Nine To Noon for Friday 20 June 2008
Nine to Noon on Friday 20 June 2008
9:05 Bioethics Report sparks further debate
Professor Donald Evans, director of Otago University's Bioethics Centre, says allowing social grounds for the sex selection of embryos during fertility treatment would be "winding the social clock back in New Zealand by at least a generation and a half".
9:20 Anti-tagging bill passes with overwhelming majority
Darren Hughes, Labour MP, and Hone Harawira, MP Te Tai Tokerau. The writing's on the wall for tagging, with the successful passage of a bill designed to stamp out what's being described as an 'urban scourge'.
Darren Hughes presented the bill on behalf of Justice Minister Annette King and he describes tagging as "an invasion of personal space". Hone Harawira was one of only 10 MPs to vote against the bill and says although he is not a fan of tagging, this move will do nothing to stop it.
9:30 Why we should not wear shoes
Interview with Dr Bernhard Zipfel from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. Dr Zipfel and a colleague have studied the foot bones of modern humans and compared them with those of ancient South Africans who did not wear shoes.
9:45 Pacific correspondent Mike Field
10:05 Tracking down the lost
Interview with Roscoe Tait NZOM, NZ Land Search & Rescue. Roscoe has spent thousands of hours volunteering on New Zealand's toughest search and rescues. From Jeannette and Harvey Crewe to Iraena Asher, he's witnessed both tragedy and triumph.
Roscoe Tait was recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours list earlier this month, for his 40 years of service to Search and Rescue... unpaid, but never it seems unrewarded.
10:30 Children's Book Review with John McIntyre
Elwyn's Dream (Saving The Takahe) by Ali Foster
Illustrated by Viv Walker
Published by Random House, ISBN 978-1-86979-006-6
Bo by Anna Kenna
Illustrated by Bruce Potter
Published by Reed, ISBN 978-1-86978-040-1
Echo and Hush by V M Jones
Illustrated by Scott Tulloch
Published by Harper Collins, ISBN 978-1-86950-690-2
10:45 Book Reading: Edwin & Matilda by Laurence Fearnley
11:05 Music review with Manu Taylor
Boa Fonte - Caminho Para O Amazonas
(Iris Music)
Crooked Still - Still Crooked
(Signature Sounds Recordings)
Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head
(Rhino/Warner Music Group)
11:30 Sport commentator Richard Becht
Richard's discussion this morning focuses on Tiger Woods and what he describes as the sports story of the year so far. Richard says Woods' performance in the US Open was astonishing.
He also features football, with Euro 2008 reaching the quarter finals stage.
11:45 Week That Was with Radar and Michele A'Court