Nine To Noon for Monday 14 November 2022

09:05 Farmers want changes to emissions pricing plan 

Submissions close at the end of this week, on the government's agricultural pricing emissions plan. Last month the government made what farmers say are significant changes to the proposals reached by the farmer, government and iwi working group, He Waka Eke Noa. Sector groups responded vehemently, saying the changes upset the delicate balance they had struck. Sheep and beef farmers estimate they could lose up to 20 percent of their production, forcing them to sell up or convert productive land into forestry. The Government admits sheep and beef farms will be hit disproportionately and wants to work with them, but farmers are sceptical. Kathryn speaks to Tairawhiti farmer Toby Williams and Federated Farmers President Andrew Hoggard about their concerns and whether there's any hope of finding a middle ground.

09:20 Contact Energy powers up its parental leave provisions

Contact Energy has launched a new paid parental leave policy it believes is among one of the most generous in the country. It includes 26 weeks' of salary top up for primary caregivers, a $5000 childcare koha, employer Kiwisaver contributions of 3 per cent while on leave, paid partner's leave of four weeks and 3 months of free power after baby is born. Contact's chief people officer Jan Bibby joins Kathryn to discuss the change.

09:30 What the heck is Mastodon? Twitter users seek alternative to Musk-run platform

Since tech billionaire Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter was confirmed, his moves to cut staff and impose an eight US dollar monthly charge for blue tick verification has turned off some users - leaving them seeking alternative microblogging sites. One that's suddenly taken off in popularity is Mastodon. But where Twitter is a single website with a central news feed, Mastodon is a network of thousands of sites. Kathryn is joined by Robert Gehl, an associate professor at York University in Toronto and the author of Social Engineering: How Crowdmasters, Phreaks, Hackers and Trolls Created a New Form of Manipulative Communication. She'll also talk to Aurynn Shaw, who's the admin of the New Zealand-based instance: Cloud Island.

09:45 Europe: Istanbul explosion, Ukraine celebrates, Italy's new govt in war of words with France

Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney has the latest on the deadly explosion in Istanbul. He also talks to Kathryn about Russia's major military defeat as its troops withdrew from Kherson as Ukraine begins clearing the city of the mess and mines that have been left behind. Italy's new far-right government is in a stoush with France after it refused to let a migrant boat dock which is against EU and international law. And an Iranian man without a passport who lived in Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport for years, inspiring the Steven Spielberg film The Terminal, has died at the airport of a heart attack.

10:05 Innovations in oyster farming from the Marlborough Sounds
 

Aaron and Debbie Pannell started Marlborough Oysters 12 years ago, they have a hatchery, and export their shellfish to 15 countries. Growing oysters can be tough physical work, and a second business to make the task easier is now running alongside the seafood operation. Aaron Pannell has developed the internationally recognised, award winning technology, FlipFarm system. It allows for easier access to oysters grown in     very deep water. He talks to Kathryn about FlipFarm which being used globally by 70 other oyster farmers. 

 

10:35 Book review: Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop by Alba Donati

10:45 The Reading

11:05 Political commentators Jones & Morten

Neale and Brigitte join Kathryn to talk about the Prime Minister's criticism of big bank profits as interest rates march upwards, reappointment of Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr and the Commerce Commission decision to monitor oil company margins. And the select committee hearing the Three Waters legislation reports back on Friday - will the government stay full steam ahead?

Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff to Andrew Little. He is the director of public affairs firm Capital.

Brigitte Morten is a director with public and commercial law firm Franks & Ogilvie and a former senior ministerial advisor for the previous National-led government. 

 

11:30 Making low cost school lunches 

 

 

With weeks to go before the end of the school year ideas about what to put in your children's lunch box could be running out. Kathrine Lynch is a budget food blogger based in Hamilton. She has some great tips about stretching your grocery dollar and filling school lunchboxes with appealing, tasty and economical kai for hungry kids, such as recipes for Hidden Vege Muffins, Burger Bites, and Almond & Apricot Bliss Balls.

 

11:45 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne

Kennedy joins Kathryn from the Southern Ocean - he's midway through a National Geographic expedition cruise, taking a loop from Ushuaia to Falkland Islands to South Georgia to Antarctic Peninsula and back to Ushuaia. He'll talk about what he saw on the Falklands, but mostly about South Georgia, where the beaches are packed with fur seals, elephant seals and penguins coming and going from sea. On the hillsides, albatrosses nest and penguins create their colonies. The island is rich in history, too. He visited Shackleton's grave in Gryvitken and wandered around the rusting machinery, tanks and paraphernalia of the abandoned whaling station.

Music played in this show

Track: Pictures of You
Artist: Drug Dealer featuring Kate Bollinger
Time played: 10:43