Nine To Noon

Every three years, local councils and territorial authorities produce long term plans, setting out priorities in the medium and long term for their area. The plans include information on what activities, goods or services a council wants to provide, why they're planning that, and what the price tag is. Paul Spoonley is a demographer, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Massey University, and Honorary Research Associate with the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. He says some councils are making the wrong assumptions when drawing up these long term plans - particularly around population.

Mark Rogers from Bear Flag Books and Retro in Masterton reviews second hand bookshop favourite Cannery Row by John Steinbeck, originally published by Viking Press.

Scott Brown's youtube HOW TO videos are helping do-it-yourselfers around the country and overseas. It's a family affair, with partner, Jessica Bell's ideas and creativity reflected in the tutorials. They have more than 280,000 subscribers to their youtube channel and more than 50,000 instagram followers. Each film shows Scott at work - tackling tasks, such as hanging a door, replacing house piles or building a floating shelf.

Australia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Kathryn to talk about the latest numbers from Australia's runaway outbreak, as politicians start talking about needing to live with Covid and Prime Minister Scott Morrison criticises New Zealand's strict approach. He'll also look at Australia's moves to get its citizens out of Afghanistan, and how moves by New South Wales to turn down the increasing summer heat will see dark rooves banned on the outskirts of Sydney.

A rare piece of art-history furniture featuring elephant ivory inlays could be destroyed because it arrived in New Zealand with the wrong paper work. Known as the 'Pompeiian Cabinet', the sideboard was made by Johann Levien for the 1862 Exhibition in South Kensington, London. The cabinet was purchased by emerging Auckland collector Patrick Soanes, but it was seized by NZ customs because of incomplete paperwork when he had it shipped back to New Zealand. DOC says it has seized the cabinet in the interests of protecting endangered species. Under the Trade in Endangered Species CITES agreement, the options now are to remove the cabinet's two ivory figurines, destroy the piece or donate it to a museum such as Te Papa. Kathryn discusses with furniture historian, Dr William Cottrell, and DOC's National Compliance Manager Marta Lang.

More than half of the current 148 community cases of the delta variant of Covid-19 are among Pasifika whanau. The Assemblies of God Church of Samoa in Mangere is the largest sub-cluster. Pasifika community groups and health services are rallying to offer support, as hundreds of other families deemed contacts are in strict self-isolation. Early on in the pandemic the Pasifika community was identified as high risk and vulnerable and there were calls for a broad roll out of the vaccine in South Auckland in particular. Dr Maryann Heather is a GP at South Seas clinic in Otara and also a member of the Pasifka Medical Association.

The aged care sector says it would support any moves by the government to mandate vaccinations for its work force.  The Health Minister continues to consider a move to mandatory vaccinations for front line health workers as 'a last resort'. However Chris Hipkins has confirmed he has asked for advice on whether to make vaccines mandatory for frontline health workers who come into contact with confirmed Covid-19 cases. Currently only border workers - people working at MIQ facilities, ports and airports are required to be vaccinated. Aged care facilities do not know how many of their health workers are vaccinated as it is still voluntary. Kathryn speaks with Simon Wallace, the chief executive of the Aged Care Association.

Andrew talks to Kathryn about how the media is covering the Delta lockdown and how it differs to last year, Duncan Garner leaves TV3 and the AM show, and there's more fallout from the scathing review of Mediaworks' culture. Andrew Holden is a journalist for more than 30 years including five as Editor of The Press (in Christchurch) and four as Editor-in-Chief of The Age in Melbourne.

Janet Xuccoa has more than 30 years experience working in banking institutions and professional services practices. Her book Women & Money: Mastering The Struggle contains her insights into how money works, and how to make it work for you.

Pattrick looks at whether Z Energy could be taken over by Ampol Australia - which owns Gull. And he appraises how New Zealand airports and airlines coping in the era of lockdowns, compared to those overseas? Pattrick Smellie is the editor and co-founder of BusinessDesk and has reported on the New Zealand economy and business since 1983.