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US Rock duo Sleater-Kinney talk about their new album
Kathryn talks to Corin Tucker from the American rock band Sleater-Kinney. The band is marking 30 years of playing together this year and will perform in Auckland next week. Audio
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UN treaty seeks to tackle plastic pollution
9 May 2024Proponents of a strong global plastics treaty are raising concerns about the influence of lobbyists on the process. This as research seeks to establish a link… Audio
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Parenting: Helping kids with a healthy competition mindset
9 May 2024Melbourne-based provisional psychologist Darren Godwin says tween and teens athletes and their parents can benefit from the same sort of assistance pros get to… Audio
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POLi payments: who is at risk and what are banks doing?
9 May 2024Kathryn speaks with finance commentator and bank customer advocate, Janine Starks, on the POLi payments story. Audio
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Lost in translation: Daniel Hahn on interpreting literary works
8 May 2024Many of us will know the difficulties of travelling and being understood in countries where we don't speak the language. Now imagine taking a great work of… Audio
Friday 10 May 2024
On today’s show
09:05 News and current affairs
09:20 EU's Ambassador to NZ on the biggest challenges facing the Union
Europe Day is drawing to a close on a continent - yes, with the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest. It's a day that celebrates peace, but is once again been marked against the backdrop of Russia's war in Ukraine. Lawrence Meredith is the European Union's ambassador to New Zealand, taking up the post late last year. Before that he was director of a part of the European Commission that deals with the EU's neighbourhood and enlargement policies. Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine has heightened the urgency of some countries seeking entry into the EU. It's been a significant for New Zealand's relationship with the European Union, with a Free Trade Agreement coming into force on May 1. Ambassador Meredith talks to Kathryn about the benefits of the deal for both parties.
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09:30 Truckies keen on hydrogen, but vehicle supply strain slow
Now the country's first hydrogen fuelling network has opened, where to next for the renewable gas as a fuel? Towards the end of last month Hiringa Energy opened the country's first hydrogen network, running from Wiri in South Auckland, to Palmerston North. Hydrogen remains more expensive than diesel as a trucking fuel - and is considered 10 years away from matching it. The capital cost to getting a truck on the road and the risk involved in that is holding some back. But many others such as HW Richardson in Invercargill, and the TR Group, have begun investing in hydrogen trucks. Andrew Clennett is Hiringa Energy's chief executive and James Smith is general manager of policy and advocacy at the National Road Carriers Association.
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09:45 Asia correspondent Ed White
Ed White is a correspondent for the Financial Times, based in Shanghai.
10:05 Building a new life when your old one falls apart
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Australian Jo Peck ran her own adverstising agency for 35 years and was married for 25. Then everything changed. After celebrating her 60th birthday her husband announced he was in love with some else. Jo Peck has catalogued her experience and emotions in her memoir, Suddenly Single at Sixty. It also contains information about dealing with despair, divorce and dating.
10:35 Book review: The Mark by Fríða Ísberg
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Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews The Mark by Fríða Ísberg published by Text Publishing
10:45 Around the motu: Ellen Curnow in Westport
11:05 New music with Jeremy Taylor
11:30 Sports commentator Dana Johannsen
11:45 The week that was with Te Radar and Pinky Agnew
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