Nine To Noon for Monday 8 November 2021

09:05 Assisted dying explained

The End of Life Choice Act has come into force and assisted dying is now legal in New Zealand. The first assisted death here is expected to happen sometime in December.  Eligible patients can now begin the process - which takes four to six weeks.  Hundreds of people are expected to apply to choose how and when to die.  Patients must be at least eighteen, a citizen or permanent resident, be likely to die within six months from a terminal illness and be in "an advanced state of irreversible decline in physical capability" and experiencing unbearable suffering.Importantly they have to be judged competent enough to make an informed decision. For what this means in practice, Susie Ferguson is joined by Ministry of Health chief clinical advisor Dr Kristin Good and  president of the Royal New Zealand College of GPs Dr Samantha Murton.

09:30 The public library will never die

How are libraries reinventing themselves to stay relevant and continue to serve and embrace their communities? Jane Stratton leads the Sydney-based non-profit Think+DO Tank Foundation, which tries to make life "easier, better and more affordable" and which works through the arts to elevate the voices of low-income and excluded community members. Jane is addressing this week's LIANZA conference.

09:45 Middle East correspondent Sebastian Usher

Sebastian has the latest on Lebanon's crisis with Gulf countries over war in Yemen that Saudis are still fighting, and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has survived an assassination attempt, after his home was targeted with an explosive-laden drone.

Sebastian Usher is a BBC Middle East analyst, editor and reporter.

 

10:05 Darcy Nicholas: taking Māori art to the world

Taranaki born, Darcy Nicholas (Te Āti Awa, Ngāi Te Rangi, Taranaki, Ngāti Ruanui and Ngāti Hauā) has been at large in Aotearoa's and the international arts scene since the 1960's. Once a member of the police force, always a painter and sculptor, and a senior figure in the contemporary Māori art scene, Darcy is artist, arts advocate and has launched galleries and careers. He's worked in an arts advisory capacity under Muldoon, and in Zimbabwe under Mugabe. Today Darcy's work is held in private collections around the globe.  Darcy Nicholas has an exhibition called Land of My Ancestors as part of Artweek which runs until Sunday.

10:35 Book review: Kurangaituku by Whiti Hereaka

Luke Finnegan reviews Kurangaituku by Whiti Hereaka published by Huia Publishers

10:45 The Reading

11:05 Political commentators Mills & Thomas

Stephen, Ben and Susie discuss the latest Covid management measures, including the rapidly dumped idea of scheduling Aucklanders departure for Christmas holidays. Cabinet meets today and will decide whether to go ahead as planned and allow shops to open and increase the outdoor gathering limit to 25, but the government is being urged to put the brakes on letting Aucklanders hit the shops this week, as case numbers soar. Also a look at employment figures amid warnings of ongoing term labour market woes and the flow on effects into cashflow in the likes of construction industry.

Stephen Mills is an executive director at Talbot Mills research limited which is the polling firm used by Labour. He is a former political adviser to two Labour governments.

Ben Thomas is a PR consultant and a former National Government press secretary.

11:30 Wellington's House of Dumplings

Wellington's self-proclaimed "Queen of Dumplings", Vicky Ha first opened House of Dumplings in 2012. On her first day at the Wellington City Market she sold out all the dumplings she'd spent 17 hours making - in just two hours. Since then, her business has gone from a market stall to being stocked in 150 supermarkets around the country, and enjoyed by people from here to Hong Kong. This year, House of Dumplings also took out the Supreme Award at the NZ Artisan Awards. Vicky says she learned how to make dumplings from the very best; at home with her mum in their little apartment in Hong Kong.

11:45 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne

Kennedy visits  "the cloak of the south," Te Korowai o te Tonga, South Kaipara Peninsula, one of two thumbs of land that enclose Kaipara Harbour, one of the largest harbours in the world. It's a place of forests, farms, near-pristine dune lakes, expansive mangrove wetlands and seabird nesting areas. On the way to nowhere, it's an off-the-beaten-track kind of place to explore and enjoy.