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Nine To Noon for Friday 23 October 2009

  • Medals thief sentencing

    9:08 AM.A man who admitted stealing war medals from New Zealand's National Army Museum in 2007 has been jailed. Audio

  • Academic whizzkid

    9:30 AM.Michael Hoy has two degrees - BE and BSC with first class honours and he is now pursuing a PhD at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, looking at vehicle collision avoidance. Audio

  • Asia correspondent Phil O'Sullivan

    9:46 AM.Phil O'Sullivan joins us with the latest news from Asia. Audio

  • Feature Guest - Lynne Truss

    10:06 AM.British writer and broadcaster best known for her book, Eat, Shoots and Leaves, has a new book out: Get Her Off the Pitch about her four years as a sports columnist. Audio

  • Children's Book Review

    10:37 AM.With John McIntyre, from The Children's Bookshop, Kilbirnie, Wellington. Audio

  • New Music

    11:06 AM.With guest Sean McKenna. Audio

  • Sport

    11:35 AM.With our commentator Joseph Romanos. Audio

  • Week that was

    11:49 AM.With Radar and Michele A'Court. Audio

09:05 Medals thief sentencing

Chris Bensemann, Detective Inspector who led the investigation; and Colonel Raymond Seymour, Waiouru Army Museum director.

09:20 Medals thief sentencing

Lord Michael Ashcroft, a British medal collector who put forward a 200 thousand dollar reward to see the medals' safe return.

09:25 Academic whizzkid

Michael Hoy has two degrees - BE and BSC with first class honours - and he is now pursuing a PhD at the University of New South Wales in Sydney looking at vehicle collision avoidance.

09:30 Evolution: women of the future will be shorter, plumper and more fertile according to research from Yale University

Stephen Stearns is an Evolutionary Biologist at Yale University.

09:45 Asia correspondent Phil O'Sullivan

10:05 Lynne Truss

British writer and broadcaster best known for her book, Eat, Shoots and Leaves, has a new book out: Get Her Off the Pitch about her four years as a sports columnist.

10:30 Children's Book Review with John McIntyre, from The Children's Bookshop, Kilbirnie, Wellington

Banquo's Son by T K Roxborough
Published by Penguin
ISBN 978-0-14-320249-3

The Crossing by Mandy Hager
Published by Random House
ISBN 978-1-86979-150-6

Copper Top by Coral Atkinson
Published by Dancing Tuatara Press
ISBN 978-1-877-192-38-8

10:45 Reading. The Heroics Of Hughie - a short story by David Hill

Uncle Hughie never seemed much like a war hero but in his front hall hung a citation for his "Splendid Deeds" on the Island of Crete.

11:05 New Music with Sean McKenna

Low Rising by The Swell Season
From the album Strict Joy
Videos: The Swell Season - live in session
Busking on Grafton Street

We're Both in Love With A Sexy Lady by Flight of the Conchords
From the album I Told You I Was Freaky
Video: Albi the Racist Dragon

Your Song by Harry Connick Jr
From the album Your Songs
Video: It Had To Be You

11:30 Sports commentator Joseph Romanos

11:45 Week That Was with Radar and Michele A'Court