Nine To Noon for Thursday 27 April 2023

 

 

09:05 Climate Commissioner: 'current pathway will not get us there'

The government needs to take more urgent and bold actions on climate change, or risk missing its own emissions targets for 2026 to 2030 according to the Climate Change Commission.  The Commission says there needs to be quicker action on new renewable energy generation and electric vehicle charging infrastructure; more investment in public transport; direct funding for Māori to support emissions reduction; more support for farmers to transition, and a faster transition away from burning coal for heating in factories, schools and hospitals. The Commission also takes aim at the Emissions Trading Scheme saying it makes getting to net zero far too reliant on forestry instead of making real cuts to emissions. Kathryn speaks with Climate Change Commissioner, Dr Rod Carr.

09:30 Teaching self-regulation of emotion, behaviour to preschoolers

A programme that teaches self-regulation of emotions and behaviour to preschool children is to be rolled out in early childhood centres around the country. The ENGAGE programme, developed at the University of Otago, has just a received $19.7 million boost in government funding to expand the programme. It follows a successful trial in Dunedin, Auckland and the Bay of Plenty. The programme helps build self-regulation skills in children aged three to five, and includes things like slowing down, remembering instructions, waiting their turn and managing their emotions. Equipping children with these skills can have the potential to change the trajectory of their life, with studies showing poor self-regulation can be a predictor of adverse outcomes as an adult. Kathryn speaks with associate professor Dione Healey from the Department of Psychology at the University of Otago.

09:45 UK: Sudan airlift, Sturgeon speaks, Raab gone, Freddie's sale

UK correspondent Matthew Parris joins Kathryn to talk about a 'critical' 24 hours in the effort to evacuate British nationals from Sudan, and a meeting between Rishi Sunak and the new head of the SNP  Humza Yousaf as Nicola Sturgeon speaks for the first time since her husband's arrest. Deputy UK Prime Minister Dominic Raab may have resigned in the wake of bullying allegations against him, but now there's a push to remove him as an MP;  and some of Queen singer Freddie Mercury's "exquisite clutter" is to be sold.

10:05 Wild Irish food meets the Wairarapa: JP McMahon

JP McMahon has his fingers in many pies, not least a Dingle Pie. The prominent Irish chef is an ambassador for Irish food: both its produce (especially wild food such as foraged seaweed) and its food culture.  JP is co-owner and culinary director of Michelin-starred Aniar restaurant in his home town of Galway, where he also runs the Aniar Boutique Cookery School, and award-winning tapas restaurant Cava Bodega. He is the founder and current chair of the Galway Food Festival, and founder and host to one of the biggest international food events in Europe Food on the Edge.  He also counts painter and playwright among his talents.  Author of The Irish Cookbook, JP is a regular contributor to the Irish Times, BBC radio, and RTE TV. JP is cooking up a wild food feast with produce from the Wairarapa with Logan Brown executive chef Shaun Coulston at Wellington on a Plate next month.

10:35 Book review: Aftermaths: Colonialism, Violence and Memory in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific

Paul Diamond reviews Aftermaths: Colonialism, Violence and Memory in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific edited by Angela Wanhalla, Lyndall Ryan and Camille Nurka, published by Otago University Press

10:45 Around the motu: Che Baker in Invercargill

Che talks to Kathryn about why Southern mayors can't keep out of the news, the intentional poisoning of trees, Henry the tuatara's keeper calls it a day after 52 years and the Routeburn Classic Trail Running Race is on weekend.

Che Baker is the editor of the Southland Times.

11:05 Technology: ChatGPT amnesty, Chorus shortage, Twitter tick(ed off)

Tech commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about Massey University's amnesty to at least 20 students alleged to have been caught cheating using ChatGPT - if they 'fess up. Rural connectivity has reached a big milestone with the 400th tower going live and the Rural Connectivity Group meeting its contractual obligation for its Rural Broadband Initiative 2 programme. Why does Chorus have such a shortfall of technicians, and why has Twitter's blue tick become a bit of a scarlet letter?

11:25 The five most important principles behind effective teaching 

The newly developed Common Practice Model is going to inform how literacy and maths is taught in primary and secondary schools in the coming years. But what does that mean, and what are the teaching principles behind it? Work carried out by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research was used by the Ministry of Education to develop the common-practice model. Kathryn speaks to Mohamed Alansari, a senior researcher at the New Zealand Council for Educational Research.

11:45 Screentime: Love & Death, Chupa, Tiny Beautiful Things

Film and TV reviewer Laumata Lauano joins Kathryn to talk about true-crime thriller Love & Death (Neon), starring Elizabeth Olsen and Jesse Plemons, family movie Chupa (Netflix) and Tiny Beautiful Things (Disney+), a fictionalised version of Cheryl Strayed’s agony aunt columns.

Music played in this show

Artist: Lucy Dacus
Track: It's Too Late
Time played: 11:30

Artist: Eddie Chacon
Track: Holy Hell
Time played: 11:50