Nine To Noon for Wednesday 3 August 2022

 

 

09:05 Pole vaulter Imogen Ayris: "I have dreamed about this moment"

 

Imogen Ayris has won bronze in the women's pole vault in Birmingham - New Zealand's first athletics medal. The 21-year-old from Auckland produced a highest vault of 4.45m to finish third. Her team mate and training partner Olivia McTaggart just missed out, placing fourth. Imogen told Susie Ferguson she has dreamed about this moment for years.

09:10 Golden games for veteran cyclist Aaron Gate

 

It's been a stellar Commonwealth Games for the kiwi cycling team in Birmingham. Veteran rider Aaron Gate is one of those basking in the success. He joined the triple golden club yesterday alongside women's cyclist Elesse Andrews, taking out gold in the team pursuit and individual pursuit and then the men's 40 kilometre points race. The 31-year old has competed in several Olympic and Commonwealth Games - he speaks to Susie about how Birmingham compares.

09:20 Justice delayed is justice denied - the toll court delays are having on the victims of crime

There are concerns that victims might pull the plug on their cases or stop reporting crime altogether as the wheels of justice grind ever so slowly. The Covid pandemic has intensified the strain on the court system creating lengthy delays. It's taking well over two years for some jury trials to reach court, while other hearings are being repeatedly postponed and re-scheduled. New sexual violence legislation due at the end of the year which will allow complainants to pre-record their cross examination evidence, could slow the system even further. To discuss the toll on both victims and on justice itself, Susie is joined by Dr Petrina Hargrave from Victim Support and the President of the Criminal Bar Association Fiona Guy Kidd QC.

09:25 Top LA architect on housing the vulnerable and curbing sprawl

Award-winning LA architect Michael Maltzan talks with Susie Ferguson about the challenges his work tackles including homelessness, city sprawl, housing affordability and building faster and better housing. He's in New Zealand later this month for the Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects conference.

09:45 Australia: Indigenous Voice referendum, gas exports, Somerton Man solved

Australia correspondent Bernard Keane joins Susie to talk about Prime Minister's Anthony Albanese's support for a referendum on how to give indigenous Australians a voice in Parliament. He'll also look at moves to curb gas exports amid a domestic shortfall and skyrocketing prices, and from spy to sparkie - the mystery of the Somerton Man appears to have been solved.

 

10:05 Shifting concepts of the disabled body: Chloé Cooper Jones

Philosophy professor and Pulitzer-nominated writer Chloé Cooper Jones's new memoir confronts a topic she's never written about before: her own experience of disability. She was born with sacral agenesis, a rare birth defect involving abnormal development of the spine.  The condition causes her near-constant physical pain, affects the size and shape of her body and the way she walks. Chloé Cooper Jones says that even though it is the lens through which the world sees her, she had never wanted to write about her disability -  until now. She speaks with Susie Ferguson about Easy Beauty from New York, where she lives with her husband and son.

10:35 Book review: Bootstrap by Georgina Young

Luke Finnegan reviews Bootstrap by Georgina Young, published by Text Publishing

10:45 The Reading

Jessica Robinson reads part one of 'The Families' by Vincent O'Sullivan.

10:55 Surprise rise in the unemployment rate

There's been an unexpected rise in the unemployment rate. It had been predicted to fall to a record low but rose to 3.3% from 3.2%. Susie speaks to Stats NZ General Manager Insights and Populations Sean Broughton about what the latest labour market stats for the June quarter.

11:05 Music with Jess Fu: Asha Puthli, Julia Jacklin and Clear Path Ensemble

Music reviewer Jess Fu plays some music from Asha Puthli, an Indian singer and actress who worked as a British Airways flight attendant before pursuing a music career. The Mr Bongo label has recently released a compilation of her work called 'The Essential Asha Puthli',  filled with a range of genres that shows her versatility, such as 60s psych, Classical Indian music, Free Jazz, Funk, Soul, Disco, to Rock. Jess will also feature a song from Melbourne singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin and one from Clear Path Ensemble, a contemporary jazz project led by Wellington-based musician, Cory Champion.

11:20 What a load of bull!

Photographer Amanda King grew up a city girl in Brisbane but life changed dramatically when she met her kiwi farmer husband,  while on her OE. They pair now farm in Hororata, about an hour west of Christchurch. Photography started off as a favourite hobby - but then she took a stunning shot of a highland cow which she made into a large wall print for her own living room. Friends started requesting similar pieces, word of mouth spread, then the Facebook page, and finally her business, By The Horns. Amanda photographs farm animals from enormous Angus bulls, to bison and sheep, and her images now adorn walls in homes in Sweden, France, Saudi Arabia, as well as restaurants in Minnesota and a brewery in Texas. She's just published her favourite ones in a new book, A Load of Bull, published by Penguin.

11:45 Arts with Julia Waite: Barbara Tuck and William Harding

Arts commentator Julia Waite joins Susie to talk about senior painter Barbara Tuck's show Delirium Crossing and 1800s photographer William Harding's exhibition Between Skin and Shirt, which is on now at the National Library.

Julia Waite is Curator, New Zealand Art at the Auckland Art Gallery.

 

 

 

Music played in this show

Track: Rolling in the Deep 
Artist: Adele
Time Played: 11.21 
 

Track: Teardrop
Artist: Massive Attack
Time Played: 11.53