7:15 Surgical Robots

Building on the past and present and looking to the future - medical researcher and ex-pat Kiwi Catherine Mohr develops robots that makes surgery safer.

www.intuitivesurgical.com/company

8:15 Windows on the World

International public radio documentaries - visit the Windows on the World web page to find links to these documentaries.

8:40 Thinkers: Economics

NBR columnist Dr Neville Bennett with thoughts as to where the money is... what are the economic consequences of the earthquake that struck on 11th March 2011 for Japan and the rest of the world?

8:59 Conundrum: Clue 1

9 pm News and weather

9:06 Insight

9:40 Sport: USA

LA Times sports journalist, Helene Elliott, who has a penchant for men chasing a puck with sticks on ice... the biggest issue right now is the labor dispute in the National Football League.

9:59 Conundrum: Clue 2

10 pm Late Edition

A review of the news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.

11 pm News and weather

11:06 Beale Street Caravan

The best in blues from the Blues Foundation in Memphis.