Nights for Tuesday 14 September 2021

 

7:12 Nights Philosophy- Success and Failure in a Meritocracy

Nights Philosopher Ann Kerwin joins us once again to discuss Michael Sandel's latest book - The Tyranny of Merit. We think that in a meritocracy anyone can, with hard work and talent,- irrespective of race, background or class - be successful. Research shows:  increasingly, this is more fable than truth.

7:30 The Sampler

In the Sampler, Tony Stamp hears new albums by Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) and Aa-ron Dessner (The National) project Big Red Machine, 21yr old beat-maker turned singer-songwriter wunderkind Quickly, Quickly, and noisy new Flying Nun signee Sulfate.

8:15 Pacific Waves

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Koroi Hawkins presents a daily current affairs programme that delves deeper into the major stories of the week, through a Pacific lens, and shines a light on issues affecting Pacific people wherever they are in the world.

8:30 Window on The World

 If we are to ensure that there's no more than a 1.5 degrees centigrade increase in global warming, the International Energy Agency recently stated that oil exploration must stop. A few countries have heeded that warning but the vast majority have not. Tonight's Climate Question: When will countries stop exploring for oil?

9:07 Bad Cops

We continue Bad Cops, our series about the fall of Baltimore's Gun Trace Task Force in Episoide 5, is the FBI's cover about to be blown? Agent Jensen suspects the Task Force is onto her.

10:17 Late Edition

Bryan Crump presents all the breaking news, a little analysis of the stories of the moment, and some highlights of the day on RNZ National.

 

10:17 Wanaka reacts to naming Auckland lockdown breakers
A judge's son and his barrister partner are the couple who police say flouted lockdown rules by travelling to a Wānaka holiday home from Auckland. RNZ can reveal they are William Willis, a 35-year-old equestrian from Karaka, and his partner Hannah Rawnsley, a 26-year-old barrister from Pukekohe. In a statement, the couple say they're "deeply sorry" and unreservedly apologise to Wanaka and all of New Zealand. Bryan Crump talks to Wanaka resident and deputy mayor for Lakes District Callum McLeod.

 

10:30 Manukau chemist calls for vaccine walk-ins
From Thursday, vaccination buses will head out on Auckland streets as mobile clinics.  The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, says six buses will initially be deployed in areas with low coverage, and it's hoped to expand the fleet to 12 in the next few weeks.  Ms Ardern has urged people to go online if your booking isn't til October - and find a sooner date, especially if you're in Auckland. If you're in Manukau, though, there's a vaccine centre operating at the Bargain Chemist. Josh Levy is a team leader there and he's working hard to get more people to come in for their vaccinations.

10:45 Cyber attacks show NZ cyber security lacking
If you're a Kiwibank customer, you might have been finding it a bit tricky to do your online banking since Saturday. MetService and Kiwibank have both been battling cyberattacks in the past week. The're among many organsations to be hit with a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. Those include ANZ, New Zealand Post and the Ministry for Primary Industries - and the Waikato DHB was also hit by a cyber attack.  The chief executive of the Telecommunications Forum, Paul Brislen, joins Bryan Crump
to understand why it happens and who's to blame.

10:55 Dishing out the dollars to help small business
Dan Teo runs a consultancy called Radically in Auckland - and last year, they were hit by lockdown as hard as the rest of us. They've changed the way they operate this time around and they've found a way to give back. Dan has given each of his 22 staff one hundred dollars and told them to go and spend it with a local business.

 

11:07 Worlds of Music

After 11 on Worlds Of Music, Trevor Reekie features an interview recorded face to face at Womad 2020 with Jimmy Carter, the oldest surviving original member of the Blind Boys of Alabama who proved to be one of the highlights of the Womad weekend.  

Jimmy is 88 years old and talks about the Blind Boys of Alabama distinguished career spanning an era that included a World War, the civil rights movement and performing the White House for 3 different presidents. Jimmy proved to be a charming, humble and inspiring man.