Nine To Noon for Tuesday 15 February 2022

 

 

09:05 Legal challenge over MIQ "complex and tricky": Law Professor

The legal challenge to the government's MIQ system enters its second and final day today. The case is brought by the Grounded Kiwis group which is arguing people have been stranded overseas for far too long. It is seeking a judicial review in the High Court at Wellington. Victoria University's Associate Professor of Law, Dean Knight, talks with Kathryn about what he says is a "complex and tricky" case.

09:30 Forecasting earthquakes - can we better predict ground shaking?

An earthquake engineering expert wants to change the way we predict how the ground will shake during an earthquake. Professor Brendon Bradley from the University of Canterbury is the recipient of a Marsden Fund grant to accelerate his research into seismic hazard analysis and forecasting. He says the idea is to get to a point where they can provide the same sort of information as a weather forecast. Professor Bradley says just like a severe weather warning, engineers would be able to provide information about severe ground shaking, how it varies locally in each city or suburb, and the likely consequence to buildings. Kathryn speaks to Professor Brendon Bradley, the director of Te Hirangu Rū QuakeCoRE - The New Zealand Centre for Earthquake Resilience.

09:45 USA correspondent Kelsey Snell

The conflict between Ukraine and Russia is dominating the political landscape in the US right now. Kelsey says when the US President recently spoke with with his Russian counterpart they did not seem to make any progress on lowering tensions. Joe Biden says he promised "swift and severe costs on Russia" if Ukraine is invaded. And on the domestic front, there are still ongoing fights about masking. 

Kelsey Snell is a congressional correspondent for NPR, based in Washington DC.

 

10:05 Missing - gone bush in rugged NSW territory for 35 years 

The astonishing tale of of Mark May's survival in the most rugged of Australian bush has been told in Australian author Tom Patterson's new book Missing. In 1972, 18 year old Mark May seemingly had the world at his feet, an intelligent young man with a scholarship to study law. But ten years on he had issues with drug addiction, had fallen foul of the law and opted out of society. He entered remote gorge country in north-western New South Wales, and that is where he lived rough for for 35 years. His family heard from his sporadically, but in 2017 he went quiet. Tom Patterson talks to Kathryn about what unfolded.

 

10:35 Book review: This Changes Everything by Niki Bezzant

Leah McFall reviews This Changes Everything by Niki Bezzant, published by Penguin Random House NZ

10:45 The Reading

Grant Tilly reading the first part of The Grullo by Susy Pointon.

11:05 Business commentator Pattrick Smellie

Air NZ is supposed to raise $1 billion-plus before the end of next month from the private market. Will it, given the timetable for border openings, or will there be further delay?. Pattrick also looks at the pressure that is likely to start emerging from the international tourism operators once Australia starts opening up later this month.

Pattrick Smellie is the editor and co-founder of BusinessDesk and has reported on the New Zealand economy and business since 1983.
 

11:30 How understanding your sleep type could change your life 

What is your sleep type? Bear, Lion or Wolf?. Olivia Arezzolo is one of Australia's go-to sleep experts and her book, Bear Lion or Wolf  aims to help people understand their sleep type. She says this has the potential to change lives.

11:45 Media commentator Andrew Holden : Journalists at the protest frontline

How do journalists handle the abuse and threats from protestors when they're just doing their job, to bear witness to what's happening? Andrew says the pressures on them, and their employers to keep them safe. And its parallels to the worldwide campaign that Journalism is not a Crime. Also, 13 NZ news organisations have signed up for the next Meta (ex-Facebook) Audience Development Accelerator. 

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

Artist: Thee Illusions
Track: Will You Love My Child  
Time played: 09:05

Artist: Ladyhawke
Track: Adam
Time played: 09:30

Artist: alt-j
Track: U&ME
Time played: 9:45

Artist: Yumi Zouma
Track: In the Eyes of Our Love
Time played: 10:35

Artist: Joy Crookes
Track: When You Were Mine by Joy Crookes
Time played: 11:28