Nine To Noon for Friday 25 September 2020

 

 

09:05 Christchurch Airbnb owners cry foul over proposed regulation

Holiday home and AirBnb owners in Christchurch say moves by the Council to regulate their sector are anti-tourism and unfair. Christchurch City Council is moving forward with plans requiring short-term rental accommodation providers to apply for a one-off consent at a cost of at least $1000. The proposed changes to the District Plan have come about after pressure from the motel and hotel sector, concerns over the impact of short-term rentals on the housing supply and the changes to neighborhoods from the turnover of temporary visitors. Kathryn speaks with Sue Harrison, director of Christchurch Holiday Homes who manages 50 homes in the city and Akaroa. Also Christchurch City Councillor Sara Templeton,  Chair of the Council's Sustainability and Resilience Committee and member of the Urban Development and Transport Committee.

09:25 China's quiet digital currency revolution

China is continuing to make significant strides in creating the world's first digital currency controlled by a central bank. Trials of a digital yuan are now underway in four Chinese cities, with a design expected to be finalized by the end of 2020. Unlike paper cash, a digital currency would allow the People's Bank of China to see how money is being used in real time. So could this spell the end of physical cash and what would it mean if China had unprecedented granular access to the lives of its 1.3 billion people 's spending habits? Tax and cryptocurrency lawyer Campbell Pentney from Bell Gully talks to Kathryn Ryan.

09:40 RNZ Concert prepares to 'Settle the Score'

What is the most popular piece of classical music? Voting is about to open in RNZ Concert's annual poll, Settling the Score. RNZ Concert's Nick Tipping talks to Kathryn Ryan.

09:45 Pacific correspondent Koro Vaka'uta 

A former rebel leader, Ishmael Toroama is elected President of Bougainville, Covid issues continue in the Pacific, with French Polynesia and Guam battling cases and PNG in dire need of testing kits and a preview of next week's Pasifika Election debate and issues.

 Koro Vaka'uta is RNZ Pacific's News Editor.

10:05 A history of kai in the capital with Liz Melish

A whakatauki, or proverb, is providing inspiration for Te Atiawa's Liz Mellish who's kicking off a series of food history talks for VWOAP in the capital next month, by prominent Wellingtonians. "Nau te rourou, naku te rourou, ka ora te manuhiri" or  "with your food basket and mine, the people will thrive." Liz Mellish has an accomplished business career spanning over 40 years which began with a milk run, then a business smoking fish with her husband. She is now, among many other senior roles, the Chair of Te Raukura Whare Waka and serves on the Maori Heritage Council.

The Visa Wellington On a Plate Wellington Food Story Speaker Series features one session every week over the month of the festival, it's free entry, taking place at Te Papa.

10:35 Book review - Homeland Calling

Leilani Tamu reviews Homeland Calling: Words from a New Generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voices edited by Ellen van Neerven. This collection is published by Desert Pea Media.

10:45 The Reading

Butler’s Ringlet by Laurence Fearnley, read by Matthew Chamberlain. Episode 5 of 10.  No web rights.

11:05 Music reviewer Jeremy Taylor

A second album from Dublin's Fontaines DC, a reissue of the collaboration between John Cale and Brian Eno, Melbourne's RVG, and a fresh Spring selection from Auckland's Daffodils.

11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman

Will the All Blacks be in quarantine for Christmas?. Sam also marks the death of former Australian cricketer, and cricketing commentator, Dean Jones.

11:45 The week that was

Comedians Te Radar and Brynley Stent bring some levity to the end of the week.