Nine To Noon for Friday 7 October 2016
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Most consumers think insurance unfair
9:10 AM.Consumer New Zealand says it's time for the insurance industry to be fairer to customers. Its latest insurance satisfaction survey has found around that only 3 in 10 respondents with health and life… Read more Audio
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Revolutionising big energy!
9:30 AM.Kathryn Ryan talks to Dr Lawrence Jones from the Edison Electric Institute, about the challenge of revolutionising big energy companies so consumers can reap the rewards of installing new solar and… Read more Audio
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Asia correspondent - Charlotte Glennie
9:50 AM.Charlotte discusses the latest anti-US rhetoric from Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, the spread of the Zika virus in the region, the hunt for Japan's "angel of death", why you might not be able… Read more Audio
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Bren Smith: growing plants and protein in the sea
10:06 AM.Kathryn Ryan talks with Bren Smith, a former commercial fisherman in the US who decided the industrial fishing system he loved being a part of was pillaging the oceans and there would be no life-long… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery
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Book review - Black Ice Matter
10:38 AM.'Black Ice Matter' by Gina Cole is reviewed by Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books, and published by Huia Publishers. Audio
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New music with Grant Smithies
11:06 AM.Noise, or soul? Gritty southern funk, or ear-shredding cheese grater guitars? Grant Smithies can't decide this week, so he takes a heaped helping of both, with recent releases from Boston soft punks… Read more Audio
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Sports with Brendan Telfer
11:35 AM.Another bad week for NZ Rugby, Russian hackers who disclosed medical information about two NZ gold medallists trigger a debate about the use of therapeutic use exemptions, and Maria Sharapova seeks… Read more Audio
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The Week That Was with Te Radar and Irene Pink
11:50 AM.Radar and Pinky Agnew discuss what makes people think you're 'creepy', clown sightings spreading, and Australia is slighty off on maps. Audio
09:05 Is the insurance industry unfair?
Photo: 123RF
Consumer New Zealand says it's time for the insurance industry to be fairer to customers. Its latest insurance satisfaction survey has found around that only 3 in 10 respondents with health and life insurance felt their cover was good value for money. Kathryn Ryan talks to Consumer New Zealand's Chief Executive Sue Chetwin who says there are multiple issues including unfair contracts and obfuscation.
0925 Revolutionising big energy!
Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly
Kathryn Ryan talks to Dr Lawrence Jones from the Edison Electric Institute, about the challenge of revolutionising big energy companies so consumers can reap the rewards of installing new solar and battery technologies. The Institute represents all U.S. investor-owned electric companies.
09:45 Asia correspondent Charlotte Glennie
Charlotte discusses the latest anti-US rhetoric from Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, the spread of the Zika virus in the region and the hunt for Japan's "angel of death".
10:05 Bren Smith: growing plants and protein in the sea
Bren Smith Photo: supplied
Kathryn Ryan talks with Bren Smith, a former commercial fisherman in the US who decided the industrial fishing system he loved being a part of was pillaging the oceans and there would be no life-long fishing career. He's now a pioneer of 3 dimensional ocean farming; including seaweed and shellfish at his Long Island ocean farm - Thimble Island Ocean Farm.
10:35 Unity Books Review - "Black Ice Matter" by Gina Cole
Reviewed by Tilly Lloyd, published by Huia Publishers.
10:45 The Reading
11:05 Music reviewer Grant Smithies
Noise, or soul? Gritty southern funk, or ear-shredding cheese grater guitars? Grant Smithies can't decide this week, so he takes a heaped helping of both, with recent releases from Boston soft punks Pixies and Indiana soul man, Durand Jones.
11:30 Sports commentator Brendan Telfer
Another bad week for NZ Rugby, Russian hackers who disclosed medical information about two NZ gold medallists trigger a debate about the use of therapeutic use exemptions, and Maria Sharapova seeks revenge.
11:45 The week that was with Te Radar and Irene Pink