Nine To Noon for Wednesday 25 May 2022

 

09:05 Out with deciles, in with equity index: how will the new school funding system work?

It's been called a blunt instrument, discriminatory and hopelessly outdated, and now the end is in sight for the decile funding system for school. From next year,  a new equity index will be introduced, funded by 75-million-dollars in the Budget. Schools will find out in September if they will be winners or losers when decile numbers are replaced. But the government has promised no schools will be worse off, at least for the first year.What will the changes mean for schools and students? And will it mean more children are enrolled at their local school? Kathryn discusses with Secondary Principals' Association President  Vaughan Couillault; Te Pohue School principal Richard Gillespie and principal at Kaitaia Primary School, Brendan Morrissey.

09:30 Kai resilience and food swapping in Taranaki 

Pounamu Skelton is dedicated to helping whānau grow food and to trade it. She runs the popular Waitara crop swap. Her interest in food is steeped in the legacy of her Tipuna Māori, respecting food as medicine, nourishment and connection. In addition to running the monthly food swap, Pounamu also teaches others how to grow their own food and she is the co-chair of the Māori Organics Authority. Earlier this month, she held the  He Whenua Rongo online conference, with hundreds of participants from the kai and soil resilience movement.

09:45 Australia: What now for the Nationals and Liberal leadership?

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst joins Kathryn to talk about the decisions facing the Liberal and Nationals parties, following their defeat in the weekend election.

 Annika Smethurst is political editor at The Age.

10:05 How New Zealand developed its distinct 'Kiwi' nursing culture

The history of this tough profession and the transition it underwent when "modern nursing" was brought to New Zealand via English expat nurses, has been captured in a new book called New Zealand Nurses: Caring for our people 1880 - 1950 by Pamela Wood. It looks at how New Zealand developed its own distinct 'Kiwi' nursing culture - and is stacked with the words of the nurses themselves  - sometimes sad, often times matter-of-fact and many times, downright funny. Kathryn talks to her about New Zealand became the first country to have not only a chief nurse, but a specific Nurses Registration Act, an enfranchised nursing workforce and an eight-hour day for nurses in training

10:35 Book review: Robin White, Something is Happening Here Edited by Sarah Farrar, Nina Tonga and Jill Trevelyan

Anne Else reviews Robin White, Something is Happening Here Edited by Sarah Farrar, Nina Tonga and Jill Trevelyan, published by Te Papa Press and and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

The book was published to accompany the major retrospective exhibition featuring more than 70 works from across Robin White’s 50-year career – Robin White: Te Whanaketanga | Something is Happening Here – which will open at Te Papa on 4 June, followed by Auckland Art Gallery in late-October 2022.

10:45 The Reading

Mansfield, episode three, written by C K Stead and read by Danielle Cormack.

11:05 Music: With borders back open, the tours are on!

Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan joins Kathryn to talk about New Zealand opening up for international acts again - she'll talk about Arlo Parks and a new local tour by Greg Johnson in July. She'll also play a new track from Tami Neilson.

11:30 Paul Caffyn: a sea kayaking legend

Paul Caffyn is an absolute legend of sea kayaking. His first big trip was in 1977 when he circumnavigated the South Island over four months. That was just the start. Over the coming years he circumnavigated the North Island, Britain, Australia (that took a whole year) , Japan, Alaska, New Caledonia and voyaged from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia to and around the island of Phuket in Thailand. He's notched up over 40,000 miles in his single West Greenland style kayaks , seeing some of the most remote places in the world from the vantage point of the sea. He's written four different books on his various expeditions, and in 2011 was made an officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to sea kayaking and water safety. When he's not on the water, he lives on the West Coast, from where he chats to Kathryn Ryan.

11:45 Signing an employment contract? Here's what you need to know

Employment specialist Charles McGuinness joins Kathryn to talk about some of the things to look for before you sign a contract with a new employer, and what businesses need to consider when drawing one up.

Charles McGuinness is an employment lawyer in Wellington.

 

Music played in this show

Track: Summer Madness

Artist: khruangbin

Track: Isabelle

Artist: Greg Johnson

Track: Too Good

Artist: Arlo Parks

Track: Baby You're a Gun

Artist: Tami Neilson