Nine To Noon for Monday 14 October 2013
09:05 How is the Auckland Council going to navigate big issues in the Supercity's second term?
Auckland Councillor for Orakei Cameron Brewer, who had been picked as John Palino's deputy.
09:20 How is the Auckland Council going to navigate big issues in the Supercity's second term?
Auckland councillor Penny Hulse who was deputy mayor.
09:30 Saving Africa's elephants by targetting poachers
Marc Goss is the manager of The Mara Elephant Project (MEP), which brings together researchers and conservationists in an effort to help protect African elephants. The project tracks up to 15 elephants to better understand their movements, works with the local community through anti-poaching education, and its Rapid Response Unit involves on-the-ground rangers who patrol for poachers.
09:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
The latest migrant boat disaster in the Mediterranean, and Ireland announcing its exit from its international bailout.
10:05 Mental health in older people
Eighty-six-year-old Marie Hull-Brown talks about a career spanning the British army, being a policewoman in post Second World War London, and 25 years raising awareness of mental health.
10:35 Book Review with Sonja de Freiz
Bittersweet by Colleen McCullough
Published by HarperCollins Australia
10:45 The Reading: Millie by Katherine Mansfield
While the men are out working on the remote farm, a woman discovers a fugitive hiding in the farm buildings.
Read by Annie Ruth.
11:05 Politics with Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton
11:30 Food - Fionna Hill
Fionna Hill is an author, floral designer, travel writer and keen gardener; she discusses how to grow microgreens.
Rice paper rolls and chilli dip
Raw energy salad with pomegranate dressing
How to Grow Microgreens (nature's own superfood) by Fionna Hill
Published by David Bateman
11:45 Urbanist Tommy Honey
Peak sprawl and why it's important in determining a city's walkability.
Links:
Have we reached peak sprawl? Atlantic Cities
Is there such a thing as peak sprawl in Houston? Chron.com
Atlanta no longer 'Sprawl City'? USA Today
Reaching Peak Sprawl, Auckland Transport Blog
Music played in this show
Song: Love's Enormous Wings
Artist: The Leisure Society
Comp: Hemming
Album: The Sleeper
Label: Fulltime Hobby
Time Played: 9:25
Song: Do Right Baby Do Right
Artist: Chris Clark
Comp: Gordy
Album: Soul Sounds
Label: Motown
Time Played: 9:47
Song: Travelling Creature
Artist: Delaney Davidson Marlon Williams
Comp: Willams
Album: The Secret History Of Country Music Songwriting
Label: Lyttleton
Time Played: 10:42
Song: Wouldn't It Be Nice
Artist: Beach Boys
Comp: Asher, Wilson
Album: Pet Sounds
Label: Capitol
Time Played: 11:30
Song: Walk On By
Artist: Dionne Warwick
Comp: David,Bacharach)
Album: Walk On By (Compilation)
Label: EMI
Time Played: 11:50