Afternoons for Thursday 6 May 2021

1.12 First Song:

1:17 US to back waiver of patent protection on Covid - 19 vaccines 

The Biden administration in the United States has announced today that they will be supporting a proposal to the World Trade Organisation to remove intellectual property protections on Covid 19 vaccines. This is another step in the journey towards vaccine democratisation and is a big move in direction for US foreign policy. 

Immunologist Dr. James Ussher from the University of Otago is the Science Director of Vaccine Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand, Ohu Kaupare Huaketo, and is also on the Government Vaccine Taskforce’s Science and Technical Advisory Committee. He joins Jesse to explain what this means for the global vaccine rollout, especially in the countries currently worst hit. 

1:27 Celebrating 15 years of successful wild kiwi in Remutaka Forest

There's a special celebration for the Remutaka Conservation Trust this month.

It's marking fifteen years since it reintroduced kiwi back into the Remutaka Forest and from that initial release of 6 birds its estimated the population has now soared to 150.

To talk about the remarkable work the trust has been doing for the past 30 years and the milestone it's reached, volunteer and kiwi project leader Susan Ellis joins Jesse.

1:35 Misinformation in pandemic Aotearoa 

Conspiracy theories and the people who believe in them have been a constant source of fascination during the last few years. But it can be easy to dismiss the people who end up in these worlds.

Not so for journalist Hayden Donnell. He has written a powerful piece for the latest issue of New Zealand Geographic where he meets people on their own terms and tries to understand how they've ended up where they are. 

Hayden Donnell also works for RNZ's Mediawatch.

1:45 Great album: Kylie Minogue's Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection

This week's great vinyl album to give away for link 3 is Kylie Minogue's Step Back In Time: The Definitive Collection. It features some of her greatest tracks from her career and takes its name from her 1990 single, Step Back In Time.

2:10 Music Critic Simon Sweetman

Today Simon reviews music from Dianne Swann's first solo album, The War on Peace of Mind and Dinosaur Jr's Sweep It Into Space.

2:25 NZ Screen History: Fair Go

In today's look back at New Zealand Screen History we're going back to 1977, and the birth of a new show that became one of the longest running and most popular local TV shows in New Zealand

Fair Go was devised by Brian Edwards and Producer Peter Morritt, a show that used investigative reporting to expose rip offs and scams and help every day people get a fair go.

To talk about the show and it's success, first presenter, and creator, Brian Edwards and former show host, Kevin Milne join Jesse to reminisce.

 

3:10 Link 3

 

3:15 Your Money with Mary Holm 

Today Mary is talking about what's been happening at the Financial Services Complaints conference. She is a board member.

Among other things, there are going to be changes to consumer loan laws, which while making it hard to borrow, will hopefully make it less likely that people will get caught with spiralling debt that can ruin their lives.

3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness

With the help of the BBC's  archives, Simon Watts looks back at the career of Ursula Le Guin - the American writer who's known for pioneering the genre of feminist science fiction and for creating the Earthsea series of fantasy novels.

3:45 The Panel with Teuila Fuatai and Michael Moynihan