Nine To Noon for Friday 11 June 2010
09:05 Ministerial expenses
Chris Carter, Labour MP and former minister; Jim Anderton, former minister; and John Tamihere, former Labour minister.
09:20 Adult learning
Linda Melrose, president of Community Learning in Schools, which is part of Adult and Community Education or ACE; and Alan Tuckett, CEO of NIACE (National Institute of Adult Continuing Education in the United Kingdom).
09:45 Asia correspondent Phil O'Sullivan
10:05 NZ Trio - Sarah Watkins, Ashley Brown and Justine Cormack
NZ Trio, pianist Sarah Watkins, cellist Ashley Brown and violinist Justine Cormack are pushing the boundaries of classical music and getting the cool kids to listen to it again.
10:30 Book Review with Harry Broad
Loving It All: Eminent New Zealanders Write About Growing Old
Edited by Gordon McLachlan
Published by Random House NZ
10:45 Reading: The Life And Death Of Laura Friday (And Of Pavarotti, Her Parrot) a black comedy by David Murphy
(Part 8 of 12, RNZ)
11:05 New Music with Sean McKenna
Artist: Carole King & James Taylor
Album: Live at the Troubadour (CD/DVD)
Song: Fire and Rain
Video: Performing 'You've Got A Friend' on Top of the Pops, 1971
Performing 'Natural Woman' on Letterman, 2010
Artist: Simon Lynge
Album: The Future
Song: Love Comes Back to You
Video: 'Infinitely You' - filmed on a glacier in East Greenland
Artist: Various - free MP3 on website
Album: Next Stop…Soweto (Volume 1 - Township Sounds from the Golden Age of Mbaqanga)
Song: Amaqawe Omculo - Jabulani Balaleli (Part 2)
Mahlathini & the Mahotella Queens - Umkhovu
Matariki At Te Papa - Kaumātua Kapa Haka
Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 June 2010
Wellington Foyer, Level 2
10.30am-4pm
Free entry
Matariki music events in Auckland
11:30 Sports commentator Richard Boock
Richard asks whether the return of Sonny Bill Williams will be good for New Zealand rugby and he previews this weekend's All Blacks-Ireland game, plus the kick-off of the soccer world cup.
11:45 Week That Was with Radar and Irene Pink