Nine To Noon for Monday 8 April 2019

 

09:05 Land Information Minister Sage on tenure review

A host of concerns about  the tenure review process have been revealed in detailed advice to the Land Information Minister. Tenure review is a voluntary process that was designed to allow crown pastoral land to be sold to a leaseholder in return for other areas of high ecological or recreational value being set aside for conservation. Since the government 's announcement to scrap it in February, in one of the biggest high country shake-ups in 40 years, Eugenie Sage has given little detail of what a replacement might look like, or whether one is needed. But now wide-ranging analysis prepared by Land Information New Zealand for Minister Sage has revealed  the potential decline of the Mackenzie Basin as a key reason for ending the process. But many questions still remain.

09:20 Could Nurse Practitioners help fill gaps in the rural health sector?

A quarter of all rural medical practices are short of a GP - but is a solution already there? Jenny Carryer, Professor of Nursing at Massey University joins Kathryn to explain how Nurse Practitioners are already doing the work of GPs out in the regions.

09.35 Home delivery: milk in glass bottles

The couple behind Eketahuna Country Meats Steve and Pip Olds have started their deliveries of milk in glass bottles to homes in Wellington and the Wairarapa. Deliveries happen in the wee small hours and got underway last week.  So what's the uptake been like, what's driving demand, and where to from here?

09:45 The Ukrainian Presidential election

From Russia, Matthew Bodner looks at the main candidates in Ukraine's presidential election, one is a famous comedian,Volodymyr Zelenskiy,  the other is the current leader Petro Poroshenko (pictured below). Also he talks to Kathryn about Russia's reaction to the recent Mueller report.

10:05 Barbara Oakley : Learning how to learn

Barbara Oakley is the co-founder of the world's most popular online course, Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects, which has had two million students enrolled worldwide. She is the author of multiple books on the complex relationship between neuroscience and learning, including New York Times best-seller A Mind for Numbers. Her day job is Professor of Engineering at Oakland University in Michigan. She tells Kathryn Ryan that when children and teenagers understand how they learn, "we can blow open their sense of possibility". She'll be in New Zealand next month as a guest of the NZ Initiative. 

10:35 Book review - Identity Crisis by Ben Elton

Elisabeth Easther reviews Identity Crisis by Ben Elton, described as a blistering satire on a fracturing world - and a roller-coaster thriller. It is published by Penguin Random House.

"A sharp satirical look at modern life, at Brexit, reality tv, gender politics and so much more -  what starts as a poke at modern life's increasing insanity quickly turns into something of a thriller. Classic Elton. Highly recommended.'

10:45 The Reading

The Life And Death Of Laura Friday (And Of Pavarotti, Her Parrot) by David Murphy. Part 5 of 12.

11:05 Political commentators Mills & Sherson - gun laws

Stephen Mills and Trish Sherson talk to Kathryn about the push back beginning on the changes in gun laws.

Stephen Mills is the executive director of UMR Research and former political adviser to two Labour governments. Trish Sherson is from corporate affairs firm Sherson Willis, and a former ACT press secretary.

11:30 Get your Easter bake on, hot cross buns & marshmallows

With Easter looming, Bets Gee from Magnolia Kitchen is along with recipes for hot cross buns and also an allergy-friendly version and flavoured marshmallows. They're from her new book Magnolia Kitchen. She runs Magnolia Kitchen Sweet Cafe in Silverdale, Auckland, and also has a wholesale distribution business, and 190-thousand instagram followers. Also, an extra recipe, for maple and nutmeg butter, which goes well on hot cross buns.

Here is a cake decorating demonstration.

11:45 A sacred lake & a special valley

Kennedy Warne takes us outdoors to a sacred lake, Lake Rotokura in Tongariro National Park, and to a special valley, Ahuriri, of the Lindis Pass near Omarama.