Summer Times for Tuesday 17 January 2017 Summer Times

Studying pedestrian accidents

health

9:10 AM.Thirty percent of pedestrians - that's 104 - killed between 2006 and 2015 were aged 65 and over. That outnumbers the number of cyclists killed: 90 during the same period. Audio
Should housing be a human right?

money housing

9:20 AM.It is estimated there are about 40,000 homeless people in New Zealand, more than half of them are under 25 and many of them children. Read more Audio
Don't kill kākā with kindness

food

9:30 AM.They were extinct in Wellington for around 100 years before Zealandia re-introduced them in 2002, but now kākā are making themselves at home again in the capital. Read more Audio
Banning microbeads

science environment

10:13 AM.Cosmetic products containing microbeads will be banned under a proposal announced by the Minister for the Environment, Nick Smith. Marine scientists have been advocating for a ban on the… Read more Audio
Managing Kauri Dieback disease

environment

10:27 AM.Kauri dieback is a serious disease that kills Kauri trees. It's decimating kauri forests in northern New Zealand, and is partiucalrly severe in the popular Waitakere Ranges in West Auckland. The… Read more Audio
Crafting resistance

arts

10:45 AM.Have you heard of crafting resistance? To look at Arpillera (to use its Spanish name) you may not think it is anything but beautiful, colourful, patchwork art. But actually, it's a form of artistic… Read more Audio
NZ Principal's Federation gets a new president

education

11:10 AM.If you have senior secondary school-aged children, today is likely to be quite a big day for your family, with NCEA results out this morning. It's also a big year in education for Whetu Cormick… Read more Audio
Gardening with Gerard Martin

environment

11:20 AM.It's been a hot dry summer on the East Coast, but Gerard Martin of Kings Seeds says there are 200 millilitres forecast for today. Audio

9:07 Dr Lynley Hood studies pedestrian accidents and deaths

Thirty percent of pedestrians (that's 104) killed between 2006 and 2015 were aged 65-and-over. That outnumbers the number of cyclists killed - 90 during the same period.

Photo: Flickr creative commons

9:15 Emily Griffin: Every New Zealander has the same opportunities?

We know there are about 40,000 homeless people in the country... many of whom are children.. and questions remain about whether those young people are able to set themselves up to have the very best life possible.

a homeless person sleep on the steps of a bank in new zealand in 2015.

Photo: 123RF

9:30 Feeding kaka the wrong things

Don't feed the kakas!

The kaka, a native New Zealand parrot, is classified as nationally vulnerable (as at February 2016).

The kaka, a native New Zealand parrot, is classified as nationally vulnerable. Photo: 123RF

9:45 Rachel Waddilove

Modern mothers treat their babies like little gods according to 'nanny to the stars' Rachel Waddilove.

Now 68, she is a mother of three and grandmother of six and trained at Dr Barnardo's nursery college in the 1960s.

Maternity nurse to the stars, Rachel Waddilove Photo: supplied

10.07 Microbeads

Plastic pieces clogging up the ocean.

Photo: 123RF

10:30 Resistance crafting

To look at Arpillera you may not think it is anything but beautiful, colourful patchwork art. But actually, it's a form of artistic resistance to injustice.. torture and terror by the state.

Arpillera Photo: Google images

11:00 Gardening with Gerard Martin

All the tips you need to get your fingers green.

Gardening Photo: 123 RF

11:25 RNZ's best interviews of 2016: Kim Hill & Norm Hewitt

Earlier this year Norm Hewitt addressed his violent past by teaming up with one of his high school victims, Manu Bennett, in a bid to educate people about the damage bullying can do.

They made a documentary together called Making Good Men.

Former All Blacks hooker Norm Hewitt. Photo: Supplied

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