Nine To Noon for Friday 1 July 2022

 

09:05 Massive health shakeup : will we see equity of access ?

The biggest change to our health system in two decades kick-in today with the establishment of Health New Zealand and the Maori Health Authority. The 20 District Health Boards will start to be phased out, and there will no longer be local elected representatives. The government says the new system will strive for equity of access to healthcare for all New Zealanders - regardless of ethinicity or geographic location. Kathryn speaks with the Chief Executive of the Maori Health Authority, Riana Manuel; Maori GP and Maori health equity activist, Dr Rawiri McKree Jansen and Sarah Dalton from the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists.

09:25  David Kilcullen: analysis of the West's failure in Afghanistan

It's almost a year since US troops began withdrawing from Afghanistan, marking the end of a two decade war that ended with almost total capitulation to the Taliban. It was a chaotic evacuation which saw thousands of Afghan civilians desperately trying to get aboard flights out of the country, followed by jubilant Taliban soldiers taking over Kabul airport within hours of the last flight out. Why was that war such an unmitigated failure ? Why were the U.S., and its coalition partners, unable to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan? And what lessons can and should be learned from it? Kathryn speaks with David Kilcullen, the Australian counterinsurgency expert, formerly with the US State Department as senior counterinsurgency advisor to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. He was also counterinsurgency adviser to the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, the NATO-led security mission in Afghanistan, established by the United Nations in 2001.  His latest book is co-written with Greg Mills and entitled The Ledger: Accounting for Failure in Afghanistan. He's appearing at the Auckland Writers Festival next month

09:45 Pacific correspondent Susana Lei'ataua

As Niue's border opens, positive Covid cases are found there. Susana has the latest on the UN Ocean Conference and looks ahead to the PNG elections.

Susana Lei'ataua is RNZ Pacific's news editor

10:05 The lavish life on a billionaire's superyacht

As the captain of some of the world's largest and most lavish superyachts, Brendan O'Shannassy has had a window into a world that few of us can even imagine. He's spent two decades sailing billionaire owners, guests and staff around the world. The vessels are worth hundreds of millions of dollars, over 100 meters long, with helicopter pads, submarines, swimming pools and various pleasure craft, and a staff of around 130. Brendan O'Shannassy grew up in Fremantle, Australia, and served with the Australian Navy before gaining his first job as a deckhand on a superyacht in 2001. He's written a book about his experiences, called Superyacht Captain.

10:35 Book review: Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

Martene McCaffrey of Unity Books Auckland reviews Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh, published by Jonathan Cape   

10:45 The Reading

Kate Duignan's 'The New Ships' told by Nick Blake (episode 8)

11:05 Music reviewer Grant Smithies​

The latest signing to Aotearoa’s premier wonk-pop label Flying Nun is 7-piece Wellington band Recitals. We’ll hear two songs from them today, followed by a scalding new single from ex-pat Aucklander Dion Lunadon (The D4) and a classic from Nigerian guitarist and juju music star, Sir Shina Peters.
 

11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman

Sam looks at the first All Blacks test of the year, the first Warriors home game in almost three years, crystal ball gazing with the Silver Ferns squad and navel gazing after the Black Caps series whitewash.

11:45 The week that was

Comedians Te Radar and Michele A'Court with a few laughs.

 

Music played in this show

Track: The Look
Artist: The look by Metronomy
Time Played: 10.35