Nine To Noon for Wednesday 9 September 2009
09:05 Maths lecturer says too many students coming to university lack basic maths skills
Peter Hughes, Auckland University Maths Lecturer who is also responsible for Co-ordination of the National Secondary Numeracy Project.
Peter Hughes' numeracy text (pdf)
09:20 New Zealand wine could be locked out of Rugby World Cup stadiums
Stuart Smith, chairman of NZ Winegrowers.
09:30 Brianna Karp - homeless blogger, now intern with Elle magazine
21st century fairytale of a woman who turned her blog about homelessness into a plum internship for the fashion bible Elle magazine.
09:45 Australia correspondent Ray Moynihan
10:05 Louis Psihoyos
Acclaimed National Geographic Photographer and film-maker who directed the film The Cove about the yearly slaughter of Dolphins in a remote Japanese Cove.
10:30 Book Review with Gail Pittaway
Angels of Destruction by Keith Donohue
Published by Vintage UK
10:45 Reading: Here And Where by David Hill
(Part 3 of 5)
The Hour is Nigh
A New Zealand tour party experience a new years eve party Peruvian style.
11:05 Music Review with Marty Duda
Feature artist: Yo La Tengo
1. It's Alright (The Way That You Live) (4:10) - Yo La Tengo taken from 1987 album "New Wave Hot Dogs" (Coyote/Twintone)
2. Barnaby, Hardly Working (3:45) - Yo La Tengo taken from 1989 album "President Yo La Tengo" (Coyote)
3. We're An American Band (4:30) - Yo La Tengo taken from 1997 album "I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One" (Matador)
4. If It's True (2:39) - Yo La Tengo taken from 2009 album "Popular Songs" (Matador)
11:30 Legal commentator Geoff McLay from Victoria University's law faculty
The first leaky homes case to get to the Court of Appeal.
11:45 Film Review with Graeme Tuckett
The latest Pixar animation feature Up and the latest Quentin Tarantino film Inglorious Basterds.