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Nine To Noon for Thursday 9 October 2008

  • National Tax Cuts

    9:05 AM.National's deputy leader Bill English comments on the issue. Audio

  • National Tax Cuts - Impact on Kiwisaver

    9:20 AM.Financial journalist Mary Holm and National Secretary of EPMU Andrew Little discuss the policy. Audio

  • Redbacks Find NZ to Their Liking

    9:40 AM.An invasion of poisonous redback spiders looms as climate change makes more NZ regions hotter and tempting to the Aussie spider. Audio

  • UK Correspondent

    9:50 AM.Michael White reports on the latest from Britain, including the financial turmoil in the UK. Audio

  • Feature Guest - Mark Richards

    10:05 AM.World reknowned cardiologist and heart researcher. Audio

  • Book Review - 'Coming of Age: 30 Years of NZ Film'

    10:40 AM.Dan Slevin reviews 'Coming of Age: 30 Years of NZ Film' by Duncan Petrie and Duncan Stuart. Published by Random House NZ. Audio

  • New Technology - Colin Jackson

    11:05 AM.Colin looks at the iPhone, recording industry plus other technological topics. Audio

  • Literacy

    11:25 AM.Why are 20 percent of NZ kids getting to intermediate or high school with literacy problems? Panel discussion with Tom Nicholson, Pat Newman and Alison Halkyard, a teacher at Whangaparoa College… Read more Audio

  • Television Review

    11:50 AM.Insights from Simon Wilson, including a look at the NZ Music Awards. Audio

09:05 National Party Tax Policy

Bill English, Deputy leader of the National party.

09:20 Impact of Tax cuts on Kiwisaver

Andrew Little, National Secretary EPMU, and Mary Holm, financial advisor.

09:45 UK Correspondent Michael White

10:05 Mark Richards

World renowned cardiologist and heart researcher.

10:35 Book Review with Dan Slevin

Coming of Age: 30 Years of NZ Film by Duncan Petrie and Duncan Stuart Published by Random House NZ
ISBN 9781869790196

10:45 Reading: How To Listen To Pop Music

Written and read by Nick Bollinger (Episode 9 of 10 )

11:05 New Technology with Colin Jackson

Today's topic: iPhones and Internet Rumours.

iPhone is top smartphone in the US

Steve Jobs is not dead. Not even a little bit.

Record industry suing the wrong people.

A meeting with Ministers about cutting off your Internet

11:30 Literacy in Schools

Alison Halkyard, a teacher at Whangaparoa College, north of Auckland, a 30-year veteran currently completing a post-grad diploma in literacy fulltime; Tom Nicholson, Professor at Massey University in Auckland, Professor of Literacy Education; and Pat Newman, Principal of Hora Hora primary school in Whangarei and the President of the Tai Tokerau Principals Association, which represents more than 160 schools in Northland and Far North.

11:45 Television Review with Simon Wilson

TV reviewer Simon Wilson looks at the week's TV offerings.