Nine To Noon for Friday 5 August 2011 Nine To Noon

Teenage unemployment hits highest level since the 1930s

9:08 AM.Teenage unemployment remains stubbornly high. It's now at levels not seen since the Great Depression. The latest official figures show despite employment growing overall, 15 to 19 year olds continue… Read more Audio
IRD crackdown on charities and fundraising bodies avoiding GST

9:38 AM.The Inland Revenue is to crackdown on charities and fundraising bodies because it says many are avoiding their GST liabilities. Audio
Pacific Correspondent - Mike Field

9:49 AM.PNG has a new Prime Minister; new anti-trade union decrees in Fiji; KFC closing in Fiji. Audio
Feature Guest - Richard Egan

10:08 AM.Richard is based at the Dunedin School of Medicine and has done an extensive study (for his PhD) in NZ hospices of the spiritual needs of the dying. Audio
Book Review - The Homecoming of Samuel Lake

10:40 AM.Written by Jenny Wingfield, published by Fourth Estate (instore from 12 August), reviewed by Louise O'Brien. Audio
New Music with Sean McKenna

11:08 AM.This week we hear from The Sami Sisters with their track 'Take it of Break it'; Norwegian singer songwriter Thomas Dybdahl 'B a Part'; Ex-Mint Chicks man with 'FFunny FFrends' and 'Build, Destroy… Read more Audio
Sports with Joseph Romanos

11:35 AM.The Bledisloe Cup, more on the Tiger Williams fallout, and Marina Erakovich's rapid progress up the tennis rankings. Audio
Week That Was

11:48 AM.with Radar and Irene Pink. Audio

09:05 Youth unemployment hits highest level since the Great Depression

Dr Gail Pacheco, AUT Senior Economics Lecturer; James Sleep, convenor of Stand Up - the youth branch of the CTU; and Rick Boven, director of the New Zealand Institute think-tank.

New figures official show despite employment growing overall, 15 to 19-year-olds continued to buck the trend, with nearly 28 percent of this age group now unemployed. The NZ Institute think-tank says New Zealand has the biggest proportion of unemployed teenagers among its jobless of any developed country.

09:25 The Inland Revenue is warning of a crack down on charities and fundraising bodies, because many are avoiding their GST liabilities

Eugen Trombitas, partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers New Zealand and GST expert.

09:45 Pacific correspondent Mike Field

10:05 Dr Richard Egan - Spirituality and death

Dr Richard Egan is based at the Dunedin School of Medicine and has done an extensive study for his PhD in NZ hospices - he says it is possible for people to happily die if they feel their spiritual needs have been catered to - but is it adequately provided?

10:35 Book Review with Louise O'Brien

The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield.
Published by Fourth Estate.

10:45 Reading: Five of the Family by David Hill

A story told by five different members of an extended family gathered together at a stone laying ceremony for their late Aunt Janet.

Listen again to this reading.

11:05 New Music with Sean McKenna

Artist: The Sami Sisters
Album: Happy Heartbreak!
Song: Take It or Break It
Video: Cry

Artist: Thomas Dybdahl
Album: Songs
Song: B a Part

Artist: Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Album: Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Song: FFunny FFrends
Video: FFunny FFrends

Artist: Hanni El Khatib
Album: Will The Guns Come Out
Song: Build. Destroy. Rebuild.
Video: Dead Wrong

11:30 Sports commentator Joseph Romanos

11:45 The Week That Was with Radar and Irene Pink

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Nine To Noon for Friday 5 August 2011