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Nine To Noon for Thursday 8 December 2011

  • Rapist living next to victim

    9:08 AM.Police say there's nothing they can do to stop a convicted rapist moving in next door to his victim. Audio

  • Canterbury Museum post-quake

    9:28 AM.A new exhibition of 30 show stopping creations from the World of Wearable Art awards has just opened at the newly reopened Canterbury Museum. Audio

  • UK Correspondent - Ann Leslie

    9:48 AM.The Euro; Germany's bailing out of other countries; The demonization of the British poor; Levison Enquiry. Audio

  • Feature Guest - Nathan Myhrvold

    10:05 AM.Nathan Myhrvold is a multi-millionaire computer genius and professional jack-of-all-trades. He was Stephen Hawking's researcher, and Bill Gates's right-hand man at Microsoft. After leaving Microsoft… Read more Audio

  • Book Review - Micro

    10:40 AM.Written by Michael Crichton, published by HarperCollins, reviewed by Ralph McAllister. Audio

  • New Technology with Donald Clark

    11:07 AM.Smartphone spying, illegal downloads as art and winning $20,000 for hacking the Xbox. Audio

  • Heritage with Brigid Gallagher

    11:30 AM.Getting in the Christmas spirit. Audio

  • Film Review - Dan Slevin

    11:49 AM.Reviews Arthur Christmas, Puss in Boots and Red Dog. Audio

09:05 Rapist living next to victim

Tony Paine, chief executive of Victim Support; Kim Mcgregor, Auckland Rape Crisis; and Catriona MacLennan, barrister and legal commentator.

09:30 Canterbury Museum post-quake

Anthony Wright, director of the Canterbury Museum. Off the Wall, the World of Wearable Art exhibtion has just opened - it begins its two-year tour at Canterbury Museum. Anthony discusses the impact of the earthquake on the museum, and what hosting the exhibition means to the museum.

09:45 UK correspondent Jon Dennis

10:05 Nathan Myhrvold - professional Jack-of-all-trades

Nathan Myhrvold is a multi-millionaire computer genius and professional jack-of-all-trades. He was Stephen Hawking's researcher and Bill Gates's right-hand man at Microsoft. After leaving Microsoft in 1999, he's been a world barbecue champion, a wildlife photographer, a chef, a contributor to SETI and a volcano explorer.

Now, he's written a six-volume cookbook which surveys the science, technology, and techniques used in modern cookery.

Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking, was released in March 2011

10:35 Book Review with Ralph McAllister

Micro by Michael Crichton
Published by HarperCollins

10:45 Reading. The Crime of Huey Dunstan by James McNeish (Part 4 of 10)

Ches talks with Mrs Abbott, one of Huey's teachers and Ches's wife Lisbeth suggests he go and visit Huey's father.

Audio will be available here after broadcast.

11:05 New Technology with Donald Clark

Smartphone spying, illegal downloads as art and winning $20,000 for hacking the Xbox.

11:20 Archaeologist Brigid Gallagher - Heritage series

11:45 Film reviewer Dan Slevin

Arthur Christmas, Puss in Boots and Red Dog.