Nine To Noon for Monday 12 June 2017
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Mayor calls for more tourism infrastructure support
9:05 AM.Surveys show increasing levels of public frustration with tourists - is the government's additional funding for infrastructure enough? Kathryn Ryan interviews Graham Smith, the mayor of the MacKenzie… Read more Audio
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Odour sensor devices for disease
9:20 AM.Professor Cristina Davis is part of a multi-disciplinary team working on developing an an odour sensor device to diagnose disease. She is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the… Read more Audio
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Arni Wainui: pioneer of te reo Maori education
10:05 AM.Kathryn Ryan meets Arni Wainui, retiring principal of Te Wharekura o Arowhenua, one of only six Maori immersion schools in the South Island. She founded the school in Southland two decades ago when… Read more Audio
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Book Review - Theft by finding
10:40 AM.Theft by finding, written by David Sedaris, published by Hachette NZ and reviewed by Naomi Arnold. Audio
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Politics with Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton
11:05 AM.Mike and Matthew discuss Labour's soon to be announced immigration policy plus the implications from the UK's shock election result. Audio
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Kai ora: cooking with karengo, kūmara and kawakawa
11:30 AM.Homoeopath Gretta Carney from Hapi Cafe in Napier shares ideas for cooking with karengo, kūmara and kawakawa. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Urban issues with Bill McKay
11:45 AM.Bill McKay is Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland. Audio
09:05 Kiwis increasingly frustrated with tourism
Surveys show increasing levels of public frustration with tourists – is the government's additional funding for infrastructure enough? Kathryn Ryan interviews Graham Smith, the mayor of the MacKenzie District; Tourism New Zealand chief executive Stephen England-Hall; and tourism researcher Simon Milne from AUT.
The Routeburn flat walk in the South Island. Photo: Guided Walks NZ / Ngai Tahu Tourism
09:20 Odor sensor devices to diagnose disease
Kathryn Ryan talks to Cristina Davis, who is part of a multi-disciplinary team working on developing an an odor sensor device to diagnose disease. She is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, Davis. She is also the Director of the Bioinstrumentation and BioMEMS Laboratory.
09:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
Seamus reports in on the fallout from the shock UK result, what it means for Brexit and for Northern Ireland
10:05 Arni Wainui: Pioneer of te reo Maori education
Te Wharekura o Arowhenua Photo: Public Domain
Kathryn Ryan meets Arni Wainui, retiring principal of Te Wharekura o Arowhenua, one of only six Maori immersion schools in the South Island. She founded the school in Southland two decades ago when wasn't able to get her own kids into a kura kaupapa. She ran the school illegally at a local marae for two years, before the Education Ministry gave it official sanction. She tells Nine to Noon about her journey and her legacy.
10:35 Book review
Naomi Campbell reviews Theft by Finding by David Sedaris
Hachette NZ - RRP $37.99
10:45 The Reading
11:05 Political commentators Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton
Mike and Matthew discuss Labour's soon to be announced immigration policy plus the implications from the UK's shock election result
11:30 Kai ora – cooking with karengo, kumara and kawakawa
Kathryn Ryan talks to Gretta Carney from Hapi cafe in Napier about Kai ora, traditional Maori food, including karengo, kumara and kawakawa. Gretta is also taking part at an event at Te Papa this Saturday Ngā Kai o Matariki: Celebrating Māori Cuisine
11:45 Urbanist Bill McKay
Bill ponders New Zealand's long, poor, primitive history of miserable toilet facilities.
Bill McKay is Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland.