Nine To Noon for Wednesday 9 June 2010
09:05 NZ Post proposal to cut mail deliveries
Jim Bolger, chair of NZ Post; Tinna Dockerty, campaigner against NZ Post cuts.
09:20 Louisiana oil spill
Craig Taffaro Jr, President of St Bernard Parish, Louisiana.
09:30 The teenage brain
New research on the teen brain shows there is a biologicial reason for their lack of concentration. Dr Iroise Dumontheil, research author, who is now based at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.
09:45 Australia correspondent Paul Barclay
10:05 Professor Robert Ayres - How energy efficiency can fuel economic growth
Professor Emeritus of the European Institute of Business Administration who says economists are missing out on a major growth driver for the economy.
Robert Ayres is the author of several books, including The Next Industrial Revolution, and the 13 Percent Economy, which argues that the giant US economy functions on only 13 percent efficiency in terms of energy use - meaning 87 percent is wasted.
10:30 Book Review with Paul Diamond
Gunshot by Adrian Hyland
Published by Text
10:45 Reading: The Life And Death Of Laura Friday (And Of Pavarotti, Her Parrot) a black comedy by David Murphy
(Part 7 of 12, RNZ)
11:05 Music review with Marty Duda
Artist Of The Week : Devo
1. Jocko Homo (3:38) - Devo taken from 1978 album "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!" (Warner Bros.)
2. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (2:38) - Devo taken from 1978 album "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!" (Warner Bros.)
3. Whip It (2:37) - Devo taken from 1980 album "Freedom Of Choice" (Warner Bros.)
4. Something For Everybody - Devo taken from 2010 album "Something For Everybody" (Warner Bros.)
11:30 Legal commentator Mai Chen discusses the importance of the ombudsman.
11:45 Film Review with Graeme Tuckett
Graeme discusses Sex and The City 2, The Mic Macs and A Nightmare on Elm Street.