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Nine To Noon for Wednesday 29 October 2008

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09:05 Bank Guarantee Scheme

Mortgage funds industry claims the bank guarantee scheme will destroy them, and are urging government to extend it to cover them.
Michael Cullen, Finance Minister and Chris Lee, stock broker and industry commentator

09:15 AXA New Zealand freezes funds

AXA New Zealand freezes three of its funds amid fears investors will try to take their money out and put it into banks which are part of the government's new guarantee scheme.
Ralph Stewart, CEO of AXA New Zealand.

09:20 Use of Political blogs ahead of the US election

Trevor Butterworth, media commentator with the Centre for Media and Public Affairs, New York.

09:30 Kakapo perfume

Investigating kakapo scent to see why some kakapo males are better at attracting females to breed with than others.
Professor Dianne Brunton, Director of the Ecology and Conservation Group, Massey University.

Teddy10:05 From shy accountant to pin up opera star

Teddy Tahu Rhodes - a former shy accountant who has become a rising star of opera. The bass baritone is fast making a name for himself in the opera world for his richly sonorous voice and commanding presence.

10:30 Book Review with Mary Daysh

Wisdom by Andrew Zuckerman
Published by Hachette
ISBN 9780733623509

10:45 Book Reading: The Tide Clock by Carl Nixon (Part 2 of 2)

11:05 Music Review with Marty Duda

Artist Of The Week is The Cure.

Widely acknowledged as the Godfathers Of Goth, Robert Smith and The
Cure have been making music since 1976, reaching the peak of their
popularity in the late 80s and early 90s with songs like Why Can't I
Be You, Boys Don't Cry, Lovesong and Friday I'm In Love. With
longtime guitarist Porl Thompson back in the fold, The Cure has just
released their first album in four years, 4:13 Dream.

1. One Hundred Years - The Cure taken from 1982 album
"Pornography" (Fiction)

2. Why Can't I Be You - The Cure taken from 1987 album "Kiss
Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me" (Fiction)

3. Doing The Unstuck - The Cure taken from 1992 album "Wish" (Elektra)

4. The Perfect Boy - The Cure taken from 2008 album "4:13
Dream" (Geffen)

11:30 Legal Commentator Ursula Cheer

11:45 Film Review with Graeme Tuckett