Nine To Noon for Thursday 17 March 2011 Nine To Noon

Ngaroma Riley

9:08 AM.On staying in Sendai to assist the 70 English language teachers she is responsible for. Audio
Radiation risk in Japan

9:23 AM.With Clifford Chao - Chairman of radiology at New York Presbyterian hospital at Colombia. He's also held a surgical fellowship in the Cancer Research Institute in Tokyo. Audio
Should you be able to take out funds out of Kiwisaver?

9:50 AM.With Warren Britton - a man wishing to use some of his Kiwisaver funds to get himself out of debt so he can keep his home. David Brown Douglas - Executive Director of Trustee Corporations Association.
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Feature guest - Andy Miah

10:08 AM.The desirablility of human enhancement through technology and doping. Andy is a professor of ethics and emerging technologies at the University of the West of Scotland. He's an academic, futurist and… Read more Audio
Book Review - Me and Mr Booker

10:43 AM.Written by Cory Taylor, reviewed by Kate Blackhurst and published by Text. Audio
New technology - Nat Torkington

11:07 AM.Discusses games the big business of Farmville, and the clever uses found for an XBox gizmo. Audio
Tricia Irving-Hendry

11:28 AM.Deputy Chief Executive of the Skylight Trust talks about dealing with emotional fallout post quake. Audio
TV with Simon Wilson

11:50 AM.This week Simon reviews An Idiot Abroad and Mad Men. Audio

09:05 New Zealander who has chosen to remain in Sendai

Ngaroma Riley is about 100 kilometres from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant. She works for the Board of Education and is staying in Sendai to assist the 70 English language teachers she is responsible for.

09:15 Radiation risk in Japan

Clifford Chao, chairman of radiology at New York Presbyterian hospital at Colombia. He's also held a surgical fellowship in the Cancer Research Institute in Tokyo.

09:30 Should you be able to take out funds from your Kiwisaver account if you are in financial difficulty?

Warren Britton, who is wishing to use some of his Kiwisaver funds to get himself out of debt so he can keep his home; David Brown Douglas, executive director of Trustee Corporations Association.

10:05 Andy Miah - the desirability of human enhancement through technology

Professor Andy Miah, is a professor of ethics and emerging technologies at the University of the West of Scotland. He's an academic, futurist and philosopher - his work on the science of sport encompasses bioethics, medical law and the way technology impacts human beings. Andy embraces technological enhancements to the body, and says doping should be allowed in sport.

Andy is a visitor at Otago University's Law Faculty and will be a speaker at the University's Future of Fairness symposium on the 22 and 23 March.

10:30 Book Review with Kate Blackhurst

Me and Mr Booker by Cory Taylor
Published by Text

10:45 Reading:Hello Dubai, written & read by Joe Bennett (Part 9 of 10)

Joe finds out about the success of Emirates airline, and he meets lonely Andrew at the Dubai International Finance Centre.

Listen again to this reading.

11:05 New Technology correspondent Nat Torkington

Nat Torkington joins us to talk about games: the big business of Farmville, and the clever uses found for an XBox gizmo.

Zynga profile, Farmville on Wikipedia.

Microsoft Kinect, Kinect in Guinness Book of World Records, Body Swap, Kinect in Medical Research, Kinect as robot controller, Kinect and Tesla Coils.

11:30 Skylight Trust counselling services - post quake

Tricia Irving-Hendry, deputy chief executive of the Skylight Trust