Sunday Morning for Sunday 3 July 2022

8:10 Should New Zealand be rethinking its food supply policy? 

Price hikes in food, warnings of shortages to come and now the muted feeling about the latest trade deal, should NZ be rethinking its food policy?

We export most of what we produce, we import lots of foods that we don't produce. Would life be simpler and easier if we tried to be self-sufficient? Or can we achieve the best of all worlds?

Dr Jacqueline  Rowarth, Adjunct Professor Lincoln University, is a farmer-elected Director of DairyNZ and Ravensdown and producer-appointed Director on the Board of Deer Industry NZ. She talks to Karyn about our current food policy and what could be done to make us more self sufficient without compromising our export markets. 

8:37 Calling home from Norway

For Calling Home this week, we go to Norway where Taygen Hughes has been living for the past decade. 

Taygen has spent the past 10 years living and working overseas doing seasonal work. She's now fallen in love with with frozen places after dogsled guiding in Norway.

She talks to Karyn about life amongst Norwegians and what it's like to be resident in Svalbard.

9:06 Mediawatch

This week Colin Peacock talks to the new broadcasting minister Willie Jackson about creating a new public media entity - and his own track record in the media over the years. 

9:37 The world's first solar powered car ready to launch in November 

The world's first solar powered car will be ready for the market in November for a cool two hundred and fifty thousand Euros, 

That's $420,000 New Zealand dollars for us!

Journalist Ashifa Kassam,  based in Madrid.. took the Lightyear 0 (Zero)  Solar Car for a test drive. She talks to Karyn about the experience and if it's worth the price tag.

10:06 The return of the pre-fab housing across Europe 

There was a time in recent history where pre-fab housing was the answer to a temporary problem, but then quickly became a permanent solution. 

After World War II in Britain, when the Luftwaffe destroyed so many of homes in bombing raids, more than 156,000 prefab homes were built under the orders of Winston Churchill.

They are now making a modern day come back across Europe. Karyn talks to Jordan Rosenhaus the CEO of UK Construction company, TopHat. They are aiming to produce one home every hour!

10.35 Capturing an activist artist in the right light, a new documentary

Mike Tavioni is a carver, poet, mentor, activist, entrepreneur and maverick and his story is told in a new documentary that's just premiered at the Maoriland Film Festival.

The film maker behind his story is Glenda Tuaine. 

Taonga: An Artist Activist is her first ever film. Both Glenda and Mike talk to Karyn about the story and the work that went in to documenting Mike's incredible life.
 

11:05 The Through Line with Karyn Hay

An hour of a journey through music on The Through Line. 

How do you get from Ben Woods to Nick Cave? Karyn Hay has the answer.

All the tracks are connected, with Karyn explaining the links as we go.

Here's the track list 

1. Wearing Divine by Ben Woods

2. The Holy Room by The Rip

3. Happy Endings by Bored Games

4. So Long, Marianne by Straitjacket Fits

5. Hey,That's No way to Say Goodbye by Leonard Cohen

6. Piece of My Heart by Big Brother and the Holding Company

7. Time Is On My Side by Irma Thomas

8. Lorraine Ellison by Stay With Me

9. Cry Baby by GARNET Mimms and the Enchanters

10. Here Comes The Night by Them

11. Tangerine by Led Zeppelin

12. Rock Island Line by Lonnie Donnegan

13. Goodnight Irene by Leadbelly

14. Black Betty by Nick Cave and the Black Seeds