Saturday Morning for Saturday 15 August 2020
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Auckland Mayor Phil Goff relieved
8:15 AM.Auckland's mayor is relieved the severity of his city's lockdown has not been ramped up, or extended for too long.
Phil Goff, told Kim Hill the extension of the wage subsidy beyond the end of this… Read more Audio
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Auckland business owners on Level 3 extension
8:20 AM.Roz Cattell is a cafe owner, general manager of a coffee roaster, and on the board of The NZ Specialty Coffee Association Viv Beck is Chief Executive of Heart of the City, Auckland's city centre… Read more Audio
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President of Auckland Secondary Principals Association
8:25 AM.Steven Hargreaves is the President of Auckland Secondary Principals Association and the principal of Macleans College. Audio
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Epidemiologist Sir David Skegg - how to avoid future lockdowns
8:30 AM.New Zealand needs to dramatically improve its pandemic response if it is to avoid going in to lockdown every time there is an outbreak. Epidemiologist Sir David Skegg from Otago University says having… Read more Audio
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ANZ New Zealand chief economist Sharon Zollner
8:41 AM.ANZ New Zealand chief economist Sharon Zollner. Audio
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Mangere Budgeting Services Trust chief Executive Darryl Evans
8:50 AM.Mangere Budgeting Services Trust chief Executive Darryl Evans. Audio
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Limits continue for weddings, funerals and tangihanga in AK
8:55 AM.The extension of the lockdown means weddings, funerals and tangihanga in Auckland are limited to only 10 people for another 12 days. Kim talked to Rachel Nash, an Auckland wedding celebrant and… Read more Audio
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How is Tokoroa doing?
8:57 AM.The Waikato town on Tokoroa recorded its first two Covid cases yesterday- these are connected to the cluster in Auckland. We checked in with Larry Sullivan has been working at a clothing shop on… Read more Audio
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Crusaders vs Blues Super Rugby match cancelled
8:58 AM.Sports reporter Barry Guy was due to attend the sold out Super Rugby match between the Crusaders and Blues scheduled for Eden Park tomorrow night. How are he and ohter fans feeling about the… Read more Audio
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Choreographer Twyla Tharp
9:07 AM.Twyla Tharp, one of the world's greatest living choreographers, is due to bring her dance work "Waterbaby Bagatelles" to New Zealand stages for the first time. Waterbaby Bagatelles is a suite of… Read more Audio
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Brannavan Gnanalingam tackles toxic masculinity in new novel Sprigs
9:40 AM.We often see people at their worst when they're put to the test and looking for an easy way out, says Wellington writer Brannavan Gnanalingam. His new novel Sprigs explores the story of a… Read more Audio
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Tom Scott: In pursuit of the real Charles Upham
10:06 AM.Since his schooldays, cartoonist and writer Tom Scott has greatly admired one of our national heroes: Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham, the only combat soldier to win the Victoria Cross twice. In his new… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Shining a light on child labour: Simon Lister
10:35 AM.In 2016 Sydney based New Zealander Simon Lister started working for UNICEF, travelling the world as its photographer and videographer, and building up an image library for use in its global network of… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Truth-finding using public information
11:06 AM.Benjamin Strick is an open source investigative journalist working for the BBC in London. All he needs is a laptop and an internet connection to give him access to the public information that lets him… Read more Audio
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Poet Kate Camp: How to Be Happy Though Human
11:47 AM.Poet and writer Kate Camp returns, not to discuss a historic work of classic literature, but to share her new poetry collection How to Be Happy Though Human: New and Selected Poems. Read more Audio
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Listener Feedback 15 August 2020
11:55 AM.Listener Feedback 15 August 2020. Audio
Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook
8:10 Latest on the re-emergence of COVID-19 in New Zealand
9:05 Choreographer Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp, one of the world's greatest living choreographers, is due to bring her dance work "Waterbaby Bagatelles" to New Zealand stages for the first time.
"Waterbaby Bagatelles" is a suite of dances set to seven short twentieth century compositions and features feature 27 dancers leaping and spinning their way across the stage.
The strenuous and physically demanding work will be part of "Venus Rising", a national Royal New Zealand Ballet tour.
Venus Rising (Ross Brown) Photo: Supplied / Ross Brown
9:35 Brannavan Gnanalingam: new novel tackles toxic masculinity
Lawyer and writer Brannavan Gnanalingam has recently released his sixth book, Sprigs.
Sprigs follows Sodden Downstream, A Briefcase, Two Pies and a Penthouse and three other books.
His new novel tackles the intersection of toxic masculinity, sport and sexual violence.
A sudden and startling memory of a traumatic experience inspired Gnanalingam to write the book.
Photo: supplied
10:05 Tom Scott: In pursuit of the real Charles Upham
Since his schooldays, cartoonist and writer Tom Scott has greatly admired one of our national heroes: Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham, the only combat soldier to win the Victoria Cross twice.
In his new book Searching for Charlie he pursues the man behind the legend.
Before the war a modest, slightly built, and rather shy farm valuer, Upham's prodigious bravery in battle sometimes seemed to verge on foolhardiness.
10:45 Shining a light on child labour: Simon Lister
In 2016 Sydney based New Zealander Simon Lister started working for UNICEF, travelling the world as its photographer and videographer, and building up an image library for use in its global network of offices.
Alongside actor Orlando Bloom, he's one of the stars of the Netflix series Tales By Light in episodes that highlight the issue of child labour (and poverty) in Bangladesh.
11:05 Truth-finding using public information: journalist Benjamin Strick
Benjamin Strick is an open source investigative journalist working for the BBC in London.
All he needs is a laptop and an internet connection to give him access to the public information that lets him find out the truth, solve mysteries, and crack crimes.
In 2018 he was part of a Peabody Award-winning BBC team that investigated the filmed murder of two mothers and their children in Cameroon.
Using Google Maps, satellite images, on-screen shadows, and details of the perpetrators' clothing and weapons they were able to pinpoint the exact time and place of the murders, and bring the people responsible to justice.
Ben Strick (Supplied) Photo: Supplied
11:40 Poet Kate Camp: How to Be Happy Though Human
Poet and writer Kate Camp returns, not to discuss a historic work of classic literature, but to share her new poetry collection How to Be Happy Though Human: New and Selected Poems.
Photo: supplied / Grant Maiden / VUP
Books mentioned in this show:
Sprigs
Brannavan Gnanalingam
ISBN: 9780473526382
Published by Lawrence and Gibson
Searching for Charlie: In Pursuit of the Real Charles Upham VC & Bar
Tom Scott
ISBN: 9781988516608
Published by Upstart Press
How to Be Happy Though Human: New and Selected Poems
Kate Camp
ISBN: 9781776564064
Published by: VUP
Music played in this show
Song: Grand Pianola Music - 3. Part II - On The Dominant Divide
by: John Adams
Played at:9:35
Song: Hounds Of Hell feat. Nadia Reid
Artist: The Phoenix Foundation
Played at:10:35
Song: What's he building?
Artist: Tom Waits
Played at 11:05