Nine To Noon for Wednesday 8 June 2022

 

09:05 NZ parking software to be used by Meta's 60,000 staff

An Auckland tech company says a newly signed deal with Meta - formerly Facebook  - for use of its parking software is "game changing".  Parkable was founded by Toby Littin, Brody Nelson and Warwick Beauchamp in 2016. Its technology enables the "hot-desking" of shared car park spaces - a kind of Airbnb of parking. The deal with Meta is not the start-ups first global customer - it also has a deal with the City of Los Angeles and KPMG globally. Kathryn speaks with Parkable CEO Toby Littin who signed the deal in California during the Prime Minister's recent US trade trip.

09:30 Farm-level levy selected for agriculture's alternative to ETS 

The agricultural sector has recommended a farm-level levy, in its long awaited alternative to entering the Emissions Trading Scheme. The He Waka Eke Noa partnership of 13 members includes DairyNZ, Beef + Lamb NZ, Federated Farmers, the Federation of Maori Authorities, Dairy Companies of NZ, Horticulture NZ and Irrigation NZ. They considered two pricing options - a farm-level levy requiring emissions reporting by individual farm and a processor-level hybrid levy, calculated at the meat, milk, and fertiliser processor level, based on the overall quantity of product received from farms. Both had a split-gas approach, which means different levy rates would apply to short-lived gases like methane, and long-lived gases such as carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide. Farmers argued for the opportunity to devise an alternative to being included in the Emissions Trading Scheme, arguing it would not incentivise reduction of emissions and would also expose them to a broad based tax that would increase every year. Kathryn will speak to Kelly Forster, programme director of He Waka Eke Noa, Jim van der Poel, a dairy farmer from Ngahinapouri and the chair of Dairy NZ, and Nicky Hyslop, who has a sheep and beef farm in Canterbury and is a farmer director at Beef and Lamb.

09:45 Australia: Albanese heads overseas, appoints Minister for the 'Republic'

Australia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Kathryn to talk about new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's first foreign trips - one to Tokyo for the Quad meeting and another to Indonesia. What does this say about the importance he places on international relations? And the new government has appointed an Assistant Minister for the Republic - putting the issue back on the agenda for the first time in two decades and upsetting monarchists in the process.

10:05 How species are adapting to a changing world

Thor Hanson is a biologist and author whose research and conservation activities have taken him around the globe. He has studied trees and songbirds in Central Amercia, nest predation in Tanzania,  and the feeding habits of African vultures. He's also worked on a mountain gorilla programme in Uganda and helped managed a brown bear tourism project in Alaska. His latest book explores the ways species are adapting to a changing world - in particular to our changing climate. Thor Hanson says when it comes to changing ecosystems, species basically have three options-move, adapt, or die.

10:35 Book review: Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

Gail Pittaway reviews Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson, published by Penguin Random House NZ   

10:45 The Reading

My Father's Ears, episode 2. Written by Karen Goa, read by Michele Amas.

11:05 Music: King Kapisi, Kevin Morby and Kate Bush

Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan joins Kathryn to talk about the Queen's Birthday honour awarded to Bill Rangi Urale, also known as King Kapisi, for his services to music and community. She'll look at the 6th album out from American singer-songwriter Kevin Morby, which some say is his best yet. And she'll play the Kate Bush track that's taken off again, thanks to horror series Stranger Things. 

11:20 Keeping the remote and rugged Milford Road open

If you've ever driven the remote and rugged State Highway 94 from Te Anau to Milford Sound you'll probably have appreciated the many potential hazards that threaten that stretch of road. Rockfalls, powerful avalanches, volatile weather, and its remoteness are just some of the challenges that make it one of the world's most unique roading programmes. That's why there's a dedicated team working year-round to keep the 119 kilometre stretch of road open and safe for travel.  The work of the Milford Road Alliance is the subject of a short film, screening at this year's Doc Edge Festival, called The Milford Road. Cole Yeoman directed and produced the film when he was a student at the New Zealand Broadcasting School. 

11:45 Inheritance law changes - what might they mean for you?

The law around who inherits your property when you die looks set for a shake-up - and some of the proposals are proving to be quite controversial. The Law Commission reviewed the legislation governing succession laws - and made 140 recommendations, including streamlining old statutes into one Inheritance (Claims Against Estate) Act. The Commission was concerned in particular about family trusts, recommending courts be given greater powers to access them. And how old is too old to make a claim against a parent's estate? One option from the Law Commission would prevent children over the age of 25 from doing so. To unravel the proposals, Kathryn is joined by Professor Nicola Peart from Otago University, an expert in family property and succession laws.

Music
Song: Back to you 
Artist: Pacific Heights ft Louis Baker
Time: 10:40am