Nine To Noon for Monday 18 November 2024

09:05 Is the value of cruise ships to local economies being overblown?

The cruise ship industry is being challenged to show its workings following a report it issued claiming cruise tourism injected $1.37b into the New Zealand economy in the last financial year. The report, commissioned by Cruise Lines International Association Australasia and New Zealand Cruise Association, has not been released widely. However, a press release and infographic released by the organisations reported direct spending by passengers, crew and cruise lines reached $637 million last financial year with an indirect benefit to the local economy of $729.2 million and that close to 10,000 local jobs were supported by cruise tourism, providing $425.9 million in wages. But not everyone is buying the benefits. Kathryn speaks to Peter Nuttall and Alison Newell. Peter is the scientific and technical advisor at the Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport - the group behind a push for the International Maritime Organisation to implement a worldwide carbon levy on shipping. Alison Newell is a Chartered Environmentalist, director of Sailing for Sustainability based in Fiji, advisor to the Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport and a freshwater policy specialist for the Northland Regional Council. Kathryn also speaks with Jacqui Lloyd the chief executive of the New Zealand Cruise Association.

09:30 Submitted your DNA to 23andme? How safe is your data?

 It was hacked, its share price plunged and the board quit after accusing the CEO of failing to find a way to stem financial woes. Now genetic testing company 23andme has laid off more than 40 percent of its workforce and abandoned plans to work on developing gene therapies.  For the 14 million people who submitted their DNA in the hope of discovering more about themselves - their health risks, ancestry and even inherited traits - the company's precarious situation is concerning. Many of those customers included Kiwis. If 23andme goes under - is their data deleted? If the company's sold - is their DNA owned by somebody else? The company has promised to uphold privacy protections - but what does that mean, in effect? Kathryn is joined by Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster, who's been keeping across this issue.

09:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney

Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz is facing growing calls to give up reelection bid, a big wave of airstrikes mark 1000 days of Ukraine war and could French far-right leader Le Pen be banned from public office? Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn.

10:05 Award-winning educator Hazel Nash on a lifetime outside

To say Hazel Nash has had a colourful career is an understatement. Police officer and secondary school teacher are among her credentials, but outdoor education has been her greatest love. Last week, her 35 years dedicated to the sector earned her the Supreme Award - Te Tohu Manu Kura - at the Recreation Aotearoa awards. It started in 1985 when she decided to share her 21-acre patch of land in Tasman with local youth for outdoor education retreats. The idea came from a discovery that less than half of the students at the local high school she was teaching at had been to the Abel Tasman national park. Whenua Iti has since taken countless young people through unforgettable courses involving camping, caving, mountaineering and more. Hazel has been retired for a few years now, but lives on her property across the river from Whenua Iti and drops by most days.

10:35 Book review: Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery: A Whanganui biography by Martin Edmond 

Kiran Dass reviews Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery: A Whanganui biography by Martin Edmond published by Massey University Press

10:45 Around the motu: Simon Wilson in Auckland 

Simon updates us on the main events in Tāmaki Makaurau of the last week, including Burma the elephant moving from Auckland to Adelaide, Coldplay bringing 150,000 people to Eden Park, and the unknown future of Auckland Transport. 

11:05 Political commentators Sue Moroney and Ben Thomas

Ben Thomas is a former National government press secretary, a columnist and a director of public affairs firm Capital.

Sue Moroney is a former MP with the Labour Party and now chief executive of Community Law Centres Aotearoa. 

11:30 Celebrating Aotearoa's gourmet pies

Paua pie, beef rendang pie and lamb shank pie are some of the 38 gourmet pies celebrated in a new book by photographer and pie fan Derek Morrison. The idea for the book was conceived around a smoky campfire one summer's evening on the West Coast, as a group of mates discussed their dream coffee-table book. Derek shares his favourites and some of the characters behind them.

11:45 Urban Issues with Jeanette Budgett 

Jeanette Budgett is Programme Director of the Master of Architecture (Professional) at UNITEC Institute of Technology. She discusses frustrations with noise as Auckland Council considers an application for a helipad on a private waterfront site in Westmere.