Nine To Noon for Wednesday 31 August 2022

 

09:05 Midwives take government to court over pay and conditions 

Midwives are taking legal action against the government over fair pay and conditions - again. The College of Midwives has this morning filed a class action in the High Court against the Ministry of Health. More than 1300 community midwives have signed up to be part of the claim alleging a breach of contract. In 2015 the College commenced judicial review proceedings alleging unjustified discrimination on the basis of sex under the Bill of Rights Act. That legal action was eventually settled by mediation, resulting in a Settlement Agreement, but midwives say the Health Ministry has failed to action that agreement,  or a subsequent one. College Chief Executive, Alison Eddy, says today's legal action is a last resort.

09:30 New study finds stroke survivors want more guidance on sex & intimacy

A new study has found stroke survivors want more information about sex and intimacy as part of their recovery -  but rarely receive it. Over 9,500 strokes are experienced by New Zealanders each year. Stroke is the country's second single biggest killer,  and the leading cause of serious adult disability. Auckland City Hospital occupational therapist Sian McGee conducted the first-of-its-kind research, asking 41 patients between the ages of 36 and 90 about their preference for receiving information about sex and intimacy. She says most of the patients surveyed expected and wanted their doctors to speak to them about the subject of sex, but few did. Clinicians, in turn, said they didn't feel confident in giving the right information. Sian McGee is presenting her study at the Stroke Society of Australasia conference which begins in Christchurch today.

09:45 Australia: Teacher's Pet conviction, Crikey gets sued, nurses shortage

Australia correspondent Chris Niesche looks at the conviction for Chris Dawson in the so-called Teacher's Pet murder; why a news outlet dared Lachlan Murdoch to sue it (and is now being sued)...and how one state's attempt to fix its nursing shortage is making other states nervous.

10:05 Swapping city life for the farm 

On the cusp of burn out, and coping with bereavement, writer and producer Nicola Harvey and her husband Pat, left behind their lives in Sydney to become cattle farmers in the central North Island. What was at first an exciting new challenge and a chance to 'slow down' , quickly become a first hand lesson in the messy and complicated reality of modern farming. At the same time they found themselves in the middle of heated arguments, and growing divisions, about farming's future and its role in climate change. Nicola's written a book about her experience, half biographical, half investigation into modern agriculture, called Farm: The making of a climate activist 

10:35 Book review - Kiki Man Ray by Mark Braude

Quentin Johnson reviews Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love and Rivalry in 1920s Paris by Mark Braude, published by Two Roads.

10:45 The Reading

Shark’s Tooth Rock by Breton Dukes from his collection Bird North, read by Alex Greig.

11:05 Music with Kirsten Zemke: Dance craze songs!

Music commentator Kirsten Zemke takes us through the ages with songs that have ended up become dance hits - from the 'Twist' and the 'Hustle' to the 'Macarena' and 'Jerusalema'. What turns a hit song into a dance craze?   Kirsten Zemke is an ethnomusicologist at the University of Auckland's School of Social Sciences.

11:30 Global hit computer game, from a Hawkes Bay home office 

A computer game developer from Hawkes Bay has found massive success on the global sales charts with his new game, Sapiens. David Frampton is the solo developer of Sapiens, which shot to number two on Steam, the world's largest computer game platform. A true labour of love which took David seven years to develop, the game allows you to create your own prehistoric civilisation, and starting from scratch, lead your tribe to build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs. Kathryn speaks with David Frampton about his company Majic Jungle, and the success of his latest game, Sapiens. 

11:45 Science: Rutherford's birthday, suspect study, space breathing

Science correspondent Allan Blackman wishes Rutherford a happy birthday for yesterday - he'd have been 151. Allan will talk about his achievements - and the things often misattributed to him. He'll also talk about a six month investigation by Science magazine into an Alzheimer's study that may have been fabricated and look at how magnetism in space could help astronauts breathe.

 

 

 

Music played in this show

Track: Turn The Light
Artist: Karen O and Danger Mouse
Time played: 9.28

Track: Aldous Harding
Artist: Weight of the Planets
Time played: 9.45

Track: I Don't Mind
Artist: Rob Ruha and the Witch Dr
Time played: 10.38

Track: Ice Cold Daydream
Artist: Shuggie Otis
Time played: 11.47