Nine To Noon for Wednesday 20 October 2021

 

09:05 Calls to regulate treatments like Botox and lip fillers

 Plastic surgeons seeing a rise in botched jobs are urgently calling for legislation to regulate non-surgical cosmetic treatments like Botox and lip fillers. New Zealand currently has no age limits for the procedures, and there are limited levels of regulation for dermal fillers in particular. One in six people who get Botox suffer from complications such as bruising, nausea, headaches and "frozen" features. The potential side effects of dermal fillers include infection, bleeding, and scarring, and in more serious cases, tissue death and blindness. Plastic surgeons who treat these complications are warning of a rise in these procedures - pointing to the increased time young people in particular spend on social media, and the influencers who push these treatments. Plastic surgeons like Dr Katarzyna Mackenzie also anticipate that when Auckland moves down to alert level two, there will be a spike in demand - a trend that has been seen abroad when lockdowns lift as a result of the "Zoom Boom". 

09.30 Calls for improved stewardship of antimicrobials

New research calls for improved stewardship of antimicrobials, including antibiotics, and chemicals found in personal care and cleaning products to protect human and ecological health.The review of the role of Emerging Organic Contaminants  - which are also found in pharmaceuticals and agrichemicals - examines the effect they have on Antimicrobial Resistance. The work, published in the journal Emerging Contaminants, has been done by the Institute of Environmental Science and Research, in collaboration with Massey University, the University of Canterbury, and the Cawthron Institute. Kathryn speaks with two of the authors, ESR senior technician Izzie Alderton and Environmental Toxicologist at the Cawthron Institute Louis Tremblay.

09:45 Australia: Govt's own climate stoush ahead of COP26, power to the premier

Australia correspondent Bernard Keane joins Kathryn to talk about Australia's climate position and the difficulties and disagreements the coalition government is having ahead of COP26 in Glasgow. He'll also talk about whether a national plan for tackling Covid has been ditched in favour of states doing their own thing - and whether that's having the appearance of giving state premiers more powers than they actually have.

10:05 Tunnel 29: Escape beneath the Berlin Wall 

This year marks 60 years since the building of the Berlin Wall, appearing practically overnight on the 12th -13th of August 1961. It separated families, friends, lovers and even parents from their babies. The wall wouldn't come down for another 28 years, and during that time, at least 140 people would die trying to flee from East to West - but many more succeeded. Tunnel 29 tells the incredible true story of a group of university students who dug a tunnel right under the feet of Berlin Wall border guards,  to help a group of friends and family and strangers escape. Journalist Helena Merriman first told the story in the hit BBC podcast Tunnel 29 and has now published a book called Tunnel 29: Love, Espionage and Betrayal: the True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall. Named for the number of escapees they helped, it was the biggest and most audacious escape mission since the erection of the wall the year before. Kathryn speaks to Helena Merriman about the incredible heroism of a group of ordinary students. 

10:35 Book review: A Still Life by Josie George

Leah McFall reviews A Still Life by Josie George, published by Bloomsbury

Leah says: Charming, positive and surprising, this book shows what can happen if you choose to live slowly, and fully in the present. Timed well for lockdown - now all of us know what confinement is like - it may feel claustrophobic to some. 

10:45 The Reading

In the last episode of 'The Larnachs',  the relationship between Dougie and Conny has warmed to the point where he is bold enough to declare his love for her.

Michele Amas and Owen Scott have episode 5 of  'The Larnachs'  by Owen Marshall.

11:05 Music with RNZ's Yadana Saw 

One song - many ways. Yadana Saw shares some classic songs from Tom Tom Club and The Mohawks and discusses how they've been reappeared in the works of Mariah Carey and other memorable pop tracks.

11:30  Navigating the challenges of a relationship split

Barbara Relph has been through the breakdown of a long term relationship and hopes to help others with her book Uncoupling. It's a practical guide to the many and varied situations break-ups can bring. This includes the laws of separation, how to tell your children, or other family members and how to take care of yourself.  Barbara says breakups are hard enough in the best of times, and perhaps even more so during a pandemic, given its financial impact on many, and the stresses of lock down on relationships.

11:45 Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles

Dr Siouxsie Wiles joins Nine to Noon to answer listeners' questions about Covid-19 and highlight two new studies - one from Sweden into how vaccines can protect others in households who might be unvaccinated and a summary of studies into how the immuno-compromised respond to mRNA COVID vaccines.

Associate Professor Dr Siouxsie Wiles is the head of Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab at the University of Auckland.

 

Music played in this show

Track: Dreams
Artist: Fleetwood Mac
Broadcast time: 09:25

Track: At Last
Artist: Etta James
Broadcast time:  10:52