Nine To Noon for Tuesday 13 April 2021

 

09:05 IAG's new collision repair model bad for consumers: Panel Beaters Assn

The country's largest insurer is rolling out its own collision repair facilities around the country, but industry leaders warn it will bring reduced consumer choice and poor quality control. IAG, which includes NZI, State, AMI and Lumley, is opening its own panel beating outlets in Christchurch, Wellington and Hamilton, to the one already established in Auckland. This means IAG will be assessing, paying for and completing the vehicle repair. The Collision Repair Association, which represents panelbeaters and auto refinish painters,  says the move will leave thousands of consumers without choice and without a third party to have quality-control oversight. IAG rejects this, saying the new outlets will maintain quality, and overseas, this end to end model gets customers back on the road quicker. Kathryn speaks with Neil Pritchard is general manager of the Collision Repair Association and Dean MacGregor, Executive General Manager Claims, IAG.

09:25 Battle to protect Waiheke's little blue penguins heats up 

A long standing battle over a marina development on Waiheke island has taken another turn, with work stopped over concerns about the welfare of little blue penguins. Opponents of the 186 berth marina at Putiki Bay, Kennedy Point have been occupying the land and court action over the resource consent granted by the Auckland Council is heading for the Supreme Court. Yesterday a barge turned around in the face of protests over the fate of 30 kororā nesting in the rockwall. Work has now temporarily stopped around the penguin's habitat - ahead of an emergency meeting tomorrow which will include the Council, the site developers, conservationists and kororā specialists. To discuss the latest in the stoush, Waiheke Local Board chair Cath Handley and Native Bird Rescue founder Karen Saunders.

 09:45 USA correspondent Ron Elving

Ron talks to Kathryn about two developing shootings in the US. A young man has died in a high school shooting in Knoxville. And President Joe Biden has cautioned against violence and looting after the police shooting of a young black man, Daunte Wright in Minneapolis - it's the same city where the trial continues for the former police officer charged with killing George Floyd. Ron also looks at President Biden's proposed $1.5 trillion federal spending plan, 

Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News.

10:05 Ray Berard on gangs, gambling and his novel-turned-TV show, Vegas

Ray Berard followed his partner to New Zealand, ending up working first in the horse industry and then at the TAB - supervising fifty gambling outlets. What he witnessed working in the gambling industry provided him for ample inspiration for his novel, Inside the Black Horse, about the armed robbery of a Rotorua tavern and the intersection of the lives it affects. Ray first published the novel himself, and it went on to win the 2016 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best First Crime Novel and be longlisted for the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award. It's now been republished, and made into a 6-part series called Vegas which starts on TVNZ's platforms next week. Ray will also be appearing at the Auckland Writers Festival. 

10:35 Book review: Hinemihi: Te Hokinga - The Return by Hamish Coney and Dr Keri-Anne Wikitera

Paul Diamond reviews Hinemihi: Te Hokinga - The Return by Hamish Coney and Dr Keri-Anne Wikitera, published by Rim Books

10:45 The Reading

11:05 Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson

Rebecca talks to Kathryn about Air New Zealand's renegotiated government credit facility giving the airline wiggle room to further delay its intended capital raising. And also more debate about a four day working week.

Rebecca Stevenson is BusinessDesk's head of news.

11:30 Engaging tamariki in tree conservation by story telling

Visual artist Kate Parker grew up roaming bushland in Kaeo in the Far North. That early introduction to the natural world is reflected in the art she produces. Her latest endeavour is her debut children's book Kōwhai and the Giants, which features her illustrations, using very few colours capturing dark and shade and a golden glow. Running alongside the pictures is a narrative Kate hopes will inspire tamariki to not only engage with the environment, but be inspired to protect it.

 

11:45 Media commentator Andrew Holden

Andrew discusses whether new media regulations should broaden regulation over social media platforms and details of how NZ on Air will distribute the allocation of $55 million to help public interest journalism.

Andrew Holden is a journalist for more than 30 years including five as Editor of The Press (in Christchurch) and four as Editor-in-Chief of The Age in Melbourne. 

Music played in this show

Title: Old Way 
Artist: Bleach Lab   
Broadcast time: 9:40

Title: Hula Hula 
Artist: Bullion
Broadcast time: 10:35

Title: Unchained
Artist: Devon Gilfillian
Broadcast time: 11:25