Nine To Noon

Sebastian looks at an escalation of tensions between Israelis and Palestinians, as Israel gets to grips with its new far-right Netanyahu government. He'll look at the poisoning of hundreds of schoolgirls in Iran over the past three months and how devastating earthquakes have seen Arab nations re-engaging with president Bashar-al-Assad in Syria.

As the power failed in Hawke's Bay and Tairawhiti during Cyclone Gabrielle, some electric vehicles enabled their users to keep the essentials switched on in their homes. Certain EV models are capable of bidirectional charging - which means as well as being charged at home, they can also take unused power in their batteries and use it to charge vital appliances like fridges and freezers. A step on from this, is vehicle-to-home - where you can take the power you don't use in your car and use it to power your home or business - and the ultimate: vehicle-to-grid - where you could take your EV's unused power generated by solar and export it to the grid. To talk us through the possibilities, and tell us which EVs are currently able to be used to provide back up power in an emergency, Kathryn is joined by Gavin Shoebridge who's with Ecotricity and helped deliver an EV to a stranded family in Hawke's Bay during the Cyclone.

Virtual nursing is on the rise in the aged care sector, in response to a chronic workforce shortage. 30 aged care homes around the country are using a virtual nursing service, to make sure they have registered nurses to cover overnight and other essential shifts. The registered nurse is off-site, and available to be phoned or video-called by care workers if they need nursing advice. Emergency Consult started a pilot in early 2022, which has now been rolled out in 24 BUPA facilities along with several other care homes. But the union representing care workers says not having qualified nurses on site puts too much pressure on care workers and could undermine the quality of care. Kathryn speaks with Jenni Falconer Chief Executive and founder of Emergency Consult, Simon Wallace, Chief Executive of the Aged Care Association and Rachel Mackintosh, Assistant National Secretary of the Union representing care workers, E Tu.

Comedians Te Radar and Donna Brookbanks with the tale of the Welshman who ate a heart shaped potato chip that could have made him rich.

Big endings and new beginnings beckon all over Aotearoa's sporting world. Sam looks at the Black Caps great escape, the Warriors fresh start, the Breakers return to the big dance and, begrudgingly, the All Blacks coaching circus.

Editor of Hawkes Bay today Chris talks to Kathryn about the logistics of covering widespread devastation in his patch caused by Cyclone Gabrielle, and about sorting fact from fiction as the rumour mill cranked into action.

Mary Fawcett of Schrödinger's Books in Petone reviews The Marriage Act by John Marrs, published by Macmillan

Tokyo based journalist Elizabeth Beattie talks Kathryn about China's annual "two sessions" meetings, and the latest from the G20 meeting in India where the war in Ukraine remains a dividing and key issue.

 

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Floating solar panels are being developed to sit on the ocean's surface, providing power to ships and shore. Børge Bjørneklett's Norwegian company, Ocean Sun already has them in operation in the Singapore Strait. Børge tells Kathryn he thinks New Zealand is ripe for floating solar.

Frustrated Muriwai residents are left without answers about when they can go back to their red-stickered homes, after a town-meeting with Auckland council last night. Kat and Andy Corbett are living in temporary rental accommodation. Kat was at the meeting and speaks with Kathryn.