Nine To Noon for Tuesday 15 March 2011 Nine To Noon

Japan quake - Mark Willacy

9:05 AM.ABC correspondent Mark Willacy is in Japan and is visiting some of the worst affected areas. Audio
Nuclear reactor concerns in Japan

9:17 AM.Dr David Krofcheck is a nuclear phsysicist from Auckland University and talks about the concerns he has for the structural integrity of the Japanese nuclear power plants damaged by the recent massive… Read more Audio
Sardine Rage - office confinement

9:35 AM.As commercial office rentals increase, personal space in the work environment has been decreasing and pressures are mounting. Audio
US Correspondent - Jack Hitt

9:50 AM.The latest news from the USA. Audio
Feature Guest - Yvo de Boer

10:05 AM.Former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and former Dutch diplomat, Yvo de Boer speaks to Kathryn about his career. Audio
Book Review - The Afrika Reich

10:40 AM.Written by Guy Saville. Published by Hodder and amp; Stoughton. Reviewed by David Hill. Audio
Business commentary with Rod Oram

11:05 AM.A look at the business case for the Pike River Mine. Audio
Commercial television, its future

11:25 AM.A look at how commercial television will survive with declining advertising revenues. Audio
Media commentary with Denis Welsh

11:55 AM.The fawning coverage of the announcement of our new Governor General. Audio

09:05 Japan quake and tsunami

Mark Willacy, ABC correspondent in Japan

09:15 Fears over Nuclear reactors in Japan

David Krofcheck, nuclear phsysicist, Auckland University

09:30 Sardine rage: the increasing frustration of office workers, crammed too close together as work-spaces shrink

Ken Davis, Auckland workspace architect, of Herriot and Melhuish Architecture Ltd; and Richard Kasperczyk, Managing Director of Victorian people management firm ResolutionsRTK.

09:45 US correspondent Jack Hitt

10:05 Yvo de Boer, former UN climate chief

Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from September 2006 to July 2010. The Dutch former diplomat now works as a global adviser on climate and sustainability for KPMG.

10:30 Book Review with David Hill

The Afrika Reich by Guy Saville
Published by Hodder & Stoughton

10:45 Reading:Hello Dubai, written & read by Joe Bennett (Part 7 of 10)

Joe ventures into Deira in the east of Dubai, where many of the immigrant workers live.

Listen again to this reading.

11:05 Business and economics commentator Rod Oram

Rod looks at the future of Pike River Mine.

11:30 Future of commercial television - are we going to see more product placement or pay TV as technology allows us to skip ads?

Martin Gillman, partner at Auckland firm MG Com which advises clients where to spend their advertising dollars; Dave Gibson, head of NZ production house, Gibson Group; and Eric Kearley, TVNZ head of Digital Services.

11:45 Media commentator Denis Welch

Denis discusses what he calls the fawning coverage of the announcement of our new Governor General.

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