Nine To Noon for Wednesday 22 May 2024

 

09:05 Well Child / Plunket failing new mums' mental health: Research

Newly published research finds new mums are being let down by postnatal services when it comes to mental health. Well Child Tamariki Ora, is a free postnatal service which developed out of Plunket , and is now administered by Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora. Mothers are transferred to the care of the Wellchild service when their babies are six weeks old for four to eight home visits. Massey University public health academics Dr Angelique Reweti, Chrissy Severinsen and Mary Breheny collected 420 stories about families' experiences with the Well Child service around the country. Dr Reweti tells Kathryn,  the responses reveal a pattern of unmet need. Health New Zealand says the research reflects changes it is already making to the maternity and early years services.

09:25 NZ scientist helping to identify Vietnam war casualties

Newly graduated University of Auckland student, Bethany Forsythe has gone straight from campus to a job overseas identifying war casualties. Dr Forsythe graduated earlier this month with a PhD in Forensic Science. She is now in the Netherlands working with a team at the International Commission for Missing Persons. The focus is to work on identifying human remains, including the more than 300 thousand people still missing from the Vietnam war.

09:45 Australia: Migration fight, Assange reprieve, betting scandal

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about a new political battlefront opening up ahead of next year's election: migration and its role in the housing crisis. Opposition leader Peter Dutton is vowing to cut permanent migration by 25 percent arguing it could help solve the unaffordability crisis, but the government says it's not that simple. Australian citizen Julian Assange has been given a reprieve by a UK court, three A-League football players have been suspended over an alleged betting scandal and champion footballer Samantha Kerr is out of the Matildas' team for the Paris Olympics through injury.

Karen Middleton is political editor of the Guardian Australia

10:05 The game changers who built women's rugby from the ground up

Gal Blacks? Lady Blacks? It's hard to fathom now - but as the media struggled for a short way to reference the New Zealand's Women's Rugby Team this was the best they could come up with.

It was not appreciated.

The solution from the team - get in a room and hammer it out. The result was of course - the Black Ferns. That story is from Dame Farah Palmer - one of 52 women profiled in a new book for their groundbreaking contributions to rugby.

Our Game Makers has been written by Paula George (aka Georgie) - the Welsh netballer turned rugby player who represented England in four Rugby World Cups - and Jo Caird, who photographed over 175 All Black tests and was the first official All Black photographer.

Included among the 52 are 13 Kiwis who have had a big impact on the progression of the game - among them, Black Ferns captain and three-time Rugby World Cup winner Rochelle Martin. She joins Jo in talking to Kathryn about how the game has changed.

10:35 Book review: Treaty Law: Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi in Law and Practice by Kevin Hille, Carwyn Jones and Damen Ward

Paul Diamond reviews Treaty Law: Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi in Law and Practice by Kevin Hille, Carwyn Jones and Damen Ward published by Thomson Reuters.

10:45 Around the motu : Tess Brunton in Dunedin

Tess has been covering some high profile inquests : including the the death of Dunedin plumber Rory Nairn who died of myocarditis 12 days after receiving a Covid vaccine. Also the inquest of Gore three year old Lachlan Jones. His father has challenged police findings that Lachlan accidentally drowned. And next week the inquest begins into the death of Dunedin student Sophia Crestani who died at a crowded party in Dunedin. Also, there are fears Queenstown's homeless problem is about to snowball and no mice have been found in latest rodent hunt on Rakiura.

11:05 Music with Dave Wilson: 2024 Long Play Festival, Brooklyn

Music commentator Dave Wilson joins Kathryn from New York to talk about the Long Play Festival, held over three days in Brooklyn. It started in the late 80s in the new classical music world as a way to bring in a new audience. It's named after the LP record - the long play - and there were 50+ concerts that were part of the festival. Dave has chosen three artists from the programme to feature.

Dave Wilson is a saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, and interdisciplinary scholar, a Senior Lecturer in Music at the New Zealand School of Music-Te Kōkī.

11:20 How to have happy feet

Kathryn speaks with Christchurch podiatrist Simon Wheeler about how to look after our feet. Why do we get corns or bunions and what can be done about it? Should you tackle your own ingrown toenail? And can an adult's foot size change over time? Text questions to 2101 or email ninetonoon@rnz.co.nz

11:45 Personal finance: The big changes coming to how we bank

Money expert Liz Koh looks at open banking, and the changes it could foist on us all very quickly. What are the pros and cons? She'll also look at the Reserve Bank consultation on bringing in a digital currency. How is it used and when might it be available? 

Money expert, Liz Koh. This discussion is of a general nature, and does not constitute financial advice.