Nine To Noon for Friday 6 July 2018
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Does NZ get bang for its movie buck?
9:08 AM.Are the millions of tax-payer dollars spent on enticing big overseas movie productions to New Zealand worth the cost? Read more Audio
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Stretched infrastructure causes West Coast stink
9:31 AM.Foul smelling oxidation ponds in Franz Josef and Hokitika, caused by ageing infrastructure and soaring visitor numbers are a top priority for the Westland District Council. Mayor Bruce Smith and… Read more Audio
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Setbacks for Thai cave rescue
9:49 AM.Edward White reports from Taiwan, with stories from Myanmar, Malaysia and China making headlines in Asia. Also the worrying obstacles for the Thai cave rescue. Edward White is a correspondent for the… Read more Audio
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NZ celebrity chef Monica Galetti. Toast of London
10:06 AM.Monica Galetti is a Samoan-born New Zealand chef, who the UK food scene just can't get enough of. Her glittering culinary career includes becoming the first woman to land a senior role at Michel Roux… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Unity Books review - The Pisces by Melissa Broder
10:30 AM.Melanie O'Loughlin from Unity Books reviews The Pisces by Melissa Broder, which is published by Bloomsbury. Circus Audio
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Vinyl reissues - Eurythmics, Dictaphone Blues, and Richard Swift
11:06 AM.Music reviewer Jeremy Taylor from Slow Boat records presents a triptych of vinyl reissues from mid-period Eurythmics, a poptastic new EP from Auckland's Dictaphone Blues, and a tribute to the passing… Read more Audio
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Sir Richard Hadlee honoured
11:33 AM.Sports Commentator Brendan Telfer looks ahead to the Football World Cup Quarter Finals, Sir Richard Hadlee receives an international honour, and the unseemly sight this week of the Zimbabwean Rugby… Read more Audio
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The week that was
11:48 AM.Pinky Agnew and James Elliot examine the lighter side of the stories making headlines, including a controversial Mosgiel tree house and a blunt exchange involving the Dutch Prime Minister and the US… Read more Audio
09:05 Does NZ get bang for its movie buck?
Photo: AFP
Are the millions of tax-payer dollars spent on enticing big overseas movie productions to New Zealand worth the cost? A recent report for the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment found that the grants have been very effective at bringing the work to New Zealand. and sustaining the industry. But the research found it very difficult to calculate the actual net economic benefit that the Screen Production Grant brought to the country. Kathryn speaks to the NZ Film Commission's CEO, Annabelle Sheehan about the grants and the impact it has on the industry and country.
09:20 Stretched infrastructure causes West Coast stink
Hokitika Photo: Mayor, Bruce Smith's facebook page
Foul smelling oxidation ponds in Franz Josef and Hokitika, caused by ageing infrastructure and soaring visitor numbers are a top priority for the Westland District Council. Mayor Bruce Smith and Hokitika local, Barry Pearson talk causes and solutions with Kathryn.
09:45 Setbacks for Thai cave rescue
Technicians lift water pumps to the drilling site near Tham Luang cave, at the Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in Chiang Rai province on July 1, 2018 as the rescue operation continues for a missing children's football team and their coach. Photo: AFP
Edward White reports from Taiwan, with stories from Myanmar, Malaysia and China making headlines in Asia. Also the worrying obstacles for the Thai cave rescue. Edward White is a correspondent for the Financial Times.
10:05 NZ Celebrity chef Monica Galetti. Toast of London!
Monica Galetti is a Samoan-born New Zealand chef, who the UK food scene just can't get enough of. Her glittering culinary career includes becoming the first woman to land a senior role at Michel Roux Jr's two star restaurant, Le Gavroche; judging MasterChef: The Professionals, presenting Amazing Hotels and opening her own restaurant, Mere.
10:35 Unity Books review - The Pisces by Melissa Broder
Melanie O'Loughlin from Unity Books reviews The Pisces by Melissa Broder, which is published by Bloomsbury. Circus
10:45 The Reading
My Father's Island written and read by Adam Dudding (Part 5 of 10)
11:05 Vinyl reissues - Eurythmics, Dictaphone Blues, and Richard Swift
Photo: 123RF
Music reviewer Jeremy Taylor from Slow Boat records presents a triptych of vinyl reissues from mid-period Eurythmics, a poptastic new EP from Auckland's Dictaphone Blues, and a tribute to the passing of terrific US singer-songwriter Richard Swift"
11:30 Sir Richard Hadlee honoured
Sir Richard Hadlee bowling against India in 1990. Photo: Photosport
Sports Commentator Brendan Telfer looks ahead to the Football World Cup Quarter Finals, Sir Richard Hadlee receives an international honour, and the unseemly sight this week of the Zimbabwean Rugby team forced to sleep on the street of the Tunisia capital as they prepare for a Rugby World Cup qualifier.
11:45 The week that was
Photo: Andrew Aitchison / via BBC
Pinky Agnew and James Elliot examine the lighter side of the stories making headlines, including news that plans to fly a giant balloon depicting Donald Trump as a baby over London have been approved.
Music played in this show
Artist: Julien Dyne, Ladi 6
Song: Hours
Composer: Dyne
Album: Teal
Label: NZONAIR
Time: 09:28
Artist: Talking Heads
Song: Once in a lifetime
Composer: Byrne/Franz/Eno
Album: Remain in Light
Label: SIRE
Time: 09:45
Artist: Erlend Oye
Song: Garota
Composer: Oye
Album: Legao
Label: POD
Time: 10:25
Artist: Lydia Loveless
Song: Same to You
Composer: Loveless
Album: Real
Label: BLOODSHOT
Time: 10:40
Artist: B52's
Song: Rock Lobster
Composer: Schneider/ Wilson
Album: B52's
Time: 10.57
Artist: Zara McFarlane
Song: Peace Begins Within
Composer: BROWNSWOOD
Album: Arise
Time: 11:46