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Nine To Noon for Tuesday 1 December 2009

  • 2025 Taskforce

    9:08 AM.The Government backs off its goal of closing the wage gap with Australia. Audio

  • Manawatu River

    9:20 AM.The Manawatu River has been called one of the most polluted in the western world after new tests of its water. Audio

  • Comedian - Jarred Christmas

    9:40 AM.Christchurch comedian Jarred Christmas will be performing in the Comedy Christmas Gala. Audio

  • USA correspondent

    9:50 AM.USA correspondent Luiza Savage brings us the latest from the USA including the war in Afghanistan. Audio

  • Hero of the Hudson

    10:08 AM.On January 15 2009, Captain Chesley"Sully"Sullenberger safely guided a disabled Airbus A320 to a jolting but perfectly performed belly landing in the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155… Read more Audio

  • Book review - Gate at the Stairs

    10:40 AM.Paul Diamond reviews"Gate at the Stairs"by Lorrie Moore and Audio

  • Business with Rod Oram

    11:10 AM.Business and economic commentator Rod Oram discusses Don Brash's 2025 Taskforce Report. Audio

  • Justin Glyn

    11:30 AM.Former Auckland barrister and academic lawyer now training to be a Jesuit priest in Australia. Audio

  • Media commentator Denis Welch

    11:50 AM.The state of television news, in the light of recent observations by three senior journalists. Audio

09:05 The Government backs off its goal of closing the wage gap with Australia

Don Brash, 2025 Taskforce chair

09:20 Manawatu river

Mike Joy, water scientist from Massey University; Michael McCartney, Chief executive of Horizons (Manawatu) Regional Council; and Andrew Hoggard, Manawatu dairy farmer opposed to the regional council's One Plan which is designed to protect the polluted Manawatu river from farm run off.

09:30 Jarred Christmas - Comedy Christmas Gala

Jarred Christmas is a comedian who is performing in the Comedy Christmas Gala.

09:45 USA correspondent Luiza Savage

10:05 Hero of the Hudson - Captain Chesley Sullenberger - "Sully"

Captain Chesley SullenbergerOn January 15 2009, Captain Chesley Sullenberger (picture on right) safely guided a disabled Airbus A320 to a jolting but perfectly performed belly-landing in the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 passengers and crew.

Highest Duty - my search for what really matters by Captain Chelsey Sullenberger with Jeffrey Zaslow
Published by HarperCollins

10:30 Book Review with Paul Diamond

Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
Published by Faber & Faber

10:45 Reading: Pedal Power: Great Bicycle Journies by Roy Sinclair

(Part 2 of 5)

In a bold attempt to combat inevitable dotage '60-something' Roy Sinclair decides to cycle the length of Japan.

11:05 Business and economic commentator Rod Oram discusses Don Brash's 2025 Taskforce Report.

11:30 Justin Glyn

Former Auckland barrister and academic lawyer now training to be a Jesuit priest in Australia.

11:45 Media commentator Denis Welch

The state of television news, in the light of recent observations by three senior journalists.