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Nine To Noon for Friday 27 January 2012

  • The implications of the discord at the Chch City Council

    9:08 AM.Leanne Curtis is a Canterbury Communities' Earthquake Recovery Network board member and Peter Townsend is the chief executive of the Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce. Audio

  • The Food Bill

    9:28 AM.A new bill aiming to overhaul food safety laws is set to be introduced - what will it involve? What will it mean for small food producers, some of whom say it's not worth continuing to do business due… Read more Audio

  • Asia Correspondent - Phil O'Sullivan

    9:51 AM.Topics - Wealthy mainland Chinese having babies in Hong Kong and the Chinese New Year. Audio

  • Feature Guest - Lisa Bourne

    10:06 AM.Former UK newspaper boss, now General Manager of Wellpark College of Natural Therapies and living at Muriwai beach. Audio

  • Children's Book Review with John McIntyre

    10:33 AM.The books are 'Stomp' by Ruth Paul - published by Scholatic, 'Look, A BOOK' by Libby Gleeson and Freya Blackwood - published by Little Hare and 'The Scar' by Charlotte Mondlac, illustrated by Olivier… Read more Audio

  • New Music with Sean McKenna

    11:06 AM.First Aid Kit, Rodrigo y Gabriela, and Portico Quartet all have new albums. Audio

  • Sport with Joseph Romanos

    11:37 AM.The Australian Open tennis, cricket, and how to get people along to Phoenix football games. Audio

  • The Week That Was

    11:47 AM.With Radar and Michele A'Court. Audio

09:05 The implications of the discord at the Christchurch City Council

The Christchurch City Council set to have crisis meeting with Local Government Minister Nick Smith this afternoon in an attempt to quell ongoing discord among councillors and the community.

Leanne Curtis, Canterbury Communities' Earthquake Recovery Network board member; and Peter Townsend, Chief executive of the Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce.

09:20 The Food Bill

A new bill aiming to overhaul food safety laws is set to be introduced - what will it involve? What will it mean for small food producers, some of whom say it's not worth continuing to do business due to increased compliance costs?

Biddy Fraser-Davies, artisan cheesemaker of Cymglyn Farm near Eketahuna; Chris Fortune, president of Farmers Markets New Zealand; and Kate Wilkinson, Food Safety minister.

09:45 Asia correspondent Phil O'Sullivan

10:05 Lisa Bourne - Former top UK newspaper boss who traded it all in to move to NZ

Lisa Bourne is a former UK newspaper boss, now General Manager of Wellpark College of Natural Therapies and living at Muriwai beach.

10:35 Children's Book Review with John McIntyre

www.thechildrensbookshop.co.nz

Three books from amongst the best from last year

Stomp by Ruth Paul
Published by Scholatic 
ISBN 978-1-77543-005-8

Look, A BOOK by Libby Gleeson and Freya Blackwood      
Published by Little Hare 
ISBN 978-1921541-80-3

The Scar  by Charlotte Mondlac, illustrated by Olivier Tallec  
Published by  Walker Books  
ISBN 978-1-4063-3593-8

10:45 Reading: Losing It by Sandy McKay (Part 5 of 10)

Jo remembers some good times with her mother and then some of the bad times too.

Audio will be available here after broadcast.

11:05 Music reviewer Sean McKenna

Artist: First Aid Kit
Album: The Lion’s Roar
Song: Emmylou
Video: Emmylou

Artist: Rodrigo y Gabriela & C.U.B.A.
Album: Area 52
Song: Diablo Rojo
Video: Diablo Rojo (original version)

Artist: Portico Quartet
Album: Portico Quartet
Song: Spinner

Artist: Django Django
Album: Django Django
Song: Default

11:30 Sports commentator Joseph Romanos

The Australian Open tennis, cricket, and how to get people along to Phoenix football games.

11:45 The Week That Was with Radar and Michele A'Court