Nine To Noon for Thursday 23 December 2010
09:05 Waitakere child abuse case
Penny Hulse, Auckland deputy mayor, who used to run the Waitakere taskforce on family violence; and John Angus, Commissioner for Children
09:25 Research on strawberry birthmarks has implications for the treatment of cancer
Professor Swee Tan is a plastic surgeon based at Hutt Hospital, where he is also the director of surgery. His research on strawberry birthmarks has exciting implications for the treatment of cancer.
09:45 UK correspondent Kate Adie
Discussing transport chaos in the UK, what's happened to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and more terrorist arrests.
10:05 Big Year Interview - Chris Liddell
Chief Financial Officer and Vice Chairman of General Motors, the largest US car maker. Since the New Zealander took over its financial reins nearly a year ago, the 102 year old automaker has conducted a record US$23 billion share float, capping the first stage of a turnaround that has taken it from near-death via a 2009 bailout, to unlikely Wall Street flotation favourite in 2010.
10:30 Children's Book Review with John McIntryre
Richard Scarry's Night before the Night Before Christmas
Published by Harper Collins
ISBN 978-0-00-738219-4
Odd and The Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
Published by Bloomsbury
ISBN 9748-0-7475-9811-4
Unhooking The Moon by Gregory Hughes
Published by Quercus
ISBN 978-1-84916-295-1
10:45 Reading: Marae, a short story by Lynne Judge-Tocker
Emma and Tamati's first Christmas together as a married couple goes from a cottage in the Cotswolds, to a tangi on the marae.
11:05 New Technology with Nigel Horrocks
Nigel reviews the year's big technology issues.
11:30 Psychologist and parenting expert Nigel Latta
Tips for Christmas and the school holidays.
11:45 TV Review with Simon Wilson
Best of 2010.