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Nine To Noon for Tuesday 20 December 2011

  • Are bars flouting non smoking rules?

    9:08 AM.Are too many bars flouting non smoking rules with partially enclosed outdoor smoking areas? Audio

  • Polar centenary and future of Antarctic treaty

    9:29 AM.Kathryn Ryan speaks to the chief executive of Antarctica New Zealand, Lou Sanson about the history and future of Antarctica, including that historic polar race and the role New Zealand played. Audio

  • What now for North Korea?

    9:34 AM.North Korea expert Tim Beal on what's next for the Hermit Kingdom after the death of Kim Jong-il. Audio

  • Feature Guest - Jon MacDonald

    10:07 AM.The chief executive of online auction site TradeMe, which listed on the share market last week after Fairfax sold down a 34% stake in the company. Jon joined TradeMe in 2003 to manage the technical… Read more Audio

  • Book Review - Holidays in Heck

    10:42 AM.John King reviews 'Holidays in Heck' by P.J. O'Rourke, published by Grove Press. Audio

  • Business with Rod Oram

    11:07 AM.Rod discusses the Productivity Commission's report on housing affordability. Audio

  • The art of computer games

    11:27 AM.Pippin Barr is a New Zealander who lectures on and designs video games. He's a keen gamer but also has a scholarly understanding of how these games are changing our lives. One of his acclaimed game… Read more Audio

  • Media with Gavin Ellis

    11:47 AM.The merry-go-round at TVNZ and TV3. Audio

09:05 Are too many bars flouting non smoking rules with partially enclosed outdoor smoking areas?

Professor Richard Edwards, Head of Department of Public Health; Otago University, Wellington; Michael Colhoun, spokesperson for ASH, Action of Smoking and Health; and Bruce Robertson, Chief Executive of Hospitality New Zealand.

09:20 Polar centenary and future of Antarctic treaty

Kathryn Ryan speaks to the chief executive of Antarctica New Zealand, Lou Sanson about the history and future of Antarctica, including that historic polar race and the role New Zealand played.

Gallery: Sir Edmund Hillary in Antarctica and Scott and Shackleton's huts

Inside Shackleton s Nimrod Hut at Cape Royds
Inside Shackleton's Nimrod Hut at Cape Royds.

09:45 North Korea

Tim Beal, academic, author and expert on North Korea.

10:05 Big Year Interview - Jon Macdonald

The chief executive of online auction site Trade Me, which listed on the share market last week after Fairfax sold down a 34 percent stake in the company. Jon joined Trade Me in 2003 to manage the technical team, and in 2007 he graduated to general manager, when CEO and founder Sam Morgan took a step back from the company.

10:35 Book Review with John King

Holidays in Heck by P J O'Rourke
Published by Grove Press

10:45 Reading: Pohutukawa Candle, a short story by Robyn Brinkman

Sophie resents having her birthday on Christmas Day, though she knows she should have got over her Birthmas disorder, by now.

11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram

11:30 The Art of Computer games

Pippin Barr is a New Zealander who lectures on and designs video games. He's an avid gamer but also has a scholarly understanding of how these games are changing our lives. One of his acclaimed game designs is a little different from the normal shoot-em-up ones - it's based on a work of performance art by Marina Abramovic.

Pippin has just published a book called How to Play a Video Game - it demystifies the world of video games for non-players but is also an eye-opening read for players keen to know more about this cyber universe.

Pippin is based in Denmark – he works and teaches at the Center for Computer Game Research at IT University in Copenhagen – but is originally from Wellington (his parents are well-known art collectors Jim and Mary Barr).

How to Play A Video Game
Awa Press
ISBN: 9781877551314

11:45 Media commentator Gavin Ellis

The political reporting merry-go-round at TVNZ and TV3, and speculates on a successor to Guyon Espiner.