Nine To Noon for Thursday 1 August 2024

 

 

09:05 Transpower tower topple: Who should pay for cost losses?

Ahead of the expected release of an independent report into what caused Transpower's transmission tower to fall north of Auckland in June, the issue of compensation is very much still live. Transpower has ruled out paying compensation, but Northland Chamber of Commerce CEO Darryn Fisher says the initial cost to business revenue was at least $60 - $80m. He wants Transpower's board stood down and the people of Northland compensated. Also joining the conversation is Juliet Golightly is a Whangarei lawyer who has been exploring the option of taking a class action against Transpower.

09:20 20-year-old family support programme Tākai casualty of funding cuts

A family and whānau support programme that's run for 20 years is a casualty of funding cuts by Oranga Tamariki; next week its resources, learning platform and website will cease to exist. Tākai started out as Skip - Strategies for Kids, Information for Parents. It provided parenting resources and helped fund community-based initiatives to support whānau with young kids and prevent family harm.  Oranga Tamariki has been reviewing its future funding - with many charities and NGOs now getting confirmation their contracts won't be renewed. A message on Tākai's website says "millions of evidence-based parenting resources have made their way into homes...hundreds of innovated community-led prevention initiatives have been funded". But after August 9 it all goes. Deb Rewiri is a national contractor to Tākai and talks to the work it did and her concerns over its cancellation.

09:35 The game of Chicken that took out the 48 Hours film competition

A game of chicken gone awry has won the annual 48 Hours Film competition. The film Chicken made by a team from Hamilton named Nuggets was handpicked by Sir Peter Jackson and Dame Fran Walsh as a wildcard for the final. They were then crowned champions at the Grand Finals Event at the Embassy in Wellington last weekend. The competition has some 500 teams enter each year and they get 48 hours to write, shoot and cut a film using a genre as well as some random elements. The film stars Arohanui Watene and Tyla Tuala as the two stars and the crew behind the scenes include Nopera Watene and Valerie Lui. Prizes for winning the competition include a $20,000 prize. Arohanui - who plays one of the protagonists in the film - speaks to Kathryn.

The 48Hours competition was presented by the Vista Foundation in association with the NZ Film Commission.

09:45 UK: Violence follows Southport stabbings, Chancellor's Budget warning

UK correspondent Natasha Clark joins Kathryn for the latest on the outbreak of violence and hooliganism that followed the stabbing deaths of three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class. A mob of 300 people attacked officers, a mosque and set bins and cars alight. And new Chancellor Rachel Reeves has warned winter fuel payments for wealthier pensioners may have to be cut, as she accused the Tories of covering up a  £22bn shortfall in public finances. 

Natasha Clark is Political Editor at LBC Radio

10:05 New adventure comedy 'Bookworm' brings Hollywood to Canterbury

Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood has returned to New Zealand for a new adventure comedy designed for all ages. Bookworm, premiering tonight, follows 11-year-old Mildred, played by Nell Fisher, and her estranged father Strawn Wise, played by Elijah, on their quest to find a mythological beast known as the Canterbury Panther. Local director Ant Timpson wrote the character of Strawn with Elijah in mind, having previously worked together on the dark comedy Come to Daddy. 

10:30 Health NZ drops equity adjustor tool

Health NZ will stop using an equity adjustor tool that prioritised ethnicity as one of five factors in non-urgent surgical waitlists,  after a review found it was "legally and ethically justifiable" but didn't follow "best practice". The report, released to RNZ, recommended the tool continue to be used in the hospitals it's already been rolled out in, but under strict conditions and on the basis improvements are made. However, the decision has been made to stop using it, which is supported by Health Minister Shane Reti. Health NZ told RNZ it agreed with all the recommendations in the report "except that the tools should continue to be used while evolved". Health NZ says it wants a fundamental relook. RNZ's Political Editor Jo Moir explains.

10:35 Book review: The Fight for Freshwater: A Memoir by Mike Joy 

Harry Broad reviews The Fight for Freshwater: A Memoir by Mike Joy published by Bridget Williams Books

10:45 Around the motu: Libby Kirkby McLeod covering Waikato

The area of coastline where the Port Waikato beach carpark is located recently lost two metres to erosion overnight. Matamata-Piako District Council has been convicted and fined $67,500 for unlawfully discharging at least 2.8 million litres of wastewater into the Mangawhero Stream last year. And Hamilton book month has a range of free events with some well known authors.

RNZ Waikato Reporter Libby Kirkby-McLeod  

11:05 Tech: Govt's AI approach, Meta's $1.4b settlement over facial recognition

Technology correspondent Peter Griffin joins Kathryn to look at how the government plans to approach the expansion of AI. How does it compare with what other countries are doing? Meta has agreed to pay the state of Texas $1.4b to resolve a lawsuit over facial-recognition tech. And how is AI affecting the bottom line of big tech companies?

Peter Griffin is a Wellington-based science and technology journalist.

11:25 Parenting​ : How to talk to your children about setbacks

A University of Auckland led study has investigated how parents discuss setbacks with their children - and the co relation with a child's fear of making mistakes. Associate Professor of Psychology, Elizabeth Peterson is with us to discuss the findings and explore ways to talk to your children about disappointment and making mistakes. Is the language used crucial?  And what else makes it easier for kids to cope with disappointment. The study been published in the British Journal of Educational Psychology.

11:40 Health NZ explains ditching of equity adjustor tool

Health NZ will stop using an equity adjustor tool that prioritised ethnicity as one of five factors in non-urgent surgical waitlists even though a review found it was "legally and ethically justifiable" but didn't follow "best practice".  Health NZ says a fundamental relook is required. Kathryn speaks with Dr Richard Sullivan,  Chief Clinical Officer for Hospitals and Specialist Services at Health NZ.

11:45 Screentime: Lady in the Lake, Sunny, Dirty Pop

Film and TV correspondent Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to talk about Lady in the Lake, which stars Natalie Portman as a Baltimore housewife who turns reporter investigating the murder of a forgotten young woman. He'll also talk about Sunny (Apple+), where an American woman living in Japan is suddenly left with a robot made by her husband's company, after he's killed in a mysterious plane crash. And Dirty Pop (Netflix) examines the Ponzi scheme behind some of the biggest boy bands.