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Nine To Noon for Monday 16 March 2009

  • Bullying in schools

    9:08 AM.David Rutherford a Lower Hutt lawyer and spokesperson for the parents of children bullied at Hutt Valley High School. Audio

  • Sexual predators online

    9:30 AM.A new police unit is being formed to boost the fight against online sexual predators targeting New Zealand children. Audio

  • Africa correspondent - Michael Hamlyn

    9:50 AM.A new leader for South Africa. Audio

  • Feature guest - Professor Matthew During

    10:08 AM.New Zealand scientist at the absolute forefront of research into gene treatment for obesity. Audio

  • Book Review - The Great Lover

    10:38 AM.Written by Jill Dawson, reviewed by Harry Ricketts and published by Sceptre. Audio

  • Politics

    11:08 AM.With Matthew Hooton and Laila Harre. Audio

  • Tommy Honey

    11:30 AM.Sophist and provocateur asks Do we need a Government Architect and what would they do? Audio

  • Food and wine

    11:45 AM.With guest chef Peter Thornley and wine expert John Hawkesby. Audio

09:05 Reports released into bullying in schools

David Rutherford, Lower Hutt lawyer and spokesperson for the parents of children bullied at Hutt Valley High School; Cindy Kiro, Children's Commissioner; and Roslyn Noonan, Human Rights Commissioner.

09:20 New police unit to target web predators

Detective Senior Sergeant Neil Holden from OCEANZ; and Martin Cocker,
Netsafe's executive director.

A new police unit is being formed to boost the fight against online sexual predators targeting New Zealand children.

The Police cyber taskforce OCEANZ - which stands for Online Child Exploitation Across New Zealand aims to protect children from falling prey to sex offenders who use social networking sites and chatrooms to groom future victims.

09:45 Africa correspondent Michael Hamlyn

10:05 Gene therapy

Professor Matthew During, New Zealand scientist at the forefront of research into gene treatment for obesity.

Professor Matt During and his colleagues believe they've found a way to re-set the genetic makeup of obese people, reprogramming them to become skinny. They've just completed groundbreaking animal trials, and hope to be trialling the treatment on humans within a year.

Matt During is currently with Ohio State University and Auckland University, but he says attitudes towards science in the United States are streets ahead of those in this country.

10:30 Book Review with Harry Ricketts

The Great Lover by Jill Dawson
Published by Sceptre
ISBN 9780340970900

10:45 Reading: How To Catch A Cricket Match by Harry Ricketts

Episode 1 of 10

An entertaining exploration of that great game cricket, will serve equally well as an introduction to the game for the novice or as a celebration of it for the confirmed addict.

11:05 Politics with Matthew Hooton and Laila Harre

11:30 Guest Chef Peter Thornley from Kermadec Brasserie & Bar and wine commentator John Hawkesby

11:45 Sophist and provocateur Tommy Honey