Nine To Noon for Wednesday 14 September 2022

 

09:05 Ukraine war at "turning point" 

There is new hope in Ukraine after large swathes of territory occupied by Russian forces has been retaken. Since the start of the month Ukrainian troops have made major gains in the northeast as part of a counter-offensive against the
Russians. President Zelenskyy has hailed it as a turning point in the conflict while the Russians have said their troops are regrouping as part of effort to bolster efforts on other fronts.

09:30 The country's first not-for-profit power company

Aotearoa's only not-for-profit power company launches this week, with the aim of reducing energy hardship. The Wellington social enterprise group Sustainability Trust will run the company which will use the profits from its "regular" customers to subsidise the electricity bills for those struggling to pay the bills. About 700 customers are ready to join when the scheme goes live on Thursday and a pilot with 80 customers has already been underway since May. Kathryn speaks to Georgie Ferarri, chief executive of the Sustainability Trust.

09:45 Australia: Queen's death + republic debate, another damning casino report

Australia correspondent Bernard Keane looks at the republic debate that's been reignited by the Queen's death - what's it's overall level of support and how has it been overtaken by issues around indigenous recognition. Also - the national broadcaster ABC has been criticised for the amount of coverage devoted to the Queen. He'll also look at yet another report that's found Sydney's Star Casino was unsuitable to hold a gambling licence - what does it suggest about the state of the country's gambling industry?

10:05  Conquering mountains and demons: Silvia Vasquez-Lavado

Silvia Vasquez-Lavado is a Peruvian-American explorer, mountaineer and social entrepreneur. In 2018, she completed the Seven Summits, the tallest mountain on each continent, from both the Messner and Bass lists, culminating in Mt Everest. Silvia's life has been an epic personal journey, through childhood sexual abuse, alcoholism, and a fast paced corporate and personal life in the Silicon Valley tech world, to the discovery of mountains that was to be both her saviour, and her healing. The story is told in her book: In The Shadow of The Mountain - A Memoir of Courage. The book is now set to become a film, starring Selena Gomez as Silvia. Silvia Vasquez Lavado describes herself as an activist, an all around 'bad ass', and now writer. Kathryn speaks to her about how she has found a path to peace through adventuring in the mountains.

10:35 Book review - Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

Lisa Finucane reviews Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney, published by Macmillan

10:45 The Reading

The Writing Class, episode 7. Written by Stephanie Johnson, and told by Alison Quigan.

11:05  Music: Going back to the future

 Music correspondent Dave Wilson joins Kathryn to talk about futurism in music - and artists who imagine the future in their work. He'll discuss Afrofuturism and its influence, particularly here in Aotearoa and across the Pacific and share some tracks that demonstrate these other-worldly sounds.

11:20 "Our elders would get slapped with a ruler for speaking Te Reo"

Today marks 50 years since the Maori language petition was presented at Parliament, igniting the Māori language movement. On a cold September 14th 1972, Hana Te Hemara and a group of elders and language champions marched on parliament presenting the petition signed by 33 thousand Maori and Pakeha, and calling for the introduction of Māori language and culture in schools nationwide. By that time, te reo Māori was in grave danger of dying out, but the actions of the petitioners sparked change - kōhanga reo, kura kaupapa, wānanga followed,  and Te Reo Māori became an official language. A commemorative event is on at parliament this morning to mark the anniversary, where one of the speakers is Hana te Hemara's great niece, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke.

11:45 Media law commentator Ursula Cheer

Ursula joins Kathryn to continue the discussion of whether suspects who are subject to police or other investigations should be able to keep that information out of the media using the law of privacy.

Ursula Cheer is a professor of Law at the University of Canterbury.

 

 

Music played in this show

Track: Walk Right Up
Artist: Ladi6
Time played: 9.22