Nine To Noon for Friday 9 March 2018

 

09:05 "This is a fair deal for NZ" - new-look TPP signed

New Zealand has signed the controversial new-look Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal in Chile. Meanwhile in Washington, the US President Donald Trump is poised to push forward with plans to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, with China and Europe already threatening retaliation. Kathryn talks with the Trade Minister David Parker and RNZ Economics Correspondent Patrick O'Meara

09:20 The New Zealander leading change at the UN

New Zealander, Jan Beagle holds one of the most senior roles at the United Nations as Under Secretary General for Management. This year she is heading up a task-force recently announced by Secretary General, António Guterres, to address sexual harassment in the UN system. The task-force was created following a wave of reports about sexual harassment at the UN and other high profile aid agencies to address and prevent sexual harassment; how to investigate allegations; and look into the support and protection offered to victims. This role follows work at the UN programme tackling AIDS/HIV. These positions come after nearly 4 decades working in diplomatic roles for MFAT and the UN. She is back in New Zealand this week to receive an distinguished alumni award from the University of Auckland.

09:45 Pacific correspondent Johnny Blades

Yet another large quake hits Papua New Guinea; and Jacinda Ardern's whistle stop tour of the Pacific.

10:05 Bill Robertson: getting the lay of the land

A former Director General of the Government Department of Survey and Land Information, Bill Robertson is a leading figure in surveying and mapping both here and overseas. He was instrumental in establishing many of New Zealand's coastal reserves and National Parks, and he's also used his expertise to help determine disputed international borders. Of Ngai Tahu descent Bill organised the production of 'A Maori Oral History Atlas'. In 2009 he was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to surveying, plus he has a mountain named after him in Antarctica. He has just been recognised by the University of Auckland in its Distinguished Alumni Awards.

10:35 Book review

Catriona Ferguson reviews What Are We Doing Here?: Essays by Marilynne Robinson, published by Hachette.

10:45 The Reading

Baby No Eyes by Patricia Grace, told by Nancy Brunning, Rawiri Paratene, Bradley Carroll and Ida te Rito. The story of a young mother and her young son, both of them haunted by the ghost of his lost sister. (Ep. 5 of 17)

11:05 Music reviewer Grant Smithies

We get an earful of the high-gloss protest songs of Meghan "U.S. Girls" Remy, celebrate an upcoming one-off live gig by reformed Tokoroa funk legends Collision, and get more in touch with mother nature alongside trippy Auckland country collective, Magic Factory. 

11:30 Sports commentator Brendan Telfer

Brendan analyses the Black Caps' extraordinary win over England in Dunedin on Wednesday, and the Australian cricket team is once again caught in the middle of another unseemly 'sledging' row.

11:45 The week that was with Te Radar and Michele A'Court

The lighter stories of the week including the Melbourne brewer who's filed an application to trademark the colour of beer.

 

 

Music played in this show

Artist: Lisa Crawley
Song: Leaving
Comp: Crawley
Album: Everything That I Have Seen
Label: Lisa Crawley
Time: 9:47am

Artist: Jake Bugg
Song: How Soon the Dawn
Comp: Bugg / Archer
Album: Hearts that Strain
Label: EMI
Time: 10:40am

Artist: U.S. Girls
Song: M.A.H.
Comp: Remy
Album: In A Poem Unlimited
Label: 4AD
Time: 11:10am

Artist: U.S. Girls
Song: Rosebud
Comp: Remy
Album: In A Poem Unlimited
Label: 4AD
Time: 11:14am

Artist: Collision
Song: Run Run Run
Comp: Morgan / Hukuroa
Album: Alright In The City
Label: Universal
Broadcast Time: 11:20am

Artist: Magic Factory
Song: Mother Nature
Comp: Magic Factory
Album: Working With Gold
Label: 1:12 Records
Broadcast Time: 11:27am