Nine To Noon for Friday 31 May 2024

09:05 Nicola Willis talks Budget 2024

Finance Minister Nicola Willis joins Kathryn in studio to discuss her first budget.

09:20 Should NZ have 'Right to Disconnect' laws?

Australia is the latest country to adopt  'Right to Disconnect' laws, and follows similar moves in Spain, France and other European Union countries. The law bans employers from unreasonable contact with workers outside of their normal working hours.  Australian workers are able to complain to the Fair Work Commission if they're feel their work oversteps, which could result in a fine. A recent poll here by the recruitment firm Hays conducted on LinkedIn received 24,759 votes, with 82% of professionals saying they had felt pressured to connect to work outside their normal hours. But what do such laws mean in terms of extra costs for business, and potentially removing the flexibility that some employees now enjoy? Kathryn speaks with Dr Amanda Reilly is a senior lecturer in law at Victoria University of Wellington.

09:35 Christchurch airport disruption after Jetstar plane incident

A Jetstar plane has had a difficult landing this morning, sliding off the runway. One passenger has told RNZ that the plane swerved violently onto the grass and then back onto the runway.  All passengers and crew are safe .RNZ Christchurch reporter Anna Sargent is at Christchurch airport.

09:40 Trump guilty of cover up

Donald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 counts he faced in the hush money criminal trial.  The former US President falsified business records connected to the cover up of hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. The New York jury was unanimous in its decision. AP's Philip Crowther has been following the proceedings.

09:45 Pacific correspondent Eleisha Foon

Recovery efforts continue in Papua New Guinea after a landslide buried an entire village in the remote highlands. New Zealand has sent $1.5m of humanitarian aid supplies through the Defence Force which arrived on Thursday night. Engineers are now working to assess the landslip, which is still moving, making it difficult to retrieve hundreds of buried bodies. Pacific correspondent Eleisha Foon joins Kathryn Ryan.

Eleisha Foon is a journalist with RNZ Pacific.

10:05 Wojtek Czyz: the Paralympian making history

Wojtek Czyz was just 21 years old when a football accident resulted in him losing his lower leg. Now he's set to make history as the first ever para badminton player to represent New Zealand at the Paralympics in Paris later this year. He's a four-time Paralympic champion, having competed as a sprinter and long jumper for his home country of Germany. After retiring, he sailed around the world with his family for five years, making prosthetics for amputees in developing nations. Wojtek Czyz is also a five-time world record holding para freediver. Finally settling in New Zealand, he took up badminton.

10:35 Book review: BBQ Economics by Liam Dann 

Harry Broad reviews BBQ Economics by Liam Dann published by Penguin Random House NZ

10:45 Around the motu: Kim Bowden covering Queenstown/Wānaka and Cromwell 

After years of sitting unused due to earthquake risk, Cromwell’s War Memorial Hall has been demolished in recent weeks. Kim talks to Kathryn about what will replace it. Also the reaction from Wānaka locals that McDonald’s has the green light to buy land for a fast food outlet.

Kim Bowden is a Crux editor/senior journalist.

11:05 Music reviewer Grant Smithies​

Hefty new dubs From The Neighbourhood album by Auckland producer Christophe El Truento is released next week. Grant Smithies brings two tracks from that, followed by a golden post-punk classic from Gang Of Four, and some blistering funk from the shores of the mighty Congo river. 

11:30 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman

New Zealand Rugby’s governance landscape is as murky as ever after yesterday’s contentious vote - Sam Ackerman looks at what it means and why this saga keeps dragging on. We’ll also talk some actual, honest to goodness infield rugby too with the Super Rugby Pacific playoff picture about to be decided, what’s going on with the Football Ferns and the importance of timing your run right towards the Paris Olympics.

11:45 The week that was with Donna Brookbanks and Irene Pink

Comedians Donna Brookbanks and Irene Pink wrap up the lighter moments of the week, including an Austrian man who found three mammoth skeletons in his wine cellar. And a US news anchor who is being applauded for his professionalism after she accidentally swallowed a fly live on air.