Nine To Noon for Friday 24 August 2012

09:05 Does euthanasia already occur in NZ?

Dr Sinead Donnelly, chair of the Australia and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine; and Anne Morgan, practice advisor to Hospice NZ.

09:30 ACC privacy report

Malcolm Crompton is a former Australian Privacy Commissioner and co-author of Independent Review of ACC's Privacy and Security of Information.

09:45 Asia correspondent Greg Torode

The suspended death sentence given to Gu Kailai, the wife of ousted senior Communist Party figure Bo Xilai, for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood.

10:05 Dr Don Berwick - Health Innovation

Dr Don Berwick is the former administrator of Medicare and Medicade Services in the US – that country's top health official. He's also the founder of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, a research consultancy which is in partnership with the Counties Manukau DHB's centre for Healthcare Innovation called Ko Awatea.

10:35 Children's books with Doris Mousdale

The Grunts in Trouble by Philip Ardagh, published by Nosy Crow
The Thirteen Story Tree House by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton, published by Pan
My Dads by Kelly Bennett, publihsed by  Walker Books
The Gruffalo - Latin Edition by Julie Donaldson

10:45 Reading: Rangatira by Paula Morris (Final)

Miss Weale has arranged cabins for the rangatira going home to New Zealand, but before sailing, Paratene and Horomona go to see the painting done of the group in London.

11:05 Music with Sean McKenna

11:30 Sports commentator

Tomorrow night's All Black's versus Wallabies match-up, and updates us on the Black Caps in India.

11:45 The Week That Was with Radar and Pinky Agnew

Music played in this show

Playlist

9:35am
The Ruby Suns: 'Tane Mahuta'
from the 2008 album 'Sea Lion'

11:45am
Sinead O'Connor: 'Nothing Compares 2 U'
from the 1997 album 'So Far… the best of Sinead O'Connor'