Nine To Noon for Thursday 5 June 2008
Nine to Noon for Thursday 5 June 2008
09:05 Obama Democratic victory
Bob Weiner, National Democratic Strategist, and former White House spokesman, on Obama's prospects and damage to Democratic party.
09:20 US Election
Brian Walton, Republican strategist with Republican National Committee commenting on Obama v. McCain contest.
09:30 Launch of FIA's global green motoring campaign
David Ward, Director-General of the FIA's Foundation for the Automobile and Society, is in NZ to launch a 10-point campaign to get motorists to consider environmental impact of driving.
09:40 UK Correspondent Matthew Parris
09:50 Obama Democratic victory
Robert Johnson, key supporter of Hillary Clinton - founder of Black Entertainment Television
10:05 Plight of Amazonian indigenous tribes
Fiona Watson, campaigns coordinator for Survival International. Survival is the only international organisation supporting tribal peoples worldwide. It was founded in 1969 after an article by Norman Lewis in the UK's Sunday Times highlighted the massacres, land thefts and genocide taking place in Brazilian Amazonia.
10:45 Book Review with Kate Blackhurst
The Face of War by Sandy Callister
Published by Auckland University Press
ISBN 978 186 940 4079
10:45 Reading: Yours Accidentally by David Hill
11:05 Carbon trading
Mark Franklin, CEO of TZ1 - carbon trading exchange
11:30 Oil Prices
Tyson Slocum, Director of Public Citizen's Energy Program. Public Citizen is the largest consumer advocacy group in the United States.