Nine To Noon for Tuesday 8 June 2021

 

 

09:05 Disaffected striking NZ nurses courted to work in Australia

As 30,000 nurses nationwide prepare to to walk off the job tomorrow, Australian medical agencies are actively recruiting some of them. Negotiations between the New Zealand Nurses Organisation and District Health Boards have stalled after nurses rejected the latest revised offer yesterday. The NZNO's manager of industrial services, Glenda Alexander says members were furious to be included in the Government's recent plan for a public sector pay freeze, particularly after having to deal with the stress of the pandemic and widespread staffing shortages. Juliet Aryana is the CEO of the Healthcare Division at Sydney-based employment agency PeopleIn, and says they're keen to employ NZ nurses.  Mafile'o Talakai  has been nursing in Auckland for five years, and is so frustrated and disheartened with conditions here that she's considering crossing the ditch.

09:20 Tokyo "cornered" into going ahead with Games - Japan official

With just 45 days until the Olympic Games are due to begin, top officials are still insisting the games will go ahead, despite widespread concern about the safety of the event. The head of Japan's Olympic organising committee, Seiko Hashimoto, has again ruled out any further postponement of the games and says she is 100 percent certain the event will go ahead. But one of Japan's best-known Olympians and now an executive member of the Japanese Olympic Committee, Kaori Yamaguchi says Japan has been "cornered" into going ahead with the games, and accused the IOC of ignoring legitimate concerns about safety. Kathryn speaks to Richard Lloyd Parry, the Asia Editor of The Times of London, based in Tokyo. 

09:45 USA correspondent Ron Elving

US President Joe Biden is heading to Europe. Ron says President Biden is seeking to repair ties with traditional allies and partners — and deal with a series of provocations from Russia.

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

10:05 How stars are born, live and die

Heloise Stevance is a computational astrophysicist whose specific field is how stars live and die. She's from France, studied in the UK and is now at the University of Auckland. Dr Stevance's work focusses on supernovae - powerful and luminous stellar explosions. These explosions may have happened 100 to a thousand years ago, and as the star material spreads, it can be photographed by telescopes.When she is not studying exploding stars, Dr Stevance enjoys science communication and outreach, and has found her happy place with the Pirate City Rollers - Roller Darby Club.

10:35 Book review: The Secret Life of Writers by Guillaume Musso

Gail Pittaway reviews The Secret Life of Writers by Guillaume Musso, published by Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

10:45 The Reading

The Years Before my Death, part six. David McPhail reads from his memoir. 

11:05 Political commentators Mills and Morten

Stephen and Brigitte talk to Kathryn about when hard calls might get made not the Climate Change Commission's final report is with the Government, and reflections on National MP's three decade long career.

Stephen Mills is the executive director of UMR Research, which is the polling firm used by Labour.  He is former political adviser to two Labour governments.

 Brigitte Morten is a senior consultant with public and commercial law firm Franks & Ogilvie and a former senior ministerial advisor for the previous National-led government. 

11:25 Arrests made in "major trans-national" crime operation

Several people have been arrested  this morning in relation to what the police are calling a major transnational crime operation. They are due to appear in the Auckland District Court and the Hamilton District Court today on a wide range of serious drug-dealing and money laundering offences. Police in Auckland have just been briefing media. RNZ reporter Nick Truebridge has more.

11:30 The Baked Dane

Danish born now Levin-based Lisa Brink bakes delicious seed crackers, or Knækbrød.  She also sells sourdough and her Scandinavian version of Rēwena Bread, a traditional Māori potato bread. Lisa's company is The Baked Dane, which she started after her second child. She has now baked her way into a very busy business. Lisa speaks to Kathryn from home in Levin.

11:45 Media commentator Andrew Holden

Andrew talks to Kathryn about changes of ownership of  NZ media companies and their value, and Stuff one year on in NZ ownership.

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

Track:  Hawaiki
Artist: Ria Hall
Broadcast time: 9:30am 

Track: The Melting of the Sun
Artist: St Vincent 
Broadcast time: 9:45am

Track: Wayside / Back in Time
Artist: Gillian Welch
Broadcast time: 10:43am 

Track: Binz
Artist: Solange
Broadcast time: 11:35am