Nine To Noon for Friday 30 August 2024

09:05 Air NZ scraps 2030 carbon emissions targets - so what are its climate goals?

Air New Zealand has scrapped its 2030 carbon emissions targets - so what are its climate goals and will long haul travel to and from New Zealand need to reduce? New Zealand has an ambitious plan to reach net zero emissions by 2050, which both major political parties have committed to.  Recent data suggests that transport and agriculture are the two areas with the highest risk of missing climate targets, unless further action is taken.  But Air New Zealand has just become the first major carrier to scrap its 2030 targets - blaming difficulties securing more efficient planes and sustainable jet fuel. Yesterday the airline reported a full year profit for the financial year ended June down 65 percent to $146 million, compared with $412 million the year earlier.  Kathryn speaks with Air New Zealand's Chief Sustainability Officer Kiri Hannifin. Sanel Tomlinson, a partner with KPMG, specialising in Sustainable Value, discusses how large New Zealand businesses are responding to the now legal requirement to report on climate-related risks and opportunities.

09:30 Amid 2024's fashion woes, WoolOn event has the industry covered

It hasn't been the greatest year for the local fashion industry. This year's New Zealand Fashion Week was cancelled, and two of the country's big designers, Kate Sylvester and Trelise Cooper, announced their respective closure and departure. But down south, it's a different story. WoolOn is a fashion event dedicated to New Zealand's iconic fibre. It's been running for 20 years - the main rule being, that all garments entered must be 75 per cent wool. Joining Kathryn to discuss WoolOn is first-time event judge, but industry stalwart Margi Robertson, of Dunedin's Nom*d and last year's Supreme winner, Jane Avery, whose Lapin label specialises in  rabbit and possum eco-fur. 

09:40 Action from the America's Cup

Stuff''s America's Cup correspondent Todd Niall checks in from Barcelona as the Luis Vuitton cup gets up on its foils amid high drama for Team NZ.

09:45 Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie

South Korea's president Yoon Suk Yeol has instructed authorities to take urgent action in order to combat the rise of deepfake pornography. The son of outgoing Indonesian president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, has been questioned about his recent use of a private jet, as the Indonesian public grow increasingly weary of politicians' far reaching powers. 
And Typhoon Shanshan is descending in what experts say could be one of the strongest storms to hit Southwest Japan. 

Elizabeth Beattie is a journalist based in Tokyo

10:05 Mum, dad and five sons on their lives at sea on an ocean going ketch

Jon and Barbara Tucker were literally the boy and girl next door as they grew up in Christchurch in the 60s. They were both from sailing families,  and so it seemed natural to them to build a boat that would be their home. And so they did - 45 ft wooden ketch called New Zealand Maid. Jon and Barbara married at 19 and 18 respectively and the first of their five sons was born two years later. The Tucker family spent the best part of next three decades living aboard, criss-crossing the Pacific - the boys learning by correspondence while they were school age. The Tucker boys are all grown up now and all seafarers, with children (and boats) of their own. Jon's just published a book about the family's life at sea, called Well Intentioned Advice: A life-voyage afloat. He and Barbara join Kathryn Ryan in the studio.

10:30 Tributes flow for Kiingi Tuheitia

RNZ's Tumu Maori Shannon Haunui-Thompson and Māori news journalist, Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira discuss the tributes flowing to the Maori king, who died this morning.

10:35 Book review: Woo Woo by Ella Baxter 

Laura Caygill reviews Woo Woo by Ella Baxter published by Allen & Unwin: "both an entertaining and intense skewering of the art world and a deft depiction of self-doubt and fear."

10:45 Around the motu: Jonathan Leask in Ashburton

Jonathan says the big story in Mid Canterbury recently has been the fate of a beloved recreational mecca - Lake Camp - with locals concerned about its low levels and the authorities saying 'let nature take its course.

Local Democracy Reporter Jonathan Leask from the Ashburton Guardian.

11:05 New music with Jeremy Taylor

Jeremy's chosen tracks include what he calls the joyful uplift of Nick Cave's 'Wild God', and the subtle sensuality of Clairo. And Christchurch legend Al Park continues his late career upswing.

11:30 Sports commentator Dana Johannsen

Dana says Scott Robertson is set for the biggest test of his All Blacks coaching career when his side take on the Springboks in Johannesburg this weekend. And the Paralympics are underway - who are NZ's early chances to look out for?

Dana Johannsen is RNZ's sports correspondent

11:45 The week that was

Comedians Donna Brookbanks and Elisabeth Easther with a few laughs