Nine To Noon for Thursday 27 January 2022

 

 

09:05 The cost of the pandemic: the financial winners and losers

Analysis by a financial journalist has found the Government's Covid-19 policies have made the wealthy hundreds of billions of dollars richer, while the poor sunk $400 million further into debt to the Government itself. Bernard Hickey says the explosion in inequality has been driven by government and Reserve Bank interventions, including quantitative easing - effectively the printing of money - which has been blamed in part for fuelling the surge in house prices over the past two years. Bernard Hickey, formerly of interest.co.nz, now writing the political and economic blog The Kākā, says the Labour Government, supported by the Green Party, has presided over the biggest transfer of wealth from current and future renters, to asset owners, in the history of New Zealand. He goes through the numbers with Kathryn.  

09:30 The Waikanae family, the Dutch resistance and saving the life of a Jewish child

Gloria Hakken of Waikanae tells Kathryn the remarkable story of her parents-in-law who were members of the Dutch resistance and who hid a Jewish toddler, Elli, in their house in Amsterdam for two years from 1941. After the war, they moved to New Zealand with their three sons but never knew what happened to Elli. A few years ago Gloria,  went on a mission to find the lost girl,  who had moved to Brazil, and managed to reunite her with the Hakken family in New Zealand.  Gloria and her family will be at an event will be held at parliament this afternoon to mark United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

09:45 UK correspondent Harriet Line

Harriet talks about the pressure on Boris Johnson over 'Partygate', the latest on Covid,  and the cost of living crisis.

10:05 Original Wailer: Al Anderson, Bob Marley's lead guitarist

Kathryn speaks with Al Anderson, lead guitarist on No Woman No Cry, the song that put Bob Marley and the Wailers on the map. Bob Marley and Al's work together includes platinum award winning albums Live at the Lyceum, Babylon by Bus and ten times platinum album Legend. Back in April 1979 Al traveled to Western Springs for the historic Bob Marley gig on that brought reggae to New Zealand and sparked a key element of our cultural identity. Today the American born guitarist heads twice grammy-nominated The Original Wailers.  Al is the sole member of the Bob Marley and The Wailers mid-70's line-up.  

 

10:35 Book review: Three of the best from 2021: Wai Pasifika by David Young, Too Much Money by Max Rashbrooke and Performer a Memoir by Paul Maunder

Harry Broad reviews three of his favourite books from last year: Wai Pasifika by David Young published by OUP,  Too Much Money by Max Rashbrooke published by BWB and Performer a Memoir by Paul Maunder published by Te Puawai.

 

10:45 The Reading

Shanghai Sheba: the China Monologues, part four. Written and read by Wellington cabaret performer, Sheba Williams.

11:05 Inflation rises to highest annual rate since mid-1990

The annual inflation rate has jumped to 5.9 percent, the highest annual rate since mid-1990. Consumer prices rose 1.4 percent in the three months ended December. RNZ Business Editor Gyles Beckford is in the studio with Kathryn to discuss the results. 

11:10 New technology with Paul Matthews

Paul talks to Kathryn about supercomputers, the Metaverse and the future of the Internet.  And help is on the way for the workforce shortfall in the tech sector. Late last year the Government announced a border exception to bring 600 new tech workers in, Will it help and is it enough?.

11:25 Parenting: preparing your child for their Covid vaccine

Children aged 5-11 are now eligible for the Covid vaccine, and the first week and a half of the immunisation programme has seen strong demand. But not all children will be jumping at the chance - so what if your child is scared of needles or feeling anxious about vaccine? Kathryn gets some tips from Dr Jin Russell, a community and developmental paediatrician at Starship Hospital, about how to best support your child. 

11:45 Film review with Laumata Lauano

Laumata has been watching Encanto on Disney+, Euphoria express on Neon, Afterlife season 3 on Netflix and Liana on Youtube.

 

Music played in this show

Track: Colours
Artist: Mara TK
Broadcast time: 09:47