Nine To Noon for Friday 29 September 2017

 

 

09:05 Is it time for a common trans-Tasman border?

Airlines and tourism bodies in New Zealand and Australia are backing calls to slash red tape with border processing at Australian and New Zealand airports. A report out this week, commissioned by Australia's main tourism and transport group, called for sweeping changes that would potentially effect the nearly seven million trans-Tasman passenger journeys that take place each year. The report proposes building on trials by Air New Zealand at Brisbane Airport, and air transport technology giant SITA to use bio-metric technology to identify passengers. Lynn Freeman speaks with Tourism & Transport Forum Australia chief executive Margy Osmond, and her New Zealand counterpart Chris Roberts, the chief executive of the Tourism Industry Aotearoa.

09:20 Volcano threat forces mass evacuations in Vanuatu

Vanuatu's government has given the 11,000 Ambae island residents just one week to evacuate their homes following threats from the Manaro volcano. At least 7,000 residents have already been relocated from danger zones around the volcano to coastal evacuation centres, pending their removal to other islands. The volcano started erupting on Saturday after weeks of rumbling, killing trees and crops. Lynn Freeman gets the latest from Len Garae, a senior journalist from the Vanuatu Daily Post.

09:30 Dunedin's very own Tech Girl Superheroes

Two intermediate girls from Dunedin have made it as finalists of this year's trans-Tasman Next Tech Girl Superhero competition. Eleven-year-old Neva Bertram and 10-year-old Iris Gallagher developed an app called G.I.R.L.S. - Girls in Real Life Situations - a portal for advice and support for girls on issues such as bullying, divorce, friends and money. Lynn Freeman speaks with the finalists, as well as the founder of Hatch Education, Phillipa Dick, who supported the students with the development of the app.

09:45 Trump v North Korea: is nuclear war on the horizon?

Anna Fifield discusses the growing war of words between Donald Trump and North Korea; Prime minister Shinzo Abe's dissolution of parliament and snap election; Thailand's Prime Minister, a general who seized power from the democratically elected president, will visit the White House next week and China prepares for its five-yearly Communist Party congress next month.

10:05 "If I can still have my hot rod I'm super cool"

Gas Monkey Garage's Richard Rawlings talks to Lynn Freeman about his love for  'gasoline breathing fire breathing dragons'. He's the presenter of the reality TV show Fast n’ Loud, who, along with mechanical whizz, Aaron Kaufmann, travels the back roads of the US, scouring barns, backyards, and open fields in search of rare rides to restore and flip.

10:35 Book review

Leah McFall reviews "What Happened" by Hillary Clinton.

10:45 The Reading

Embracing the Dragon by Polly Greeks (Part 5 of 10).

11:05 New Music with Jeremy Taylor

Jeremy Taylor serves up three new releases from various shades of the indie-rock spectrum – The Horrors, Foo Fighters and LCD Soundsystem, plus a reissue of a sparkling funky pop gem from 1978 by Golden Harvest.

11:30 Sports commentator Brendan Telfer

Donald Trump 's attack on NFL players, New Zealand rugby vows to turn women's game pro- but can't say when, and Lydia Ko draws huge galleries on her first appearance in New Zealand for 18 months.

11:45 The week that was with Te Radar and Pinky Agnew

Music played in this show

Artist: Grace Jones
Song: I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)
Composer: Piazzolla / Reynolds / Wilkey / Delon
Album: Nightclubbing
Label: Universal
Time: 09:32am

Artist: Chuck Berry
Song: No Particular Place to Go
Composer: Berry
Album: St. Louis to Liverpool
Label: Chess
Time: 10:08am

Artist: Lightnin' Hopkins
Song: Automobile Blues
Time: 10:19am

Artist: Jackie Brenston
Song: Rocket 88
Composer: Brenston / Turner
Album: Great Balls of Fire
Label: Chess
Time: 10:30am

Artist: The Horrors
Song: Point Of No Reply
Comp: The Horrors
Album: V
Label: Caroline
Broadcast Time: 11:10am

Artist: Golden Harvest
Song: I Need Your Love
Composition: Gavin Kaukau
Album: Golden Harvest
Label: Frenzy/ Zodiac
Broadcast Time: 11:17am

Artist: LCD Soundsystem
Song: Oh Baby
Composition: James Murphy
Album: American Dream
Label: DFA/Columbia
Broadcast Time: 11:23am

Artist: Foo Fighters
Song: Dirty Water
Composition: Foo Fighters
Album: Concrete & Gold
Label: RCA/Sony
Broadcast Time: 11:30am