Nine To Noon for Thursday 27 October 2022

 

 

09:05 Stopping young ram raiders: outgoing Principal Youth Court Judge

Despite young ram raiders being frequently in the news, the number of young people ending up in court is dropping. In the year to the end of June, just over 1300 young people aged 10 to 17 had charges finalised in court - compared with 1500 the previous year. Outgoing Principal Youth Court Judge, John Walker,  tells Kathryn about how youth court has changed over the years. He says the young people who do come before the court have complex issues underlying their offending   - including neuro-disabilities, the exposure to trauma and brain injury, and the challenge is to address these issues early to avoid a "revolving door".

09:30 Growing fruit and veg at work to combat rising costs

South Aucklanders are growing their own organic fruit and veg in a company carpark. Stats NZ data shows the price of fruit and vegetables increased 17% in the last quarter. As a way of easing staff shopping bills, Mangere-based drinks distributors Hancocks has lined its car park with garden pods for growing fresh produce. It's part of a quarter of a million dollar investment to reduce the cost of living for workers. Joe Jakicevich is Hancock's managing director and joins Kathryn to explain how it's helping.

09:45 UK: Rishi Sunak's first full day in office

UK correspondent Hugo Gye looks at the line-up of new UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's cabinet and some of the decisions he's made in his first full day in office - including abandoning fracking.

10:05 Richard Wolfe: The impact of humans on New Zealand

Whether accidentally, or by design, humans have had a great impact on the face of New Zealand. Once covered in up to1.5 million hectares of kauri forests, fire and axe brought that to just 0.5 percent of what it was. Until one thousand years ago, the only flora and fauna present was as the result of natural forces. But within the first 600 years of Maori habitation, 38 native species were lost - and more disappeared with the arrival of European settlers.  The land was carved through to set up critical rail lines, and more recently, massive highways. We've dammed and diverted rivers, and cleared forests and productive land for housing. So what's the lasting impact of all of this? Richard Wolfe unravels the history and considers our future in his 41st book: Footprints on the Land: How Humans Changed New Zealand

10:35 Book review: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man by Paul Newman

Quentin Johnson reviews The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man by Paul Newman, published by Penguin Random House

10:45 The Reading

Elizabeth McRae reads Going Back to the End by Charlotte Grimshaw.

11:05 Tech: Australia's big fines for privacy breaches, earnings down for tech giants

Technology correspondent Peter Griffin joins Kathryn to look at the hefty fines being introduced to the Australian parliament this week for companies that experience repeated or serious privacy breaches, in the wake of several big cyberattacks. It's tech earnings week in the US and the outlook isn't great for the likes of Microsoft and Google - what do their results say about the health of the economy and what are some of the key tech takeaways from China's 20th Party Congress?

11:25 Parenting: The life skills kids need before they leave home

Leaving home for the first time as a young adult can be a daunting prospect - not only for the leaver, but for anxious parents left behind. So what can parents do to ensure their kids are well prepared to face the real-world? Joining Kathryn today to talk about the life skills parents can teach their kids before they leave home is comedian, dad and Parenting Place pou tangata Pio Terei. 

11:45 Screentime: The White Lotus, The Watcher, The Stranger

Film and TV reviewer Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to talk about the second season of The White Lotus (Neon), new Netflix series The Watcher - which is based on a creepy true story, and The Stranger (Netflix) a film also based on a true story of one of the largest investigations and undercover operations in Australia.

Music played in this show

Track: Forever is a Charm
Artist: Princess Chelsea
Played: 9:30am 

Track: Passed Tense
Artist: George Fitzgerald (Feat. Panda Bear)
Played: 10:35am

Track: Rien Dire
Artist: Christine and the Queens
Played: 11:05am