Nine To Noon for Friday 25 November 2022

 

09:05 Proposal for rural GP training in home town

A plan to train would-be rural doctors at home in their local area is being mooted as a way to address the rural health crisis. The Rural Health Network - Hauora Taiwhenua is proposing a pilot scheme which would see local medical students receive the bulk of their training using distance learning, with block courses at main hospitals. It's hoped the programme would encourage Māori enrolment and also result in lower costs for students and ensure whānau support throughout study. The Rural Health Network hopes establishing an additional 50 medical school placements for the scheme will increase the likelihood of graduates practicing as rural GPs. Susie speaks with Grant Davidson, the chief executive of Hauora Taiwhenua, the Rural Health Network and Dr Bryan Betty, the medical director of the Royal College of GPs. 

 

09:25 Tim Finn's Tahitian Opera, Ihitai Avei'a

Tim Finn's first opera is the first ever to be sung in Tahitian, Māori and English. Ihitai Avei'a Star Navigator premiered to sell-out crowds in South Auckland until covid closed the curtains.  It tells a uniquely Kiwi and Pacific story set on James Cook's Endeavour, featuring a 200 strong choir and full orchestra.  The opera is being held in Porirua on December 9th and 11th, at Te Rauparaha Arena - the first full opera to be held there. Tim Finn and Tahitian novelist Célestine Hitiura Vaite worked together on Ihitai Avei'a. They join Susie Ferguson.

09:45 Asia correspondent Ed White

Just two weeks after China signalled an easing of the zero-Covid policy there are signs that Xi Jinping's plans for an exit strategy are already unravelling. In Bangladesh, mountains of clothes are piling up in factories as the south Asian nation is hit by the fallout from worsening global economic conditions. And Malaysia finally has a new Prime Minister following a turbulent week after the general election delivered a hung parliament. 

Ed White is a correspondent with the Financial Times based in Seoul.

10:05 Dr Michael Mosley: Just One Thing

Stand on one leg, take a cold shower, go for an early morning walk.  Health journalist and television presenter Dr Michael Mosley speaks with Susie Ferguson about his new book Just One Thing - How simple changes can transform your life.  In it Michael suggests some transformative daily habits we might like to start to deal to a range of health issues, from weight-loss to improving mood.  Michael's upcoming speaking tour "A Life Changing Experience" is at the Opera House in Wellington on March 14 2023 and Auckland's Civic Theatre March 15 2023. Tickets are available from Ticketmaster.

10:35 Book review: Unstoppable Us, Volume 1 by Yuval Noah Harari

Sonja De Friez  reviews Unstoppable Us, Volume 1 by Yuval Noah Harari, published by Penguin Random House

10:45 The Reading

11:05 New music with Jeremy Taylor

A twentieth anniversary for Oklahoma's Flaming Lips, plus blistering new music from Santigold and Voom.

11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman

Athletes around the world and here in Aotearoa are speaking up this week, confronting issues on and off the sporting fields, velodromes and waters. Sam explains why this is such crucial crossroads particularly with the controversy surrounding the Football World Cup.

11:45 The week that was 

Comedians Te Radar and Pinky Agnew are along with some fun and a British recipe for slow cooked cash.

 

 

 

Music played in this show

Track: Missing
Artist: Everything but the girl
Played: 10:35am