Nine To Noon for Thursday 29 January 2009

09:05 Reserve Bank Governer Allan Bollard makes another significant interest rate cut

Cameron Bagrie, Chief Economist for ANZ National.

09:20 Dire warnings from the International Monetary Fund on the state of the world economy

Gareth Morgan, investment consultant/economist.

09:30 Reserve Bank Governer Allan Bollard comments on his significant interest rate cut

Patrick O'Meara, RNZ Business Editor - live at the Reserve Bank.

09:30 Making a Difference series

Ann Graeme, Conservation worker for several decades.

09:45 UK Correspondent Jon Dennis

10:05 Feature Interview - Sara Maitland

Former vicar's wife and a writer who thrives on solitude, author of The Book of Silence available in NZ this month.

10:30 Best Books of 2008 as selected by Carole Beu

The Journal of Dora Damage by Belinda Starling
Published by Bloomsbury

Consequences by Penelope Lively
Published by Penguin

The 10PM Question by Kate De Goldi
Published by Longacre

Salvage by Jane Kotapish
Published by Faber

When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
Published by Random House

10:45 Reading. The Book of Job, written and read by Elisabeth Easther

Episode 4 of 5

The Book of Job is about Karin, a breakfast DJ on Elevator FM who gets the sack and her subsequent attempts to find a new job. A light hearted take on the employment market, commercial radio and a whole lot more.

11:05 New Technology with Nathan Torkington

11:30 The Cuban Brothers

Mike Keat was born in Scotland and raised in New Zealand. He is the man behind the cult British entertainers The Cuban Brothers. Mike plays Miguel Mantovani, a 53-year-old Cuban Impresario who found a seedy kind of fame in Havana in the '70s and is now sharing his love of entertainment with the world.

The Cuban Brothers are playing 27 and 28 February at Western Park, Ponsonby. Tickets at iTICKET.

11:45 Television Review with Simon Wilson