Nine To Noon for Thursday 12 May 2011
09:05 The impact of the Government's flagged changes to KiwiSaver
Mike Woodbury, partner at Chapman Tripp, who acts for trustees and promoters of KiwiSaver schemes and a former chairman of the Association of Superannuation Funds of NZ; and Philip Macalister, founder and publisher of online financial website Good Returns.
09:30 Proposed changes to speed camera penalties
Mike Noon, AA's General Manager of Motoring Affairs.
09:45 UK correspondent Kate Adie discusses problems with gossip and superinjunctions
10:05 Russell Kerr - 81-year old New Zealand dance legend
New Zealand choreographer, director and dancer Russell Kerr has enjoyed a 52-year relationship with the Royal New Zealand Ballet. Described by ballet veteran Sir Jon Trimmer as "New Zealand's oldest theatrical artist", the 81-year-old is now producing Petrouchka for the company's triple bill season, Stravinsky Selection.
Royal New Zealand Ballet Stravinsky Selection will be performed in Wellington, Auckland, Napier and Invercargill from 20 May - 9 June.
Russell Kerr in Swan Lake rehearsal 1997. Photo by Maarten Holl.
10:30 Book Review with Gina Rogers
Jeannie Out of a Bottle by Barbara Eden
Published by HarperCollins
10:45 Reading: Putting it Right by David Hill
A reunion tests loyalties integrity and trust. Read by Malcolm Murray.
11:05 New Technology with Nat Torkington
Microsoft buying Skype, Google's developer conference, and gadgets that betray you for love and money.
Links:Microsoft + Skype: Microsoft buys Skype, What Were They Thinking?, Skype Numerology, Microsoft has the Wal-Mart Disease.
Google: Google IO conference, Android momentum, Music Beta, Royal Wedding site stats.
Gadgets: iPhone location tracking, Google sued over Android location tracking, iGotcha, Pwned by the Owner, Prey Project.
11:30 Children's grief
Alan Silberberg, US author and cartoonist.
Milo and the Restart Button is published by Simon and Schuster UK - it is available in NZ. In the US the book has a different title Milo: Sticky Notes & Brain Freeze.
11:45 Film reviewer Graeme Tuckett
Tracker, Hook Line & Sinker, and Source Code.