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Nine To Noon for Thursday 20 May 2010

  • Crisis in Thailand

    9:07 AM.Thongchai Winichakul, University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor of History specialising in the intellectual and cultural history of Thailand. Audio

  • Disabilities

    9:23 AM.Ron McCallum plays a crutial roll ensuring disabled people across the world not only have a voice but are actively involved in the decision making that affects them. Audio

  • Wonky Donkey

    9:35 AM.Creator of Wonky Donkey book which won Children's Choice Award at the NZ Post Children's Book Awards last night in Auckland. Audio

  • UK Correspondent - Matthew Parris

    9:50 AM.A look at Britain's new coalition government. Audio

  • Feature Guest - Diana Patterson

    10:07 AM.Diana Patterson was the first woman to head an Antarctic research station. She has written the book, 'The Ice Beneath My Feet: My Year in Antarctica'. Audio

  • Book Review - Beatrice and Virgil

    10:40 AM.Phil Smith reviews 'Beatrice and Virgil' by Yann Martel. Published by Text. Audio

  • New Technology

    11:09 AM.Happy 5th birthday to YouTube. Audio

  • Parenting

    11:24 AM.Auckland City Hospital Paediatrician and member of the Brainwave Trust, Simon Rowley, discusses the development of the brain, from conception onwards. Audio

  • TV review

    11:47 AM.Simon Wilson looks at Cougar Town and Hell's Kitchen. Audio

09:05 Crisis in Thailand

Thongchai Winichakul, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of history specialising in the intellectual and cultural history of Thailand.

09:20 Disabilities

Ron McCallum, chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

09:30 Wonky Donkey

Craig Smith, creator of Wonky Donkey book which won Children's Choice Award at the NZ Post Children's Book Awards.

09:45 UK correspondent Matthew Parris

10:05 Diana Patterson - first woman to head an Antarctic research station

Diana Patterson, former leader of an Australian Antarctic research station, who has written biography about her eight-year battle to get accepted by the Australian Antarctic Division.

The Ice Beneath My Feet: My Year in Antarctica by Diana Patterson
Published by ABC Books (HarperCollins Publishers)

10:30 Book Review with Phil Smith

Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel
Published by Text

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 12 of 15)

11:05 New Technology with Ben Gracewood

YouTube turns five

It's true: gadgets make you happy

One man has his entire genome scanned for health risks

11:30 Parenting with Simon Rowley, Auckland City Hospital Paediatrician and member of the Brainwave trust

11:45 TV reviewer Simon Wilson