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Nine To Noon for Tuesday 9 February 2010

  • New tax proposals

    9:10 AM.With Bob Buckle - Dean of Commerce at Victoria University, and head of the government's Tax Working Group. Audio

  • NurtureShock

    9:25 AM.Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman are the authors of"NurtureShock: New thinking about children", a book that has caused a stir by arguing that many strategies for nurturing children are backfiring… Read more Audio

  • Cliches

    9:45 AM.The truth behind cliches - what do they really mean? John Croucher has written a book called The Secret Language which examines the double-speak behind everyday expressions in the realms of real… Read more Audio

  • USA correspondent - Luiza Savage

    9:50 AM.Barack Obama makes his state of the union address. Audio

  • Feature guest - Anton Oliver

    10:10 AM.Life after Rugby. Audio

  • Book Review - Reluctant Hero

    11:08 AM.Written by Michael Dobbs, reviewed by Harry Broad. Published by Simon and Schuster. Audio

  • Business - Fran O'Sullivan

    11:15 AM.Fran looks at how business will judge John Key's speech to parliament, and news from our biggest company, Fonterra. Audio

  • Pop Culture - Karen Sternheimer

    11:30 AM.Karen is a sociologist/author/commentator from the University of Southern California who has studied the link between popular culture and social problems. Audio

  • Media - Denis Welch

    11:50 AM.Denis gives his opinion on the hype surrounding the Avatar film and how the media buy into it. Audio

09:05 Tax proposals

Bob Buckle, Dean of Commerce at Victoria University, and head of the government's Tax Working Group.

09:20 NurtureShock

Po Bronson Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman are the authors of NurtureShock: New thinking about children, a book that has caused a stir by arguing that many strategies for nurturing children are backfiring because key twists in the science have been overlooked.

09:30 Cliches and double speak - the truth behind cliches and what they really mean

John Croucher has written a book called The Secret Language which examines the double-speak behind everyday expressions in the realms of real estate, motor vehicles, relationships, law, the corporate world, retail and medicine.

09:45 USA correspondent Luiza Savage

10:05 Anton Oliver - Life after Rugby

Former All Black Anton Oliver on life after rugby - he left rugby to gain a masters degree from Oxford university and is looking to embark on a new career in the energy sector.

10:30 Book Review with Harry Broad

Reluctant Hero by Michael Dobbs
Published by Simon & Schuster

10:45 Reading. The Year of the Shanghai Shark by Mo Zhi Hong (Part 2 of 10, RNZ)

In the Chinese city of Dalian Hai Long and his mates drink Coca-Cola , eat American fast food and go to English language lessons. But this year Hai Long leaves school to learn the unlikely trade of his uncle - a successful, learned man.

11:05 Business commentator Fran O'Sullivan looks at how business will judge John Key's speech to parliament, and news from our biggest company, Fonterra

11:30 Pop Culture

Karen Sternheimer is a sociologist, author and commentator from the University of Southern California who has studied the link between popular culture and social problems.

11:45 Media commentator Denis Welch gives his opinion on the hype surrounding the Avatar film and how the media buy into it