09:05 Sexual abuse counselling funding

Edward, sexual abuse survivor; and Ken Clearwater, Male Sexual Abuse Survivors Trust.

09:30 Urban restoration

Urban restoration and "retro-fitting" our cities to encourage native species - plants and wildlife - back into built up areas.

Bruce Clarkson is chair of Biological Sciences at Waikato University.

09:45 Middle East correspondent Irris Mackler

10:05 Professor Owen Lovejoy - Biological anthropologist

Lead analyst on the team that discovered and examined "Ardi," the oldest skeleton of a human ancestor ever found. He says Ardi reveals evidence that apes could have descended from humans. Professor Lovejoy is also known for working on the reconstruction of the skeleton of "Lucy," a fossil of a human ancestor that walked upright more than three million years ago.

Ardi

Ardi

10:30 Book Review with Jane Westaway

Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd
Published by Bloomsbury

10:45 Reading: Footprints In The Sand written and read by Sarah Boddy

(Part 1 of 5, RNZ)

The story of Beth who is seriously heart broken and Pete a paparazzi photographer who has no heart at all.

11:05 Politics with Andrew Campbell and Matthew Hooton

11:30 Guest chef Pete Peeti, host of Kai Time and wine commentator John Hawkesby

Today's recipes: Wild Roast Pork and Steamed Mullet

11:45 Off The Beaten Track with Kennedy Warne, outdoorsman and adventurer

See images in the Kennedy Warne Gallery.