Nine To Noon for Friday 3 November 2023

09:05 Schools struggling to deal with sexual violence

Testimonies from 300 students show victims of sexual assaults are not being protected adequately by their schools. Respondents to a call for sharing their experiences around sexual assault at school shared examples of sexual harassment, blackmail, rape and pack assault. The report is authored by Genna Hawkins-Boulton, the founder of Let's Talk Consent, and finds schools are struggling to provide a safe environment for victims who often find themselves in the same rooms as their perpetrators. The report recommends more training so staff can better support victims, revising guidelines so there is a zero-tolerance approach to sexual violence and making consent-based education compulsory.

09:20 The North Shore Hospital Healing Garden

Chief Executive of North Shore Hospital charity the Well Foundation, Tim Edmonds, joins Kathryn Ryan to discuss their "Give A Bit Of Green" campaign. The campaign, launched this week, aims to raise $1million to fund the creation of a Healing Garden.  If all goes to plan, the indoor garden will contain over 500 plants and replace a grey concrete atrium at the new Tōtara Haumaru building, part of the North Shore hospital expansion.

09:30 Nine to Noon 2023 Short Story Competition winners announced!

Judges Tina Makereti and Harry Ricketts reveal their top five short stories from the hundreds entered in this year's competition.

09:45 Pacific correspondent Lydia Lewis

Pacific reporter Lydia Lewis, in the Cook Islands, where last night she interviewed the country's Prime Minister.

10:05 Doctor and artist John Gillies' life long love of Skippers Canyon

Dr John Gillies has had a life long love of Skippers Canyon, and his new book showcases his paintings of the iconic gorge in Otago. He was born in 1945, and discovered his love of art at St Andrew's College, while studying figure drawing under sculptor Tom Taylor. But it wasn't art that became his first career. Instead he attended Otago University medical school,  graduating in 1972 after a short stint in Vietnam with the New Zealand Combined Services Medical Team. He went on to become the clinical director of respiratory medicine for the Canterbury District Health Board, before retiring in 2006.  Throughout his time as a medical professional he regularly created and exhibited new paintings, and also founded the New Zealand Association of Artist Doctors.

10:35 Book review: Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See

Gina Rogers reviews Lady Tan's Circle of Women, by Lisa See published by Simon and Schuster.

10:45 Around the motu: Jonathan Leask in Ashburton

The proposed expansion of the Methven Resort near Mt Hutt skifield is meeting with some local opposition. It was built in 1982. Ashburton’s new library and civic centre building is set to finally open on December 18, a year later than the original completion date. And Jonathan talks to Kathryn about the great H debate: Wakanui or Whakanui, or both?. There's division over what the rural Canterbury area should be called.

11:05 Music reviewer Grant Smithies​

The only solo album by former Clean/ Chills/ Snapper/ Puddle/ Great Unwashed member Peter Gutteridge has just been reissued, and it's an eccentric thriller from the first track to the last. Grant Smithies brings two key tracks from that today, followed by a song from L.A. band Rough Church (currently touring here) and a funk classic from Parliament.

11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman

After the All Blacks heartbreak, a couple of other teams have the chance to give New Zealand something to cheer about in their biggest matches of the year - while the injuries and losses begin to mount up for the Black Caps. How is it impacting their Cricket World Cup chances?

11:45 The week that was with Te Radar and Donna Brookbanks

Celine Dion has become the unlikely enemy of residents in the small town of Porirua, as the star's music becomes the top pick for intense 'siren battles' in the early hours of the morning.