Nine To Noon for Tuesday 11 October 2022

 

 

09:05 Ukrainian cities hit by biggest Russian attack since start of war

A deadly wave of Russian missile strikes across Ukraine has killed at least 11 people and injured 64. Russia's attacks are the most widespread since the early weeks of the war - hitting major Ukrainian cities from Lviv near the Polish border, to Kharkiv in the north east. The barrage of attacks was in retaliation for Saturday's explosion on the only bridge to Russian-occupied Crimea. Russian president Vladimir Putin has said the strikes targeted energy, military and communications facilities. But the cruise missiles hit busy intersections, parks, children's playgrounds and tourist sites. Sofia Koczmar-Tymoshenko is a journalist based in Lviv, who has just returned from Kyiv.

09:25 Farmers to pay for emissions from 2025

The Government is proposing bringing in agriculture emission levies from 2025. It has announced its response to submissions from the Climate Change Commission and the farming partnership He Waka Eke Noa. It supports farm-level pricing but says that will be challenging to achieve by 2025. The rate of the levy will be set by the Government. It's an alternative to including farmers in the Emissions Trading Scheme and it will make New Zealand is the first country in the world to seek to put a price on agricultural emissions.  Kathryn speaks with Kelly Forster He Waka Eke Noa Programme Director.

09:30 California's potential for NZ's agri-food sector

California's most senior food and agriculture official is in New Zealand at the moment with a delegation of growers, talking about the potential for New Zealand's agri-food sector in the Golden State. New Zealand recently signed a cooperation deal on climate change with California, to promote sharing of information, experiences and research in reducing emissions as well as working together on projects that are good for the climate.  New Zealand exports to California last year earned  $2.3b, while imports from California cost nearly $1b. Karen Ross is the Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture. She's here speaking at the 2035 Oceania Summit in Auckland - along with delegations from Australia and the Pacific,  discussing food threats and opportunities in the region.

09:45 US: Tough crime talk, dope pardons, CHIPS money

US correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben joins Kathryn to talk about Republicans' focus on rising crime levels - as a way to counter Democrats' strengths on the issue of abortion. President Biden announced thousands of marijuana offenders will be pardoned, as the drug becomes more legal and widely used. And billions of dollars is flowing following the passing of the CHIPS Act in August as a way to shore up the US semiconductor industry.

10:05  Australian Queen of Crime Jane Harper on her new book Exiles

Journalist-turned-author Jane Harper's first novel The Dry was published in 2016 and quickly snapped up and turned into a movie starring Eric Bana. Her second novel Force of Nature, a sequel to The Dry, is also set to get the big screen treatment with filming recently completed in regional Victoria. Jane followed up with two more novels, The Lost Man and The Survivors. Her fifth novel, Exiles, has just been released... this time her detective Aaron Falk is in South Australian wine country investigating the disappearance of a mother whose 6-week-old baby is left behind at a pram at a festival. She joins Kathryn to talk about how her signature settings have helped to kickstart a whole genre of Australian back-country crime.  If you're keen to hear more from Jane - and you live in Auckland - she'll be doing an event at the Takapuna Library tonight.

10:35 Book review: Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie

Stella Chrysostomou of Volume Books in Nelson reviews Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie, published by Penguin Random House

10:45 The Reading

Elisabeth Easther reads 'Voices' by Gail Pittaway.

11:05 Business commentator Nikki Mandow

Business commentator Nikki Mandow has been looking at the big issues from the Agri-food-tech 2035 Oceania Summit, including a focus on alternative food proteins and difficulty getting funding for innovation in the agriculture. 

Nikki Mandow is Newsroom's business editor 

11:30 Children's entertainer Jason Gunn on his new book 'Jason Mason'

He's been the face of, and driving force behind, kids' television in New Zealand for decades. But Jason Gunn is turning over a new leaf - literally - with the release of a book he's co-written with his brother Andrew. It's called Jason Mason and the World's Most Powerful Itching Powder. Kathryn talks to him about the elements of a good children's book, his time creating and presenting children's television and how he's been helping adults to conquer their fear of public speaking.

11:45 Media: Canada seeks deal with tech giants, TVNZ/RNZ merger hearings

Media commentator Andrew Holden joins Kathryn to look at attempts by Canada to introduce legislation similar to Australia's that would compel the likes of Google and Meta to negotiate deals with publishers. Select committee hearings have continued into the TVNZ/RNZ merger and Stuff's online video about foetal alcohol spectrum disorder has won an international award.

Andrew Holden is a journalist for more than 30 years including five as Editor of The Press (in Christchurch) and four as Editor-in-Chief of The Age in Melbourne. 

Music played in this show

Track: Boundaries
Artist:Jamila Woods
Time played: 10:05

Track: Gostar do Mundo
Artist: Sessa
Time played: 10:45