Lately for Monday 11 July 2022
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Farming In Bangladesh
10:35 PM.Owen Calvert is six weeks into his latest assignment, helping to boost agricultural production in Bangladesh. Read more Audio
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'Unsung Heroine of the New Zealand Screen Industry
10:35 PM.During the Big Screen Symposium in Auckland, the WIFT NZ - Women in Film and Television Awards were announced. Taking home the 'Unsung Heroine of the New Zealand Screen Industry' Award was script… Read more Audio
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Wild Weather Watch
10:20 PM.MetService has issued a range of severe weather warnings with the weather system expected to bring significant heavy rain and strong winds to many regions. Read more Audio
10:15 WILD WEATHER WATCH
MetService has issued a range of severe weather warnings with the weather system expected to bring significant heavy rain and strong winds to many regions.
🟧 Severe Weather Incoming 🟨
— MetService (@MetService) July 10, 2022
The low pressure system passing over the next 48 hours is moving fast but it packs a punch!
Gale winds + heavy rain on top of saturated regions could bring about impacts quickly.
Tree fall, power outages, surface flooding and slips are possible. pic.twitter.com/Pow1Z5hew9
10:30 FARMING IN BANGLADESH
Owen Calvert is six weeks into his latest assignment, helping to boost agricultural production in Bangladesh.
Before then he spent 3 years in South Sudan managing a $37 million USAID funded project that supported agriculture to build the resilience of rural livelihoods.
Owen Calvert has spent more than 30 years helping 25 countries across the Pacific, Asia and Africa with food security, food aid, and rural development. Photo: Owen Calvert
Calvert has spent more than 30 years helping 25 countries across the Pacific, Asia and Africa with food security, food aid, and rural development.
In between the demanding assignments far from home, he works on his vineyard in Bannockburn in Central Otago.
10:40 'Unsung Heroine of the New Zealand Screen Industry'
The country's screen industry has wrapped up its annual symposium, debating both the opportunities and obstacles being faced after another tough Covid-disrupted year.
Losing Amazon's Rings TV series was a massive blow, actually listen out to our next interview for some information on how the production company is struggling to find enough crew in the UK.
But there are also some highly anticipated New Zealand movies just out and coming up, and lots of champions of the industry to celebrate.
During the Big Screen Symposium in Auckland, the WIFT NZ - Women in Film and Television Awards were announced.
Taking home the 'Unsung Heroine of the New Zealand Screen Industry' Award was script supervisor Dianne Moffatt.
10:50 BBC WORLD
We cross to BBC World UK editor Rob Hugh-Jones for latest on the battle to take over from Prime Minister Boris Johnson, President Joe Biden's visit to the Middle East and the acute skill shortage in British film and television industry.
Photo: AFP