Nine To Noon for Friday 17 June 2022

 

09:05 Economy weakens: what is the risk of recession?

The economy has shrunk, interest rates are on the rise, house prices down, and the cost of living soaring. Are we in store for a recession ?  Gross Domestic Product fell 0.2 percent in the March 2022 quarter, well below expectations. Kathryn speaks with ANZ Senior Economist Miles Workman who says consumer spending is holding up for now, but when New Zealanders start closing their wallets, a recession - soft or hard - will just be a question of time.

09:20 St Andrew's College students win international maths competition

A team of four students at Christchurch's St Andrew's College have won an international mathematics award for their work modelling the most time-effective way for passengers to board and disembark a plane. The four year 13 students; Toby Harvie, Luke Zhu, Corin Simcock, and Tom Edwards were one of three teams in the world to get an Outstanding Team award at the International Mathematical Modelling Challenge. The team spent five days simulating different boarding and disembarking methods, taking into account variables like people with carry-on luggage and groups boarding together. They found the fastest method for a narrow-body aircraft was for window seats to board first, followed by middle seats and then aisle seats, and for a wide-body aircraft, the fastest boarding was by section - from back to front. Kathryn speaks to one of the students; Toby Harvie, and Phil Adams, the teacher in charge of digital technologies and mathematics at St Andrew's College. 

09:30 Allan Clarke on The Bowraville Murders: A 30-year fight for justice

Thirty years ago three children disappeared from the same street in a small town in New South Wales. They became known as the Bowraville Three: Sixteen-year-olds Colleen Walker-Craig and Clinton Speedy-Duroux and four-year-old Evelyn Greenup. One man was considered the main suspect in all three murders - he was tried and acquitted over two murders, but the three deaths were never heard together in one trial. Director Allan Clarke spent years documenting the Aboriginal community's long fight for justice -  talking to family members about the disappearances, the initial investigation, trials and attempts to change the law. The result is The Bowraville Murders, which premiered late last year in Australia and is screening now in New Zealand until July 10 as part of the DocEdge festival.
 

09:45 Pacific correspondent Moera Tuilaepa Taylor - Samoa PM & Australian Foreign Minister in NZ

The Prime Minister of Samoa has confirmed her government is looking at halting the open recruitment process for RSE workers. In her address to horticulture industry leaders in Hawke's Bay, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa made it clear that Samoa's government wants to raise the quality of the RSE scheme and strengthen it. And the Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has met with her counterpart, Nanaia Mahuta in Wellington. She has criticised the Coalition for failing to intervene to stop the Solomon Islands - China deal.

Moera is Moera is RNZ Pacific's Team Leader. 

10:05 Queenie author Candice Carty-Williams on her new novel

Candice Carty-Williams had a smash hit with her first novel, Queenie, which she described as the black Bridget Jone's Diary. She was 26 when she wrote it,  and it sold more than 500,000 copies, winning Book Of The Year at the British Book Awards in 2020, making her the first Black author to win the award. Queenie was all about a young black women working for a predominantly white newspaper, trying to straddle two cultures. Her new novel, People Person, is all about family relationships. She's one of nine siblings with the same father, so there's resonance with the non-nuclear family at the heart of People Person - a family that comes together, rather than falling apart.

10:35 Book review: The Bread the Devil Knead by Lisa Allen-Agostini

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews The Bread the Devil Knead by Lisa Allen-Agostini, published by Myriad Editions UK

10:45 The Reading

'My Father's Ears', part nine. Written by Karen Goa.

11:05 Music reviewer Grant Smithies​

Grant plays two tracks from a killer collection spotlighting "The Lost Queen of New Orleans Soul" Betty Harris, followed by raucous power pop action from Rangiora's Best Bets and some prime UK lover's rock from Dennis Bovell/ African Stone. 

11:30 Sports commentator Dana Johannsen

Dana looks ahead to the Super Rugby final, Blues versus Crusaders at Eden Park tomorrow night. It's a sell-out so does this signal a return to the glory days of Super Rugby or is it an anomaly?. Also umpiring technology is in the spotlight after the VAR debacle in the All Whites versus Costa Rica football World Cup qualifier. 

Dana Johannsen is Stuff's National Correspondent specialising in sport. 
 

11:45 The week that was

Comedians Te Radar and Irene Pink with a few laughs.

 

Music played in this show

Track: Fate
Artist: Chaka Khan
Time played: 10:43

Track:Seven Wonders
Artist: Fleetwood Mac
Time played: 11:46