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Nine To Noon for Wednesday 30 September 2009

  • Samoan earthquake

    9:08 AM.A tsunami in Samoa has been caused by an earthquake. Audio

  • Adam Munroe

    9:30 AM.Emergency Management Office Manager for Environment Waikato. Audio

  • Ana Rees

    9:42 AM.Government initiative to be announced today to help parents deal with it bad behaviour in schools. Audio

  • Australia correspondent - Ray Moynihan

    9:50 AM.Find out what's happening across the ditch. Audio

  • Mark Darby

    9:58 AM.Mark Darby has been evacuated from Tauranga due to the potential Tsunami. Audio

  • Mike Bain

    10:05 AM.Mike Bain is the area in New Zealand expected to be hit by the wave first. Audio

  • Feature guest - Kisi Bohn

    10:05 AM.Kisi is one of the few bat communications specialists in the world Audio

  • Fire Chief Peter Waters

    10:34 AM.Peter Waters expects the wave that hits Auckland to be small. Audio

  • Book review - The Mistress of Nothing

    10:40 AM.Graham Beattie reviews 'The Mistress of Nothing' by Kate Pullinger. Published by Serpent's Tail. Audio

  • Music Review with Marty Duda

    11:08 AM.Today's feature artist: T. Rex. Audio

  • Samoan tsunami claims lives

    11:31 AM.Calcua Mauvala Secretary General of Red Cross, Russell Hunter editor of the Samoa Observer, and the New Zealand Police Pacific liaison officer Superintendent Ross Arden are all in Samoa. Audio

  • Legal commentator Catriona MacLennan

    11:42 AM.Catriona MacLennan discusses delays in courts. Audio

  • Tsunami warning stood down

    11:53 AM.The Tsunami warning in both Samoa and New Zealand has been stood down. However Samoa and American Samoa have suffered casualties. Audio

  • Film Review with Graeme Tuckett

    11:54 AM.Graeme Tuckett reviews 'Fame' and polical satire 'In the Loop'. Audio

09:05 Samoa earthquake and tsunami warning

Theresa Falele Dussy, resident on top of Mt Vai near Apia, along with about a thousand other locals...she and her family fled their house after the quake

Jonah tui le Tufuga, announcer, Radio Polynesia

David Coetzee, coordinator, NZ Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management

Tautala Mauala, Secretary General of Red Cross

Adam Munroe, advisory warnings, Emergency Management Office Manager for Environment Waikato

09:40 Government initiative to be announced today to help parents deal with it bad behaviour in schools

Ana Rees

09:45 Australia correspondent Ray Moynihan

10:05 Kisi Bohn - bat song and communication

Kisi is one of the few bat communications specialists in the world

Kisi Bohn is a lecturer and poostdoctoral Fellow at Texas A&M University. She says bats are superb subjects for studying vocal and social complexity- they are extremely social, very vocal and have highly diverse social structures and ecologies. With over 1,100 species, bats provide a treasure trove for evolutionary studies.

Watch a video of male bat display and song here.

10:30 Book Review with Graham Beattie

The Mistress of Nothing by Kate Pullinger
Published by Serpent's Tail

10:45 Reading. Juggling with Mandarins by V M Jones

(Part 3 of 10, RNZ)

Pip feels he is being called on to fulfill sporting ambitions his father can no longer achieve. He is also struggling with his changing feelings for the girl next door. As well as learning to juggle mandarins, he learns how to juggle new feelings and relationships, and to succeed in indoor rock climbing.

11:05 Music Review with Marty Duda

Today's feature artist: T. Rex

1. Child Star (2:47) - Tyrannosaurus Rex taken from 1968 album "My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair...But Now They're Content To Wear Stars On Their Brows" (A&M)

2. Ride A White Swan (2:12) - T. Rex taken from 1970 single (Fly)

3. Get It On (Bang A Gong) (4:22) - T. Rex taken from 1971 album "Electric Warrior" (Reprise)

4. 20th Century Boy (3:35) - T. Rex taken from 1973 single (EMI)

11:30 Legal commentator Catriona MacLennan

Catriona discusses delays in courts.

11:45 Film Review with Graeme Tuckett