Nine To Noon for Monday 25 January 2010
09:20 Why is Haiti so vulnerable to natural disasters
Brian Concannon, director of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti; and Alex von Tunzelmann, historian and writer who researching a book on Haiti.
09:30 Inspiring Seniors - Barry Everitt
Barry is 72 years old and is still heavily involved in athletics as president of the Wellington Harriers Athletics Club, although arthritis means he can no longer run. He says running changed the course of his life and kept him away from a life on the streets.
09:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
10:05 John Carlin
Author of Playing the Enemy - the story of the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa. The film Invictus, starring Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela, is based on the book.
10:30 Best Books of 2009 - Graham Beattie
Containment by Vanda Symon - Penguin
The Complaints by Ian Rankin - Orion
Spring in Sicily Food from an ancient island by Manuela Darling-Gansser - Hardie Grant Book
Tender Volume 1 - A cook and his vegetable patch - Harper Collins
The Mind and Times of Reg Mombassa by Murray Waldren - Harper Collins
Beloved - Dunedin Public Art Gallery
10:45 Reading: The Builder's Notebook written and read by Sarah Boddy (Part 1 of 5)
Alison has two pre school children, nine cents in the bank, and a globe trotting Mother who encourages her to do-it-herself. And there's no need to think small when what Alison needs is a house.
11:05 Politics with Andrew Campbell and Matthew Hooten
11:30 Guest Chef Lauraine Jacobs and wine commentator John Hawkesby
Today's recipes: Fresh Strawberry Fool + Apricot Fool
11:45 Off the Beaten Track with Kennedy Warne, outdoorsman and adventurer
Crusoes of Sunday Island is available in digital form on the NZ
Electronic Text Centre website .