Nine To Noon for Friday 13 September 2024

09:05 What is the government's plan for Aged Care?

The Minister for Seniors, and Associate Health Minister, Casey Costello discusses the future for aged care.  This comes amid fears many small towns may end up with no beds for their frail elderly.  Last week a Wairoa social worker told Nine to Noon more than 50 whanau are caring for loved ones at home, because the town has no residential aged care beds or respite beds.  The Aged Care Association believes the government is planning to reduce funding for resthome beds at the same time as cutting in-home care to save money. Casey Costello responds.

09:20 School pilot to reduce teens vaping

Some Rangiora High School students have been part of an interactive digital pilot programme this year, which aims to educate about vaping in a non punitive way. And last year, sensors with cameras were installed in toilet corridors to try to reduce vaping and anti-social behaviour. Acting principal Remihana Emery says both measures are making a difference.
 

09:30 Dr and cancer survivor on importance of vaccine and testing  

Whangarei GP Dr Andrew Miller was diagnosed with HPV related head and neck cancer ten years ago. He's in remission now, but his treatment required 16 months off work, and has left him with long term disabilities. The HPV infection, or human papillomavirus infection, which causes some head and neck cancers, as well as cervical cancer, is preventable by the HPV vaccine. And for the past year, an HPV self-test for women, has made early detection much easier. Andrew Miller says he's sharing his experience to highlight the importance of vaccination and testing.

09:45 Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie

Typhoon Yagi, which battered southern China, the Philippines and Vietnam may have eased, but residents in Vietnam are grappling with mass flooding, which has swept away buses seen a bridge collapse and triggered the evacuation of thousands. And in Pakistan a new ride-sharing service that only provides services to women and transgender passengers has been launched. 

 

10:05 A spotlight on Grey Lynn, Arch Hill and Westmere

 

Grey Lynn historian Tania Mace has taken a deep dive into a well known older part of Auckland she calls home. Her book, The Near West covers the history,  gentrification and people of three centrally located Auckland suburbs. Grey Lynn, Arch Hill and Westmere intersect and have a rich legacy, steeped in industry, growth, urban renewal and multiculturalism.

 

10:35 Book review: Pātea Boys by Airana Ngarewa 

Airini Beautrais reviews Pātea Boys by Airana Ngarewa published by Moa Press

 

10:45 Around the motu: Piers Fuller in Wairarapa

The decision remains in the balance on whether to toll motorists from Wairarapa to Palmerston North almost $9 per day to use the new highway. South Wairarapa District Council's Martinborough headquarters is being slammed as a place of damp and decay with leaks, fungus and airborne toxic mould. And South Wairarapa dog owners are on high alert after a series of suspicious poisonings in the area over several months.

Editor of the Wairarapa Times-Age, Piers Fuller.
 

 

11:05 New music with Grant Smithies

Nathan Haines' eleventh album Notes was many years in the making, its progress derailed by a cancer diagnosis, throat surgery and the death of key collaborator, Phil Asher. Now the record's here, and against all odds there's a feeling of joy and release throughout. We'll hear two key tracks from that today, followed by marvellous new music from Wellington's Salvia Palth and a collaboration between British dub producer Adrain Sherwood and local electronic duo Pitch Black. 

11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman

Cuddling King Charles might be grabbing the headlines, but the Black Ferns have an almighty encounter this weekend. Sam looks at NZ’s battle with the English women's rugby juggernaut, Tasman’s first ever Ranfurly Shield Challenge and how the Black Caps shape to make history without even picking up a bat.

11:45 The week that was

Comedians Te Radar and Donna Brookbanks with a few funny stories, including the online purchase of a croissant shaped lamp, that turned out to be resin covered pastry!