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Nine To Noon for Tuesday 8 February 2011

  • Hone Harawira's suspension from the Maori Party's caucus

    9:08 AM.The Maori Party is in turmoil after the suspension of Hone Harawira from its caucus. Audio

  • NZ on Air music funding

    9:38 AM.The way local music is funded is set to change dramatically with NZ on Air. It is proposing to no longer fund albums and is also planning to completely redesign its funding schemes. Audio

  • US correspondent

    10:08 AM.The US network that gets to air the Superbowl also gets to interview the President for the day. This year Fox news aired the Superbowl. Audio

  • Feature guest - John Medina

    10:22 AM.Developmental molecular biologist and best selling author John Medina, has drawn on the brain sciences to form his views on the 'Nature' vs 'Nurture' debate and to advise parents on how to provide the… Read more Audio

  • Book Review - The Unidentified

    11:07 AM.Written by Rae Mariz. Published by Text. Reviewed by Emma Hart. Audio

  • Business

    11:16 AM.Rod Oram - business commentator. Audio

  • The People vs George Lucas

    11:43 AM.It's one of the absolute cult classics of cinema so why have so many Star Wars fans apparently turned against trilogy's creator? Audio

  • Media

    11:51 AM.Media commentator - Denis Welch. Audio

09:05 Hone Harawira's suspension from the Maori Party's caucus

Pem Bird, Maori Party president; and Derek Fox, former Maori party media manager, long time Maori commentator.

09:20 NZ on Air music funding

Jane Wrightson, chief executive of New Zealand On Air; and Rob Mayes, Christchurch musician, record label owner and music commentator.

The Caddick report into NZ on Air music funding (pdf).

Rob Maye's Sounds Like Us New Zealand Music facebook page.

10:05 Developmental molecular biologist and best-selling author John Medina

Where does nature end and nurture begin? How harmful is TV for young children? And what is the best predictor of academic performance? Developmental molecular biologist and best-selling author John Medina answers the key questions on the development of the brain from the womb, through to the early years.

John Medina is the author of Brain Rules, which was a New York Times bestseller. He's now followed that up with Brain Rules for Baby.

10:30 Book Review with Emma Hart

The Unidentified by Rae Mariz
Published by Text

10:45 Reading: The Yellow Bikini a short story by Huberta Hellendoorn

On holiday at Tata Beach, Emma recalls her first experience of the sea and childhood in Holland, the yellow bikini she wore, and her move to live in New Zealand.

11:05 Business and Economic commentator Rod Oram

The labour market, the up-coming company results reason and the latest in the Chinese takeover bid for PGG Wrightson.

11:20 The People vs George Lucas

Documentary maker Alexandre O Phillipe explores why so many Star Wars fans have turned against its creator George Lucas. From being a hero in the eyes of tens of thousands of devotees of Star Wars, and The Empire Strikes Back - he has since been decried for the prequel Trilogy - and in particular the character of Jar Jar Binks - making him the constant target of bloggers, critics and satirists.

The People vs George website.

Documentary Festival website.

The People vs George Lucas.
A still from The People vs George Lucas.

11:45 Media commentator Denis Welch

Should the media pay to cover public events like Waitangi Day? And coroners allowing the details of suicides to be reported.