Nine To Noon for Thursday 22 September 2022

 

 

09:05 Putin orders mobilisation of reservists - ratchets up Ukraine war

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the partial mobilisation of reservists in Russia.This means 300-thousand military reservists, mostly young men, will be called up to bolster Russia's forces who have suffered recent battlefield losses in Ukraine. It follows the territory gains Ukraine has made at pace over the past ten days - seven months into a stalled Russian invasion of Ukraine. In a rare televised address to the nation, President Putin also warned he wasn't bluffing over using all the means at his disposal to protect Russia's territory - a veiled reference to Russia's nuclear capabilities. The proxy Russian authorities in four occupied areas of Ukraine intend to hold referendums in the next few days on joining the Russian Federation - Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. Ukraine's President Zelensky has dismissed the referendums as a 'sham'. Luke Harding is an award winning Guardian journalist  - a former Moscow correspondent - and the author of two books on Russia and President Putin. He is currently in Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine.

09:30 Pairing start-ups and NGOs with government to kickstart public sector innovation

It's hoped an initiative to pair start-ups and NGOs with government agencies will encourage much needed creativity and innovation in the public sector  to tackle some of the country's biggest social and environmental challenges. Jonnie Haddon from Wellington innovation hub Creative HQ talks to Kathryn about what the barriers have been and the efforts underway to turn things around.

09:45 UK correspondent Matthew Parris

The UK PM has described 2022 as the year of "freedom fighting back". She says Russia needs to leave Ukraine and she is calling for the Kremlin to pay reparations. Liz Truss has laso left no doubt about the agenda she will pursue as Prime Minister : slashing corporation tax, cutting National Insurance, scattering the UK with low tax development zones, removing the bankers' bonuses cap and now, according to a report in the Times, cutting stamp duty.

10:05 Dr Lachlan McIver: making life and death decisions

Dr Lachlan McIver is an Australian doctor who's worked in some of the world's wildest and most remote places. He specialised as a rural generalist and his work in humanitarian medicine has taken him from remote Indigenous communities in Australia, to the Pacific, to natural disasters and civil war zones in the Middle East and Africa. These days, Dr McIver is based in Geneva, where he works with Médecins Sans Frontières as a Tropical Diseases & Planetary Health Advisor. He's also just written his first book; Life and Death Decisions, using his wide-spanning career to examine some of the biggest health challenges of our age; climate change, health inequities, and drug-resistant infections. 

10:35 Book review - Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Extra Good Things by Noor Murad and Yotam Ottolenghi

Nicky Walker reviews Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Extra Good Things by Noor Murad and Yotam Ottolenghi, published by Penguin Random House NZ

10:43  M. bovis Cull

The Ministry of Primary Industries has announced it will begin culling cows on a huge feedlot near Ashburton which is infected with Mycoplasma bovis. A control area notice to reduce stock on 14 nearby farms has been put in place. RNZ Rurals reporter Sally Murphy tells Kathryn the news is a significant step in the fight against M. bovis.

10:45 The Reading

Emmett Skilton with 'Who's that dancing with my mother?' by Lloyd Jones from his collection of short stories The Man in the Shed, published by Penguin. 

Who's That Dancing with My Mother? A story by Lloyd Jones told by Emmett Skilton.

11:05 New technology commentator Tony Grasso

Ride hailing company Uber is investigating a breach of its computer network, allegedly by a lone teenager hacker. Tony also talks about hacks on other organisations particularly of Telcos.

Tony Grasso is Principal Consultant at cybersecurity firm TitaniumDefence. He worked at GCHQ in the UK and is a former Intelligence Officer in New Zealand.

11:25 MPI announces M bovis cull in Mid-Canterbury

Thousands of cows are to be culled on a huge feedlot near Ashburton, which is infected with M bovis. The Ministry for Primary Industries has also announced that stock will need to be tested or reduced on 14 nearby farms that are deemed at risk. In May, the government announced that the Ashburton feedlot was the only infected property remaining, however since then, two more properties have tested positive. The Five Star Beef feedlot in Ashburton, owned by ANZCO Foods, farms about 14,000 cattle. Kathryn speaks to Simon Andrew, the M Bovis programme director at MPI. 

11:30 What is developmental language disorder?  

Kathryn discusses developmental language disorder with speech and language therapist Christian Wright. He says in every primary school classroom there will be around two children affected by the condition.

11:45 Film & TV: Gaslit, Sidney, Moonage Daydream

Film and TV reviewer James Croot looks at the incredible true story behind Gaslit (Amazon Prime), which stars Julia Roberts as Margaret Mitchell, the wife of Nixon's Attorney-General John Mitchell - played by Sean Penn. He'll also talk about Sidney (Apple+), a documentary honouring the life of Sidney Poitier and David Bowie movie Moonage Daydream (cinemas), and a roundup of the best films launched at the Toronto International Film Fest.

 

Music played in this show

Track: Don't Take the Money
Artist: Bleachers
Time played: 9:29

Track: Stoned Love
Artist: Son Little
Time played: 9:45

Track: GMT
Artist: Oliver Simm
Time played: 10:43

Track: Bad Behaviour
Artist: Amanda Shires
Time played: 11:23