckland ferry operator Fullers plans to launch… Read more Audio
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Gorsebusting: volunteers ghosting an invasive weed in Okarito
9:30 AM.A West Coast volunteer project to rid a lagoon of an invasive weed, is bringing people and businesses together across New Zealand. Okarito Lagoon is swamped by gorse. It's threatening biodiversity… Read more Audio
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Australia: Covid hits Labor's campaign launch, Dutton's war
9:45 AM.Australia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Kathryn with updates from the election campaign, which got off to a rough start for Labor when its leader Anthony Albanese came down with Covid. He'll also… Read more Audio
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Living well after a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis
10:05 AM.Professor George Jelinek was 45 and at the peak of a distinguished medical career, when he was diagnosed with MS - the disease which had destroyed his mother's life. At the time, he was a Professor of… Read more Audio
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Book review - Raiment: A Memoir by Jan Kemp
10:35 AM.David Hill reviews Raiment: A Memoir by Jan Kemp, published by Massey University Press. Audio
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Music with Kirsten Johnstone
11:05 AM.Music reviewer Kirsten Johnstone joins Kathryn to share some music from Cate Le Bon, Yumi Zouma and Fontaines DC. Audio
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Kiwi handbag enterprise helps semi-nomadic Borneo tribe
11:20 AM.Jacky McLaren spent ten years working as a teacher in Brunei, but it's her experiences outside the classroom that are a having a lasting impact. Read more Audio
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Media law with Ursula Cheer
11:45 AM.Should suspects who are subject to police or other investigations be able to keep that information out of the media using the law of privacy? Ursula Cheer is a professor of Law at the University of… Read more Audio
09:05 Bromley residents plead for solution to putrid stink
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Frustrated residents of the Christchurch suburb of Bromley say they're dismayed by the prospect of another six years living with the stench of a local composting plant. Christchurch City Councillors will consider a report recommending moving the city's organics processing plant at a meeting tomorrow. Stuff is reporting that could take up to six years. Residents of Bromley have been pleading with the council for years to do something about the smell from the plant, which turns green waste into compost. Meanwhile a waste water plant damaged by fire last November in Bromley has been causing a smell described as rotten, pungent and very unpleasant. Kathryn speaks with Yani Johanson, a councillor for Linwood Ward and Ruth Sarson, from Environment Canterbury.
09:15 Auckland maritime tech company to build electric ferries
An artist's impression of the electric ferries being built for Auckland. Photo: Supplied / EV Maritime
The electric future for Auckland's ferries has ramped up a notch. Two publicly-funded electric ferries are planned for Auckland Harbour crossings, plus Auckland ferry operator Fullers plans to launch a privately funded hybrid ferry on the water next year.The Government says it expects the 200-person ferries for Auckland Transport's inner and mid-harbour services to be launched in 2024. They'll be built by Auckland martime technology company EV Maritime. Kathryn speaks with founder and CEO is Michael Eaglen.
09:30 Gorsebusting: volunteers ghosting an invasive weed in Ōkārito
A West Coast volunteer project to rid a lagoon of an invasive weed, is bringing people and businesses together across New Zealand. Ōkārito Lagoon is swamped by gorse. It's threatening biodiversity; choking native wetland plants, bird habitat and inhibiting whitebait breeding grounds. But once a year scores of sleeves are being rolled up to pull the gorse out. Over a hundred volunteers descended on Ōkārito recently, a settlement of some forty people, and plans are in place for Gorsebusting to happen again next year. Kathryn is joined by Gorsebusters organiser Baz Hughes, who runs Ōkārito Kayaks with his wife, Gemma.
09:45 Australia: Covid hits Labor's campaign launch, Dutton's war comments
Australia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Kathryn with updates from the election campaign, which got off to a rough start for Labor when its leader Anthony Albanese came down with Covid. He'll also look at the comments from Defence Minister Peter Dutton about the need for Australia to "prepare for war", as the country reevaluates its security threats following a pact between Solomon Islands and China.
Photo: AFP, Pixabay
10:05 Living well after a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis
Photo: supplied
Professor George Jelinek was 45 and at the peak of a distinguished medical career, when he was diagnosed with MS - the disease which had destroyed his mother's life. At the time, he was a Professor of Emergency Medicine and had been Editor-in-Chief of a major medical journal. So he set about learning everything he could about MS to prevent his life deteriorating in the same way his mother's had. Professor Jelinek's Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis Programme was detailed in his first book published in 2001. It combines a number of different elements, including diet - cutting out dairy and meat, and reducing fat intake; exercise, vitamin D and Omega 3. 23 years later, George Jelinek is symptom free, and is the founder of the Neuroepidemiology Unit within the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health at The University of Melbourne. The third update of his Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis Handbook has just been published by Allen & Unwin.
10:35 Book review - Raiment: A Memoir by Jan Kemp
Photo: Massey University Press
David Hill reviews Raiment: A Memoir by Jan Kemp, published by Massey University Press
10:45 The Reading
Episode ten of 'Let me Sing you Gentle Songs' by Linda Olsson.
11:05 Music with Kirsten Johnstone
Music reviewer Kirsten Johnstone joins Kathryn to share some music from Cate Le Bon, Yumi Zouma and Fontaines DC.
Photo: Supplied
11:20 Kiwi handbag enterprise helps semi-nomadic Borneo tribe
Jacky McLaren spent ten years working as a teacher in Brunei, but it's her experiences outside the classroom that are a having a lasting impact. She became deeply involved with the Penan, a semi-nomadic tribe on the island of Borneo whose way of life had been disrupted by deforestation and palm oil plantations. She also encouraged them to trade goods - and that continued when she returned to New Zealand when she established Borneo Bags, which sells handwoven products from Penan women. Jacky talks to Kathryn about her relationships with the weavers.
11:45 Media law with Ursula Cheer
Should suspects who are subject to police or other investigations be able to keep that information out of the media using the law of privacy?
Ursula Cheer is a professor of Law at the University of Canterbury.
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Music played in this show
Artist: Leyla McCalla
Track: You Don't Know Me
Time played: 10:35
