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Nine To Noon for Monday 15 December 2008

  • Police spying

    9:10 AM.New allegations that police are actively spying on political activists such as Greenpeace and animal rights groups. Audio

  • Drought for farmers

    9:30 AM.For farmers in Waikato, The Hawkes bay and Canterbury it is the third drought in as many years. Audio

  • Africa correspondent - Peter Greste

    9:48 AM.The cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe and the collapse of the country. Audio

  • Henry van der Heyden

    10:08 AM.As part of our Big Year interview series, The Chairman of Fonterra talking about running the country's largest company. Audio

  • Police spying (part 2)

    10:08 AM.The police commissioner answering allegations about The Special Investigations Group spying on various protest groups. Audio

  • Book Review - Kipling Sahib

    11:08 AM.Written by Charles Allen. Reviewed by Harry Ricketts. Published by Abacus, $32.99 Audio

  • Politics

    11:15 AM.Matthew Hooton and Laila Harre discuss the latest from both sides of politics. Audio

  • Food and wine

    11:35 AM.With our guest Chef Lauraine Jacobs and wine expert John Hawkesby. Audio

  • David Slack

    11:45 AM.A Modest Proposal or Two Audio

09:05 Police spying

Keith Locke, Green Party MP; Tim McBride, Human Rights lawyer; and Rochelle Rees, member of animal rights protest group who discovered her boyfriend was spying on the group and feeding information to the Police Special Investigations Group.

09:20 Farmers and Drought

Michael Morrow, grains farmer (also has sheep) in Mid-Canterbury at Long Beach, and Mid-Canterbury President for Federates Farmers; Stew Wadey, dairy farmer in the Waikato, has 170 cows and 20 hectares of forest, Waikato President for Federated Farmers; and Jacky Stafford, owns farm in Hawkes Bay (beef and sheep), also financial chair of Rural Women.

09:45 Africa correspondent Peter Greste

10:08 Police spying

Howard Broad, NZ Police Commissioner has just briefed the Police Minister on claims the Special Investigations Group of the Police was paying an informant to infiltrate protest groups and report on their activities.

10:30 Book Review with Harry Ricketts

Kipling Sahib by Charles Allen
Published by Abacus
ISBN 978 034 911 6853

10:45 Book Reading. Garibaldi Did Not SleepHere by Paul Horan

(Episode 3 of 6)

11:05 Politics with Matthew Hooton and Laila Harre

11:30 Guest Chef Lauraine Jacobs and wine with John Hawkesby

Strawberries, Honey & Mascarpone

11:45 A Modest Proposal or Two with David Slack