Nine To Noon for Friday 27 April 2012

09:05 Financial Markets Authority on the Bridgecorp sentencing

Sean Hughes, chief executive of the Financial Markets Authority on the sentencing of Bridgecorp director Rod Petricevic to six and a half years jail for misleading the finance company's investors. Last month the four directors of Lombard Finance were sentenced to community service and in the case of chairman Sir Douglas Graham a fine of $100,000, for misleading investors.

09:25 Water coolers in low-income homes

Tony Falkenstein, executive director of Just Water on their project involving water coolers in low income South Auckland homes is helping reduce the consumption of sweet fizzy drinks.

09:45 Pacific correspondent Mike Field 

The killing of a diplomat in Honiara sparks concern the country has not got over its civil war and Pacific attempts to control the tuna resource have taken a big hit with failures around a key agreement.

10:05 US writer Jesmyn Ward

Author of Salvage The Bones and blogger Jesmyn Ward.

10:35 Book Review with Ralph McAllister

The Day of the Lie by William Broderick
Published by Little, Brown

10:45 Reading: Night Travellers by Tina Shaw told by Amy Tarleton

The girl is happy – just an ordinary girl – but something happens to her in her home, at night, and her life changes forever.

(Part 2 of 2)

11:05 Music review with Jeremy Taylor

Spiritualized, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Rocket Juice & The Moon
Artist: Spiritualized
Title:- Little Girl
Composer: Jason Pierce
Album: Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
Label: Double Six/ Fat Possum

Artist: Charlotte Gainsbourg
Title: Out Of Touch
Composer: Connan Mockasin
Album: Stage Whisper
Label: Because Music

Artist: Rocket Juice & The Moon
Title: Poison
Composer: Albarn/ Flea/ Allen
Album: Rocket Juice & The Moon
Label: Honest Jon's Records

11:30 Sports commentator Joseph Romanos

 The Breakers win, Super 15 rugby table, Jesse Ryder, and Julian Dean.

11:45 The Week That Was with James Elliot and Irene Pink