Nine To Noon for Monday 21 November 2022

 

 

09:05 Our electric future: 98% renewable by 2030?

New Zealand's electricity sector can deliver massive reductions in our carbon emissions, and cheaper power for households, but rapid transformation must start now - according to a new report. The report,  by the Boston Consulting Group, says New Zealand can transition to 98 per cent renewable energy by 2030, and by 2050 rapid electrification of transport and heating can be achieved. This would achieve 70% of the reduction in carbon emissions required by New Zealand's net zero carbon target . At present only 28% of New Zealand's total energy consumption, including across transport and heat, is from renewable sources. Report co-author Richard Hobbs joins Kathryn - he leads energy, climate change and sustainability for Boston Consulting Group in NZ. He's also a former General Manager of Transpower, former General Manager for Spark Infrastructure and former Manager of Clean Energy markets for the Australian government.

09:25 Swim for Life - Swim It Forward

New research reveals over half Kiwi kids aren't learning to swim because lessons are unaffordable. The majority of Kiwis live within 5 kilometres of the sea  Last year ninety New Zealanders drowned, the most since 2011.  Eight of them were under fourteen. Now there's a push to make swimming lessons more affordable, in the wake of a Swimsafer Report by Swim Coaches and Teachers New Zealand. The survey shows 31% of parents believe their child's swimming skills and confidence in the water are low.  More than a third say they, or a family member, have had a bad experience in water. Fifty-two percent of parents surveyed said swimming lessons cost too much.  In response to this, 'Swim It Forward' is launching this week - New Zealand's first SWIMSAFER Week - where more fortunate families are being asked to donate money towards swiming lessons for those less so.  Kathryn is joined by President of Swim Coaches and Teachers NZ, Daniel Fulton and eleven-time gold medallist, World Champion in Para swimming and SWIMSAFER Week Ambassador, Dame Sophie Pascoe.

 

09:45 Africa correspondent Debora Patta - the brutality of drought and starvation in Somalia

Debora has been in Somalia witnessing harrrowing scenes of famine and drought. She says climate change induced starvation is killing children and almost half the 16 million people who live in Somalia are facing extreme hunger. More than a third of the nation's 5 million children under the age of five are acutely malnourished. 

Debora Patta is a CBS News foreign correspondent based in South Africa.

10:05 Actor Morgana O'Reilly's love letter to her body

Actor and playwright Morgana O'Reilly is bringing back her solo theatre show Stories About My Body to Auckland after sold out seasons earlier in the year. It's one part solo theatre work, one part stand-up comedy and one part nude Powerpoint presentation. It documents her love/hate relationship with her body - through joy, torment and tears, alongside the wonder of childbirth and falling in love. Morgana is a film television and theatre actress who has starred in several well-known television series including Neighbours, Housebound, Mean Mums, Wentworth and the Emmy Award winning series Inside. She talks with Kathryn about the frankness and honesty of her solo theatre performance.

10:35 Book review: Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Johnson reviews Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino, published by Hachette

10:45 The Reading

Today's reading is Choose Your Wave by Mark Curragh, read by Tim Spite, a story looking back at a boy on a surfing trip with two mates, both are both more experienced and worldly in comparison with green young the narrator. 

This is one of the winning entries in Nine to Noon's 2022 Short Story Competition.

11:05 Political commentators Gareth Hughes & Liam Hehir

In politics with Gareth Hughes and Liam Hehir, we look at the government's RMA reforms and whether National leader Christopher Luxon was really prepared for it. Was he also caught short on the details of his own party's position on climate change? Is National's boot camp policy a game changer or a rehash of an old policy? And we discuss how PM Jacinda Ardern handled the G20 and the pull-aside with China's President Xi.

Gareth Hughes is a former Green MP and now works for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa. 

Liam Hehir is a Palmerston North lawyer, political commentator and a National Party member
 

11:30 Pizza prowess

An Auckland pizzeria has secured a top 10 spot for the Asia Pacific region by an Italian-led global ranking of the very best pizza. Dante's has a 9th place ranking in pizza guide 50TopPizza The pizzeria started 16 years ago using freshly prepared dough, baked in a wood-burning oven, which infuses a smoky aftertaste. Dante's co-owners, Kevin Morris and Enis Bacova talk to Kathryn about what makes a great pizza. 

 

11:45 Auckland Harbour crossing and the latest news on RMA reforms

Bill joins Kathryn to talk about Waka Kotahi announcing a round of consultation on the next Auckland Harbour crossing, and whether there was much in the government's latest updates on its RMA reforms.

Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland.