Nine To Noon for Friday 14 May 2010

09:05 Lawsuit targeting NZ banks over penalty fees

Richard D Greenfield, US Attorney specialising in class action suits against banks over fees; and Dr Claire Matthews, senior lecturer in Banking Studies at Massey University.

09:30 Asia correspondent Phil O'Sullivan

Attacks on children in schools and kindergartens in China, Thai politics and the World expo in Shanghai.

09:50 Lawsuit targeting NZ banks over penalty fees - continuation of lead story

Gary Wakefield, principal of Wakefield Associates, a specialist Christchurch law firm.

Two specialist Christchurch law firms, Wakefield Associates and Grant Cameron Associates, are hoping to file a suit later this year, similar to a class action against Australian banks for the billions of dollars they made from what is claimed to be unfair exception fees. (NZPA)

10:05 Morphing of plants

Professor Pamela Diggle, professor at the University of Colorado in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

10:30 Book Review with Laura Kroetsch

This Party's Got to Stop by Rupert Thomson
Published by Granta

10:45 Reading. Lucky Bastard by Peter Wells

Did Eric Keelings actions constitute a further war crime? His two children are confronted with an ugly possibility. (Part 10 of 15)

11:05 New Music with Sean McKenna

Artist: Catherine Russell
Album: Inside This Heart of Mine
Song: All The Cats Join In

Artist: NZ Trio
Album: Flourishes
Song: Arvo Pärt - mozart-adagio

Artist: LCD Soundsystem
Album: This Is Happening
Song: I Can Change
Video: Drunk Girls

Artist: Nightchoir
Album: 24 Hours of Night
Song: Glass Tiger

11:30 Sports commentator Richard Boock

Brendon McCullum's hint at giving up the gloves and playing as a specialist batsman; and the NZRU's apology for embracing apartheid selection policies for teams touring South Africa.

11:45 Week That Was with Radar and Gemma Gracewood