Nine To Noon for Friday 30 September 2022

 

 

09:05 The company retrofitting social housing in the UK to make it warmer

The headache of how to retrofit social housing to make it warmer and more energy efficient is a global one. But a company in the UK may have a remedy - it's pushing past an initial, successful pilot project to wrap more houses in what it calls 'energy pods'. Energiesprong, which is Dutch for "energy leap", originated in the Netherlands and is now being promoted across Europe. The retrofits are done offsite and then assembled within 15 days - which means minimal disruption for the tenants. It's financed by the savings made on energy bills and maintenance over 30 - 40 years. To explain more Kathryn is joined by Emily Braham, who's a director with Energiesprong UK and spoke earlier this week about the company's model to the Green Building Council's Housing Summit.

09:30 The kiwi behind driverless delivery business, Nuro

Dave Ferguson is the kiwi entrepreneur behind Nuro - the California based driverless delivery start-up. Nuro has developed small, electric, driverless vehicles which can deliver food, groceries and medicines which the customer accesses using a pin code on a touchscreen. Nuro has piloted autonomous local deliveries in markets in Texas, Arizona and California where it has regulatory approval to "drive" on public roads. As well as Domino's pizza,  the company is now working with delivery giant FedEx, Uber Eats, and a chain of pharmacies and supermarkets. Dave Ferguson grew up in Wellington and got his undergraduate degree from Otago University.

09:45 Asia correspondent Ed White

Hong Kong calls time on zero-Covid, ending quarantine measures but hopes are still dim that China will follow suit. In Cambodia, more than four decades after the Khmer Rouge was ousted, the 91-year-old former prime minister of Pol Pot's genocidal regime has lost an appeal in what will likely be the final case heard by the UN-backed tribunal in Cambodia. And in Japan the state funeral of former Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe this week drew many world leaders and Japan's imperial family, but the proceedings were somewhat overshadowed by protesters who marched on Japan's parliament. 

Ed White is a correspondent with the Financial Times.

10:05 Book review: Abominations by Lionel Shriver

Louise O'Brien reviews Abominations by Lionel Shriver, published by HarperCollins Publishers

10:20 The kiwi who's worked in 26 countries in 26 years

From construction of a multi-purpose bridge over the Ganges to restoring the power grid in Afghanistan, New Zealander Shanny Campbell has worked on some major global infrastructure projects. As a specialist in international development she's worked in 26 different countries over the past 26 years. She is currently the Asian Development Bank's country lead in Tajikistan where the Ukrainian conflict is taking an unexpected toll. Shanny speaks to Kathryn from the Tajik capital of Dushanbe about what's happening in the region, how her career began and where her work has taken her.

10:45 The Reading

Denise O'Connell reading the fourth episode of   'The Kindness Of Your Nature'  by Linda Olsson.

11:05 New music with Jeremy Taylor

Jeremy Taylor from SlowBoat Records with a glorious third album from Auckland power popsters and recent number ones, The Beths, an exhilarating rock n roll ride from reformed Britpop veterans Suede, and a track from Coolio, who died this week.

11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman

Sam looks at the renewed push to support womens sport in this country, whether referees should put down the whistle and pick up a microphone, the Kiwi connection in the NRL Grand Final and why everyone’s getting upset about playing to the letter of the law - it’s just not cricket, or is it?

11:45 The week that was 

Comedians Te Radar and James Elliott with some of the lighter stories of the week, including how M&M's got their name.

 

 

 

Music played in this show

Track: Richard Swift
Artist: Broken Finger Blues
Time played: 10:14