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Nine To Noon for Monday 8 December 2008

  • How filthy are our beaches

    9:08 AM.A new survey says that many of New Zealand rivers and beaches are unsafe. Audio

  • Adoption policy changes

    9:25 AM.With many changes in society over the past decades prospective parents are finding less children are available for adoption. Audio

  • Writers' voices

    9:48 AM.931 Sound archivist Richard Forman with rare sound recordings of famous writers from the 30s until the 50s. Audio

  • Feature guest - Ronnie van Hout

    10:10 AM.A New Zealand artist with an exhibition currently being held at Te Papa museum. Audio

  • Book review - Memoirs of a Master Forger

    10:44 AM.Written by William Heeney. Reviewed by Ralph McAllister. Published by Gollancz. Audio

  • Politics

    11:12 AM.Matthew Hooton and Laila Harre discuss the latest from both sides of politics. Audio

  • Food and wine

    11:30 AM.With guest chef Anne Thorpe and wine expert John Hawkesby. Audio

  • Tommy Honey

    11:45 AM.Tommy Honey; sophist and provocateur Audio

09:05 How filthy are our beaches

Mike McQuillan, Utility and Environmental Manager - Auckland City Council; Todd Krieble, Ministry for the Environment, General Manager of Reporting and Communication.

09:20 Adoption policy change

Debbie Sturmfels, Manager with Child Youth and Family; Anna, who has been waiting for a local adoption for 14 months; and Sue Kingham, Chairperson, Adoption Options Trust.

09:30 Writers' voices

Richard Forman, Sound archivist at British Library.

The British Library has just released what's being described as a "literary goldmine" of extremely rare recordings of Britsh and American writers from the first half of the 20th Century.

09:45 Africa correspondent Peter Greste

10:05 NZ art

Ronnie van Hout, leading contemporary New Zealand artist.

Ivan Anthony exhibition - Ronnie van Hout

Te Papa exhibitions

10:45 Book Review with Ralph McAllister

Memoirs of a Master Forger by William Heeney
Published by Gollancz
ISBN 978 0 575082977

10:40 Book Reading: Tuna a short story by Piata Allen

11:05 Politics with Matthew Hooton and Laila Harre

11:30 Guest Chef Anne Thorpe and wine with John Hawkesby

11:45 Sophist and provocateur Tommy Honey