Nine To Noon for Friday 18 November 2022

 

09:05 Bootcamps: back to the future or cracking down on youth crime?

The National party wants to bring back military style bootcamps to "re--programme" young repeat offenders. The policy announced yesterday would see repeat offenders aged between 10 and 17 convicted of serious crimes like ram-raids, armed burglary or assault potentially sent to new military academies run by the Ministry of Justice and the Defence Force. The party says, if necessary, young offenders could be monitored by ankle bracelets. National rolled out nine-week boot camps when it was in Government in 2010 that later reported high levels of reoffending and were shut down over an apparent lack of participants. In 2017 it revived the policy on the campaign trail. Kathryn speaks with Chester Borrows, former Minister for Courts in the John Key-led National Government. He has spent 45 years in the criminal justice system as a police officer, lawyer and is a current member of the Parole Board.

09:20 100 Years of Correspondence School

The Correspondence School Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu is celebrating its centenary with a new book tracking its rich and colourful history. The school which began in 1922 with only a few dozen students has touched the lives of millions of New Zealanders to become a national institution and the largest school in the country. From back block country stations to far flung lighthouses, it delivered distance learning to children in some of the country's most remote places before expanding to include children with disabilities and any child who couldn't attend school. Later it grew further to include early childhood and adult education, along with dual learning for students wanting subjects not offered at their own school. The book - Going the Distance - traces the history of the school through pictures, personal stories and memories from the teachers, students and families for whom correspondence provided an educational lifeline. Kathryn is joined by author Gael Woods.

09:45 Pacific correspondent Koroi Hawkins 

Koroi talks to Kathryn about  COP27 and the frustration that some Pacific countries are feeling. A Canadian deep sea miner, the Metals Company, has announced the completion of a controversial mining trial in the Pacific ocean. And excitement is building with Toa Samoa's debut at the Rugby League World Cup finals.

RNZ Pacific journalist Koroi Hawkins

10:05 Tutankhamun: Pharaoh, Icon, Enigma

Leading Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley's new book unwraps the story of the boy pharoah who captured the world's imagination. Tutankhamun inherited the pharonic throne age eight years old. His intact tomb was discovered to great furore a hundred years ago this month, in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, by British archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter.  Tutankhamun is Egypt's most famous king.  His exhibitions draw huge crowds as it travels the world. His appeal is perhaps summed up in the title of Joyce Tyldesley's book Tutankhamun: Pharaoh, Icon, Enigma.  She shares ten perspectives on the pharaoh's life, death and enduring legacy with Kathryn Ryan.

10:35 Book review - Nevada by Imogen Binnie

Martene McCaffrey from Unity Books Auckland reviews Nevada by Imogen Binnie, published by Picador.  

11:05 Music reviewer Grant Smithies​

Conceived as a loving tribute to trippy 60s pop, RESET is a collaboration between Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) from Animal Collective and Sonic Boom (Pete Kember) from Spacemen 3. We’ll hear two key tracks from that today, plus some raw garage blues from New York’s Daddy Long Legs and a breakbeat ballad from Auckland producer, Amemelia.

 

11:30 Sports Commentator Sam Ackerman

Sam looks at how the Black Ferns fairytale is in danger of not getting its 'happily ever after', the next womens team looking to emulate their world cup feat and the end of several major seasons is matched by the start of the biggest

11:45 The week that was

Comedians Te Radar and Michele A'Court bring a few laughs and ponder whether you should brush your teeth before or after breakfast.