Nine To Noon for Friday 23 June 2023

 

09:05 Tai Rāwhiti on edge as more rain forecast

Tai Rāwhiti residents are on edge as a state of emergency is in place again after being battered by heavy rain, with more expected tonight and over the weekend. A severe red weather warning the highest possible level  is in place until Sunday. The inland community of Te Karaka has been hardest hit, where the Waipaoa river has burst its banks, and huge slips have been reported. Major roads across the region are closed, farms are sodden and slip prone, and some schools are closed. The advice across Tai Rāwhiti is stay off the roads unless absolutely necessary. Kathryn hears from Toby Williams, Federated Farmers Meat and Wool Chairperson who farms at Whangara, between Tolaga Bay and Gisborne, Sandra Faulkner who has a farm in Muriwai, south of Gisborne and is also a Federated Farmers board member, Greg Shelton, Tolaga Bay Civil Defence Manager and Jaclyn Hankin, Waka Kotahi NZTA's regional manager of maintenance and operations for the Central North Island. 

09:30 One man's relationship with Bart the grizzly bear

Director Russell Chadwick's documentary Good Boy follows a very furry friendship and work relationship between US animal trainer Doug Seus and a 680 kilogram  bear.  Good Boy refers to a massive Kodiak Bear named Bart who has appeared in several Hollywood movies, including White Fang, Legends of the Fall, and the aptly named The Bear.  The documentary is part of the Doc Edge Festival.
 

09:45 Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie 

Fears are mounting that Manipur, in North East India, is on the brink of civil war. The state, which borders Myanmar, is strategically significant, but tensions have long brewed with different armed separatist groups forming in across the state. There are reports groups have looted thousands of weapons from police armouries. In Japan, a parliamentary report released this week has found that 25,000 people were forcibly sterilised in Japan under its post-World War Two eugenics law. The law which targeted people with physical disabilities or those with mental illness challenges, was repealed  in 1996. Two nine-year-olds were among those who were victims,  And in Singapore, police are rolling out more patrolling robots, as the force continues to "augment frontline officers" as part of its strategy to boost police presence.

Elizabeth Beattie is a journalist based in Tokyo

10:05   Life as a digital nomad the pitfalls and the rewards

Nathan James Thomas has lived away from New Zealand for 10 years, currently he's living in Europe. While traversing the globe he's carved out a living as a writer and he is the founding editor of Intrepid Times, which is an online magazine that publishes narrative travel writing. In his new book - Untethered - Living the digital nomad life in an uncertain world - there's a wealth of information for people contemplating the lifestyle. Untethered is a reality check and addresses the joys of, and the misconceptions about the digital nomadic life.

10:35 Book review: The Future of Geography: How Power & Politics in Space Will Change Our World by Tim Marshall

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books Wellington reviews The Future of Geography: How Power & Politics in Space Will Change Our World by Tim Marshall, published by Simon & Schuster

10:45 Around the motu : Chris Hyde in Hawkes Bay

The mystery of a new Hawke's Bay Hospital.  Te Whatu Ora says it's too soon to be talking about the possibility of one, but Chris says that's what everyone's been doing for the past month or so. The chat started with Tukituki MP Anna Lorck,  saying that it's Hawke's Bay's time, and the region is next on the list nationally, and that she'd heard a business case for a $700m+ new hospital was well advanced. Not so, said Te Whatu Ora, but then it gave a little nugget to everyone by saying it was doing a feasibility study

Chris Hyde is the Editor of Hawkes Bay Today  

11:05 New music with Jeremy Taylor

Jeremy Taylor from SlowBoat Records with a swag of all new releases - Jenny Lewis, Janelle Monae, Meshell Ndgeocello and King Krule.
 

11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman

The All Whites stand against racism has the football world talking.- but will the sport’s governing body back them up? Sam also looks at what happens next and questions why the All Blacks stole the thunder from an epic-in-the-making Super Rugby Pacific decider.

11:45 The week that was with

Comedians Te Radar and Michele A'Court with some eye raising stories including the exuberant Price is Right contestant in the US who dislocated his shoulder while gesticulating on the show.

 

 

Music played in this show

Track: Lights Light Up 
Artist: Fenne Lily
Time played: 9:30am