Nine To Noon for Tuesday 26 July 2022

 

 

09:05: Inadequate consultation with Māori over changes to digital identity

Māori data specialists say government agencies are ignoring them while carrying on extending the reach of facial recognition technology.  An advocate of Māori data sovereignty,  Janelle Riki-Waaka says crucial protections have been left out of a bill before Parliament.  The Digital Identity Services Trust Framework Bill sets up a legal framework for how a person is identified online.  Janelle Riki-Waaka tells Kathryn Ryan a requirement for partnership with Māori to be added to the accreditation regime had been asked for in a hui with officials. Janelle is MC-ing the Digital Trust Hui Taumata Summit 2022 at Te Papa.

09:30 Record floods in Yellowstone National Park bring nature reset

Record breaking floods which caused major damage in the Yellowstone National Park in the US have highlighted the challenges of climate change for park managers but have also forced a natural reset which is tipped to bring an abundance of new life. The Northern Director of American Rivers Scott Bosse joins Kathryn to discuss the lasting impact of the floods.  

09:45 US: Jan 6 hearing hiatus, Biden Covid recovery, big week for economic data

US correspondent Ron Elving joins Kathryn to talk about the last January 6 hearing ahead of the summer break, and why it may have done more damage to Donald Trump than the previous seven. Will his waning influence be evident in the August primaries? President Biden is recovering from Covid and this week the central bank will make a decision on a rate hike - the big question: has inflation peaked?

Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News.

 

 

10:05 Animator Chrissy Metge on her new book, and an unusual Netflix project

Chrissy Metge is a London-based Kiwi who has been working as an animator and author for a number of years. She's worked with animation studios from Pixar to Weta, Marvel, and George Lucas's  ILM - and on plenty of big films ...like Ironman, the Hobbit 1, 2 and 3, Hunger Games, Ron's Gone Wrong...the list goes on. Chrissy has a couple of new projects on the go: one is a new Netflix adult-animated music series called Entergalactic, with some big names in the cast, that will launch at the end of September. The other is a book: The Great Crown Mystery, which she wrote with her six year old son and is out in New Zealand from next week. Chrissy has a number of books to her name - including the popular Max and His Big Imagination series and the Amy's Dreaming Adventures series, which she publishes through her own company Fuzzy Duckling Media.

10:30 Rain hammers South Island

Torrential rain in Christchurch overnight has now burst the banks of Christchurch's Avon and Heathcote Rivers. The council says 30 to 50 mm of rain has fallen across the city and a further 40 to 60 mills are expected. There's surface flooding in many city suburbs and the risk of slips on Banks Peninsula, with heavy rain warnings and watches in place for most of the South Island's east coast. Kathryn speaks with Helen Beaumont, head of three waters for the Christchurch City Council and RNZ reporter Niva Chitook.

10:35 Book review - Giving for Good: The History of the J R McKenzie Trust by Stephen Clarke

Harry Broad reviews Giving for Good: The History of the J R McKenzie Trust by Stephen Clarke, published by J R McKenzie Trust

10:45 The Reading

Episode 12 of 'Baby No Eyes' by Patricia Grace.

11:05 Business: Why rent seeking costs us all; vertical farming

Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson joins Kathryn to talk about rent seeking - the act of a business or individual increasing their wealth without adding any value. She'll look at who's doing it, how they're doing it and why we're all paying for it. She'll also talk about the giant hydroponic vertical farm that's opened its doors in Dubai.

Rebecca Stevenson is a senior writer at interest.co.nz.

11:30  Thank you for the music, from Porirua to Harvard: Jess Jenkins

A young Porirua violist has been selected to study at an Ivy League university in the US.  Former Tawa College student Jess Jenkins has been accepted at Harvard, from over ten thousand applications worldwide.  Even better, she's going on a full financial scholarship (saving Jess and her whanau $500,000 over a four year degree). Jess applied for Harvard using her Level Two NCEA results, all excellence credits.  Her CV includes academic, music and sporting achievements, completed while helping to babysit her five younger siblings, who she performs with and has busked with, around Wellington, on the weekends, since she was seven years old. Jess is off to Harvard in less than three weeks.  Kathryn catches her before she jets off.

11:45 Financial Planner Liz Koh

Money expert Liz Koh discusses the roller coaster ride household net worth has had over the past 2 to 3 years, why it's declining and why feeling wealthy - or not, can make a huge difference to your financial outcomes.

Liz Koh is a money expert. This discussion is of a general nature, and does not constitute financial advice.

 

Music played in this show

Artist: Ariana Tikao
Track: Kotuku 
Time played: 09:45

Artist: Nako Case
Track: Oh Shadowless
Time played: 10:43

Artist: Jess & Becs Jenkins
Track: Dear Darling
Time Played: 11:42