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Nine To Noon for Thursday 27 January 2011

  • Asset sales

    9:08 AM.The Prime Minister yesterday unveiled plans to sell off parts of state-owned power companies. We talk to Executive Director of Milford Asset Management Brian Gaynor, Business Roundtable Executive… Read more Audio

  • State of Te Reo Maori

    9:32 AM.Is Te Reo a language in peril? Dr Rangi Mataamua of Massey University and Victoria University linguist Dr Winifred Bauer explain. Audio

  • UK Correspondent - Matthew Paris

    9:50 AM.Latest news from the UK. Audio

  • Feature Guest - Bernard Card

    10:07 AM.Bernard Card has been an agriculturist and business manager for 36 years, and has held various roles from 1969-1987 at the Department of Lands and Survey. Involved in establishing Landcorp, Bernard… Read more Audio

  • Book review - Best of 2010

    10:37 AM.Mary McCallum looks at last year's best writing. Audio

  • New Technology with Nigel Horrocks

    11:10 AM.Nigel reviews what's been happening in the tech world over the past month, including the legal case of a man facing 5 years in jail for reading his wife's email. Audio

  • Parenting with Colleen Young

    11:31 AM.Colleen Young is a former new entrants teacher who's written a book called 'The Amazing Five Year Old - Getting Ready for School In New Zealand'. Audio

  • Film reviews with Graeme Tuckett

    11:50 AM.Graeme discusses the latest films getting attention, including Black Swan starring Natalie Portman, and The King's Speech which leads the Oscar nominations. Audio

09:05 Asset sales

Brian Gaynor, Executive Director Milford Asset Management; Roger Kerr, Executive Director, Business Roundtable; and Bill Rosenberg, Economist, Council of Trade Unions.

09:20 State of te reo Maori

Dr Rangi Mataamua, Academic at Massey University; and Dr Winifred Bauer, Victoria University linguist.

09:45 UK correspondent Matthew Parris

10:05 Bernard Card - agriculturalist

Bernard Card is an agriculturist and business manager for 36 years, and had various roles from 1969-1987 at the Department of Lands and Survey. Involved in establishing Landcorp, Bernard was General Manager since incorporation in 1987 until his recent retirement.

Bernard has had a lifetime of involvement in land management from farming to conservation with experience in landscape, native vegetation and wetland protection. He is a member of the NZ Ornithological Society and a trustee of the Pauatahanui Inlet Community Trust.

10:30 Book Review - Best Books of 2010 with Mary McCallum

Katherine Mansfield The Storyteller by Kathleeen Jones
Published by Penguin

Ephraim's Eyes by Bryan Walpert
Published by Pewter Rose Press

Lie of the Land by Pat White
Published by Victoria University Press

These I Have Loved edited by Harvey McQueen
Published by Steele Roberts

Freedom by Jonathan Frantzen
Published by 4th Estate

10:45 Reading:Into the Wider World, by Brian Turner

Brian Turner, the quintessential Central Otago man - celebrated poet, social commentator, wilderness wanderer and fly fisher - reads selections from his book. (Part 4 of 10)

Listen to extended episodes of Into the Wider World.

11:05 New Technology with Nigel Horrocks

Nigel reviews what's been happening in the tech world in the past month including a man facing five years in jail for reading his wife's email.

Why a man is charged with reading his wife's email

The best local MP's website

Longreads - interesting long articles

11:20 The Amazing Five Year Old - tips and practical advice for getting a child ready for school

Colleen Young is a former new entrants teacher who's written a book called The Amazing Five Year Old: Getting Ready for School In New Zealand, published by Hodder Moa.

11:45 Film Reviewer Graeme Tuckett

The latest films getting awards attention - Black Swan, starring Natalie Portman and The King's Speech, which leads the Oscar nominations.