Nine To Noon for Thursday 3 November 2022

 

 

09:05 Flood prone communities identified: what does this mean for insurance cover?

More heavy rain is hitting the West Coast this morning putting residents on alert. The Coast is among 12 regions identified in a government report where some communities are at the most risk of flooding. The report names 44 communities nationwide which are considered vulnerable because they're unprepared - with no plans to build protection such as flood walls, and because of low average incomes, their local authorities cannot raise rates to fund the work needed. The report excludes large urban areas that might have pockets of vulnerable communities at high risk of flooding. So far this year, extreme weather events have cost $298 million to insurers. The massive storm in August in Nelson and Marlborough alone resulted in just over 3000 general insurance claims, with a provisional value of nearly $48 million. So what does this report - naming individual communities - mean for the abilities of those homeowners to get insurance cover? Kathryn talks with the Insurance Council Chief Executive Tim Grafton.

09:30 Operation Feather: planning for 'The Queue'

The queue for mourners to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II was one of the biggest in history, with 250,000 people waiting up to 24 hours, in a queue 16km long. A team of experts had been planning for this expected queue for many years in a project codenamed 'Operation Feather'.  Professor Keith Still advised on the project, as well as 'Operation Marquee' and 'Operation Unicorn'. His expertise in queueing theory blends mathematics with behavioral psychology and is used around the world; at sports games, religious festivals and theme parks. Kathryn speaks with Professor Keith Still, a visiting professor in crowd science at the University of Suffolk, who has taught and advised on crowd science for 30 years and has lectured at the Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College.

09:45 UK: Immigration woes, Cop27 u-turn, Hancock's TV troubles

UK correspondent Matt Dathan joins Kathryn to talk about some new troubles for new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. He's clashed with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer over the asylum system after it was swamped by soaring numbers, faced criticism for reappointing Suella Braverman as home secretary six days after she was forced to quit over a security breach and copped flak for his U-turn on whether he will attend the Cop27 climate change meeting in Egypt And former Health Secretary Matt Hancock who resigned under a cloud is kicked out of the Tory party for appearing on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here.

10:05 Eat Lit Food with Albert Cho

 In 2018 Albert Cho launched the Instagram account Eat Lit Food, which quickly exploded from a friends-only audience, to over 81,000 followers. Wanting to shake up the world of bland or dishonest food reviews on Instagram, Albert began sharing his hilarious and yes - very honest reviews, accompanied by mouth-watering food photos. While he's adamant he's not a food writer, he has just written his first book, a memoir called I Love My Stupid Life, where he shares his life story through food, from early childhood to now. He traverses the highs of a modeling career in South Korea and success as an influencer, to the lows of disordered eating, drug addiction, and what he calls "bland suburban Kiwi racism". 

10:35 Book review: A Fortunate Woman, by Polly Morland

Melanie O'Loughlin from Lamplight Books in Auckland reviews A Fortunate Woman, by Polly Morland, published by Picador 

10:45 The Reading

Another story from The History of New Zealand in 100 Objects written and read by Jock Phillips. The story of passive resistance at Parihaka is one that needs to be told again and again. We play Parihaka Plough/Parau.

11:05 Technology: Demise of Symantec, China hardware concerns, Blackbyte ransomware

Tech correspondent Tony Grasso joins Kathryn to look at what's happened to Symantec - it was one of the first IT security companies to develop commercial anti-virus software, but is anti-virus "dead" like the company's senior VP says? GCHQ in the UK has raised security concerns about Chinese technology - with some experts citing smartmeters made in China as a specific risk. And Blackbyte ransomware is managing to get around signed drives - which were supposed to be the ultimate in security authentication.

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 Parenting: Getting pre-schoolers to run, jump, hop and skip

Getting pre-schoolers moving is the focus of a new programme being trialled in a number of early childhood centres in Hawkes Bay. According to the World Health Organisation children aged between 3-5 need 180 minutes of physical activity a day. The programme is being developed by Wendy Pirie as part of her PhD and up to 60 children are involved in the trial - all wearing smart-watches to track their activity levels. She says there's a lot early childhood teachers can do to encourage children to run, jump and take risks and recognise physical activity as a learning opportunity. She joins Kathryn to tell her about the project. 

Film and TV reviewer Laumata Lauano joins Kathryn to talk about Duckrockers (TVNZ+), the prequel series to the film Sione's Wedding. She'll also look at the new series of Heartbreak High (Netflix), which is set at the same high school 20 years later and Uraia Tabua is a vlogger who documents life in Fiji (YouTube).

Music played in this show

Track: Wolf
Artist:Year Year Years
Time played:1030

Track: Best Thing
Artist: Nadia Reid
Time played: 1040

Track: French Letter
Artist: Herbs
Time played: 1125