Nine To Noon for Tuesday 21 June 2022

 

 

09:05 40 days under siege: Reporting in Sievierodonetsk

Russia is tightening its grip on the strategically significant city of Sievierodonetsk, located in the fiercely contested Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. Capturing Sievierodonetsk has been a top military goal for Moscow, and Russian forces now control most, but not all, of the city, and have it three-quarters encircled. After weeks of heavy shelling, Russia is now amassing a large number of troops to the city in an attempt to gain full control of Sievierodonestsk. Meanwhile, the city is quickly running out of essential supplies, with thousands of civilians trapped in the city, some sheltering in bunkers beneath the Azot chemical plant. The city has been largely off-limits for reporters since May given the dangers of the sustained Russian bombardment. Independent journalist Billy Nessen was the only reporter to remain in Sievierodonetsk for more than a day during the protracted siege - he ended up spending forty days there. He decided to leave when shelling escalated and Russian troops entered the city and is now in Dnipro, where he speaks to Kathryn. 

 

09:20 Tyrewise : Keeping millions of tyres from landfill 

A new scheme is coming into force to ensure millions of used tyres stay out of rubbish dumps. The country's first regulated product stewardship scheme Tyrewise has been announced this morning. Tyrewise's governing body, Auto Stewardship New Zealand, has been awarded $1.2 million from the Waste Minimisation Fund - Te Pūtea Whakamauru Para. It will allow for a four month trial in Hawke's Bay, ahead of the recycling scheme being operational from 2023. It's estimated the scheme will prevent several million used tyres from going to landfill, or being illegally dumped each year. Chair of Autostewardship NZ Mark Gilbert,says it's been a long road to get to this point.

09:40 USA correspondent Kelsey Snell

The hearings into the January 6th riot are throwing up chilling new information, including that the mob which stormed the Capitol came within 40 feet of the Vice President during their rampage. There's been an update on Covid vaccination eligibility, with children as young as 6 months now able to be vaccinated. And Yellowstone national park has been severely damaged by flooding.

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

09:50 Kiwi ultramarathoner completes epic run across USA  - 5 years after hit & run

Wellington ultramarathon runner Nick Ashill has completed his epic run across America - five years after a serious hit and run accident in Ohio. We spoke to Nick a few weeks back,  just before he left Wellington to return to the US and pick up where he left off with his run - with one thousand kilometres to go. He crossed the finish line on Coney Island yesterday.

10:05 The search for a wave never surfed before

Matt and Suzanne Knight were inspired to sail to a remote rock in the Atlantic in search of a never-before-surfed wave after reading a 19th century treasure hunting seafarer's journal. The couple from North Devon, read a book by E.F Knight - no relation - written in 1894 which told the story of his search for plundered gold on the Savage Isles. The group of islands, which are also known as the Selvagens Islands,  are in the North Atlantic Ocean - 280 kilometers south of Madeira, and 165 kilometers north of the Canary Islands. E.F Knight and his crew never found the gold, but surf adventurers Matt and Suzanne were drawn to several paragraphs which vividly described a huge, perfect barrel wave. And so a plan was hatched to find it and surf it. Director Mikey Corker has made a documentary about the journey, called Savage Waters, which is screening here as part of Doc Edge online until the 10th of July. He, Matt and Suzanne tell their story to Kathryn Ryan.

10:35 Book review: You Probably Think This Song Is About You by Kate Camp

Ash Davida Jane reviews You Probably Think This Song Is About You by Kate Camp, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press   

10:45 The Reading

Kate Duignan's The New Ships told by Nick Blake (episode one)

11:05 Business commentator Pattrick Smellie

Pattrick says central banks everywhere have overshot their response to Covid resulting in higher-than-anticipated and swiftly-deflating asset prices. He tells Kathryn there is a fragile consensus among bank economists that if there's a recession, it is likely to be short and shallow. And new research from Kantar has found that, despite a duopoly, New Zealand supermarkets still score highly for reputation.

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 connection to ancestral marae relates to indigenous wellbeing

Social Anthropologist and Museum Ethnographer Professorr Paul Tapsell on how Māori alienation from kāinga and whenua becomes a wider story of environmental degradation and system collapse. Professor Tapsell founded the digital web service, Māorimaps.com which helps reconnect urban-raised Māori youth to their ancestral communities.

11:45 Media commentator Andrew Holden

Andrew on the collapse of SkyTV's attempt to buy Mediaworks, changes at TVNZ with the launch of their updated streaming brand TVNZ+, and with the recent Cabinet reshuffle, Kris Faafoi hands over the Broadcasting Minister reins to Willie Jackson.

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

Track: A Dream Of You And Me
Artist: Future Islands 
Time Played: 10:35am 

Track: Thinking of Nina 
Artist: Marlon Williams 
Time Played: 10:40am 

Track: Living the Classics
Artist: Aldous Harding 
Time Played: 11:46am