09:05 Is the vaccine roll-out fast enough?

A medical worker prepares to inoculate a colleague with a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a hospital in New Delhi.

Photo: AFP or licensors

The Ministry of Health says there are 287,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine in the country awaiting distribution with just over 71,000 first doses and 19,000 second doses administered so far. The Health Minister says the current rate of vaccination is around 6,000 thousand per day, and expects this to hit 10,000 per day by the end of this month, and 40,000 to 50,000 by "late May/June". Is progress fast enough? Are enough vaccinators trained and on the job? And what are the complexities and challenges of reaching vaccination targets? Kathryn talks with Dr Nikki Turner,  director of the Immunisation Advisory Centre and Dr Rawiri McKree Jansen from the National Māori Pandemic Group - Te Ropu Whakakaupapa Uruta, also part of the government's Immunisation Implementation Advisory Group.
 

09:15 Expert analysis: Govt temporarily shuts border to India

Otago University epidemiologist Professor Nick Wilson looks at whether a two week suspension of arrivals from India is long enough, and from the Victoria University School of Law, Associate Professor, Dr Dean Knight examines the legalities of closing the border to New Zealand citizens wanting to return from India.

0920: One road, 68 cameras: The technology enforcing compliance in Auckland

New technology being rolled out by Auckland Transport in an effort to ensure bus lane compliance has been labelled "overkill" - but the agency says it'll help keep people and freight moving around the country's biggest city. Onewa Road in the North Shore suburbs of Birkenhead and Northcote is set to get 68 new cameras to check cars have at least three people in them if they want to use the bus lanes during rush hour. The 2.3km stretch of road is used by 42,000 vehicles a day as it's a motorway access point. From May, the new CCTV network which will look into a car from the front and the side will monitor for compliance and send any breaches to an officer for review. Kathryn talks to Kaipātiki local board chair John Gillon about the complaints he's been fielding from residents, and Auckland Transport's Parking Compliance Manager Rick Bidgood about why the technology is necessary and how it will be rolled out more widely.
 

No caption

Photo: Facebook

09:45 Pacific correspondent Koro Vaka'uta  - Samoa votes

 Koro talks to Kathryn about the Samoan election, with pre-polling showing the ruling party has a slim lead. And looking to PNG's covid situation, cases are continuing to rise.

Samoa Election office staff

Samoa Election office staff Photo: RNZ Pacific/Tipi Autagavaia

10:05 Turid Revfeim: A life spent dancing

Turid Revfeim has spent her career on and around the stage. She joined the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 1980, leaving to spend four years with a company in Germany before rejoining in 1986. She rose to become a soloist, and after retiring from dancing in 1999 became an artistic co-ordinator with the RNZB and eventually its Ballet Mistress - a role she held for 11 years. Turid wrote a book about the history of the New Zealand School of Dance for its 50th anniversary; she herself is a graduate. But her most recent endeavour has been the formation of a new ballet company: BalletCollective Aotearoa. She joins Kathryn to talk about her career and the premiere last night of three new works by New Zealand choreographers, Subtle Dances.

No caption

Photo: BalletCollective Aotearoa

10:35 Book review - War: How Conflict Shaped Us by Margaret Macmillan    

No caption

Photo: Allen and Unwin

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews War: How Conflict Shaped Us by Margaret Macmillan, published by Allen and Unwin

10:45 The Reading

Episode 8 of 'The Party Line' by Sue Orr

11:05 Music reviewer Grant Smithies​

A new compilation called Rocksteady Got Soul has just been released, cherry-picking classics and rarities from what Grant considers one of the most soulful strands of early Jamaican music. We'll hear two key Alton Ellis/ Jackie Mittoo tracks from that today, alongside fresh business from New Brighton's Blair Parkes and Wellington jazz hombre, Lucien Johnson. 

Lucien Johnson

Lucien Johnson  Photo: Tony Whincup

11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman

 

Richie Mo'unga in possession. Bledisloe Cup rugby union test match. Australia Wallabies v New Zealand All Blacks. ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia. 31st Oct 2020. Copyright Photo: David Neilson / www.photosport.nz

Photo: PhotoSport

The travel bubble with Australia is getting rave reviews in sporting circles with Sam saying there are presumptions we are going to see our sports teams come flooding back. He'll talk to Kathryn about why it is not that simple. Also what's going on with Auckland rugby with an internal report suggesting fractured relationships and talk of All Blacks looking to leave the region.

 

11:45 The week that was

Comedians Te Radar and Brynley Stent with a few laughs, including the couple who defaced a valuable painting in a South Korean gallery thinking it was a public art project.

 

Music played in this show

Title: Cores 
Artist: Da Lata 
Broadcast time: 10:40am