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Nine To Noon for Wednesday 15 June 2011

  • Chch residents in limbo awaiting geotech report

    9:09 AM.Christchurch residents await a geotech report into which suburbs will be abandoned. Lianne Dalziel is an MP for Christchurch East, Barry Tutt owns property in Bexley. Audio

  • Minister for Earthquake Recovery

    9:30 AM.Minister for Earthquake Recovery, Gerry Brownlee, responds to Christchurch residents in limbo awaiting a geotech report into which suburbs will be abandoned. Audio

  • NCEA exams

    9:40 AM.Are some NCEA exams too focused on getting students to meet certain criteria, rather than testing their knowledge and understanding of a subject? Audio

  • Australia Correspondent - Karen Middleton

    9:49 AM.Karen Middleton discusses the fall out as Australia suspends its live cattle trade to Indonesia and there's a fresh poll out today showing a 5% drop in support for Julia Gillard. Audio

  • Feature Guest - David Rodhe

    10:10 AM.A New York Times reporter who was kidnapped by the Taliban in November 2008. He was held captive for seven months - during which time the New York Times and other media kept his kidnapping secret. Audio

  • Book Review - River of Smoke

    10:38 AM.Tina Shaw reviews 'River of Smoke' by Amitav Ghosh, published by John Murray. Audio

  • Music with Marty Duda

    11:10 AM.Marty Duda's Artist Of The Week is Australian synth pioneers Icehouse, led by Iva Davies. They started out in 1977 and were originally called Flowers. Their debut album, called Icehouse was released… Read more Audio

  • Law with Mai Chen

    11:30 AM.Mai Chen discusses the controversial SkyCity proposal to build a $350 million convention centre. Audio

  • Science with David Haywood

    11:52 AM.David Haywood makes a number of apologies. Audio

09:05 Christchurch residents in limbo awaiting geotech report into which suburbs will be abandoned

Lianne Dalziel, MP for Christchurch East; and Barry Tutt, who owns property in Bexley.

09:30 Minister for Earthquake Recovery

Minister for Earthquake Recovery, Gerry Brownlee, responds to Christchurch residents in limbo awaiting a geotech report into which suburbs will be abandoned.

9:40 NCEA exams

Are some NCEA exams too focussed on getting students to meet certain criteria, rather than testing their knowledge and understanding of a subject? Former NCEA marker Wayne Atkins runs the organisation On Your Marks which help schools look at their relative performances comparing external and internal results.

09:45 Australia correspondent Karen Middleton

A Rope and a Prayer10:05 David Rodhe

A New York Times reporter who was kidnapped by the Taliban in November 2008. He was held captive for seven months - during which time the New York Times and other media kept his kidnapping secret.

A Rope and a Prayer: A Kidnapping from Two Sides by David Rohde and Kristen Mulvihill.
Published by Penguin.

10:30 Book Review with Tina Shaw

River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh
Published by John Murray

10:45 Reading: Whim Wham - The satirical verses of Allen Curnow

Read by Stuart Devenie, with the news of the day (Part 3 of 5)

11:05 Music review with Marty Duda

Marty Duda's Artist Of The Week is Icehouse

1. We Can Get Together - Icehouse taken from 1980 album "Flowers" (Warners)

2. Great Southern Land - Icehouse taken from 1982 album "Primitive Man" (Chrysalis)

3. Electric Blue - Icehouse taken from 1987 album "Man Of Colours" (Chrysalis)

4. Satellite - Icehouse taken from 1993 album "Big Wheel" (DiVa)

Australian synth pioneers Icehouse, led by Iva Davies, started out in 1977 when they were originally called Flowers. Their debut album, called Icehouse was released in 1980. Due to legal problems (there was already another band called Flowers), the band changed their name a year later to Icehouse. That debut album has just been reissued in expanded form featuring live tracks and a DVD featuring their 1981 performance at the Sweetwaters Music Festival in New Zealand. They had hits during the '80s with Great Southern Land and Electric Blue, which broke them in the States.

11:30 Law commentator Mai Chen

The controversial SkyCity proposal to build a $350 million convention centre.

11:45 Science correspondent David Haywood reponds to listener emails