09:05 Covid surge, Auckland GP 'We are not ready, we have no pulse oximeters'

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A South Auckland doctor is concerned the death rate of people with Covid isolating at home will rise, as many GPS don't have the resources or equipment to monitor them. Around 2000 people with the virus are living at home,  and with hospitals in Auckland already struggling to cope, Dr Maryann Heather from the Pasifika Medical Association says it falls back on primary care. Currently her practice which has more than 5000 patients, has no pulse oximeters, which are key to monitoring the oxygen levels in the blood of patients isolating at home. She says getting the right resources takes time. Susie talks to Dr Maryann Heather, Debbie Sorensen, the chief executive of Pasifika Futures and Pasifika Medical Association, and Europa Kupu, Whānau Ora manager for The Fono.

09:30 Blackout for endangered native black seabirds

West Coast street lights are turning off at night again this summer to protect the Westland Petrel - or tāiko. Waka Kotahi has settled on darkness on a short section of State Highway 6 through Punakaiki from this week until January. The Westland petrel breeding colony is just south of Punakaiki. Fledglings nesting in burrows there can get disoriented by bright lights under their flight path, causing them to crash land.This phenomena is known as fallout. Last year was the first season Waka Kotahi turned off the LED street-lights in Punakaiki, seemingly with some success.
Susie Ferguson is joined by Chairman of the Westland Petrel Conservation Trust Bruce Stuart-Menteath and Senior Network Manager for Waka Kotahi Colin Hey.

09:45 Australia: Covid latest, PM's green campaign, Jones ditched

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Susie to talk about rising Covid case numbers in schools and how Canberra is at 90 per cent double vaxxed, meaning restaurants and nightclubs can reopen. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has begun campaigning, reinventing himself as environmentally conscious. Controversial broadcaster Alan Jones is off the airwaves with his last media gig cancelled and the country has recorded its first fatal shark attack of the season.

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10:05 Booker Prize winning author Bernardine Evaristo on her new memoir

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Bernardine Evaristo won the Booker Prize two years ago for her novel Girl, Woman, Other, but she  has been writing plays, poetry, short stories and novels for over four decades. She's just published her memoir called Manifesto: On Never Giving Up. She describes her childhood in south east London - the fourth of eight children, to her English mum and Nigerian dad and the racism they regularly experienced. She also writes about the freedom she found in the theatre as a young woman, the tumultuous relationships she's had over the years, and how her life has shaped her creativity and how that creativity has been shaped by her life.
 

10:35 Book review: Walking With Ghosts by Gabriel Byrne

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Quentin Johnson reviews Walking With Ghosts by Gabriel Byrne, published by Pan Macmillan

10:45 The Reading

Dogside Story, episode three, by Patricia Grace. In the previous episode the whanau prepare for the wedding and Rua challenged the sisters.
 

11:05 Music with Yadana Saw

RNZ music journalist Yadana Saw takes a deep-dive into the world of boybands - from their origins in the Beatles to what makes them such a hit with their fans.

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11:30 Night Ride: Filmmaker captures his mum's night time cat ritual

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 When Todd Karehana's mum said she couldn't come to his graduation because she had to look after the cats, he felt a bit miffed. But it also piqued his interest as a film maker. He discovered his mum, Alma, had been returning to their old house in Kawerau, where she raised her ten children, to feed the strays there.  He decided to join her on her night time missions, to try to understand why she did it - wondering if it had a connection with the death of his brother. Their attempt to catch and rehome Fluff has been captured in Todd's short film for Loading Docs, called 'Night Ride'.

11:45 Arts: How have dance companies pivoted in this Delta outbreak?

Performing arts commentator Lyne Pringle joins Susie to talk about the challenges dance companies have faced, and decisions they've made, in the Delta outbreak with shows cancelled or postponed. Many companies, including Black Grace, have upped their online offerings, and she'll talk about how the Royal New Zealand Ballet's truncated season of A Midsummer Night's Dream can still be viewed by fans.

The Ryman Healthcare Season of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Photo: Stephen A'Court Photography