Nine To Noon for Thursday 13 September 2012
09:05 GPs around the country are being swamped with calls over Meningoccal C
GPs around the country are being swamped with calls from worried parents over whether to immunise their children against Meningoccal C, the strain which killed a Wellington schoolgirl recently.
Dr Nikki Turner, director of the Immunisation Advisory Centre; and Dr Clair Mills, Medical Officer of Health for Northland.
09:25 Are financial adviser fees too high given prospective returns?
Brent Sheather works for Private Asset Management Ltd; and Nigel Tate, president of the Institute of Financial Advisers.
09:45 UK correspondent Matthew Parris
Newly disclosed documents on the 1989 Hillsborough disaster.
10:05 Madeleine Pierard - NZ soprano
Madeleine Pierard, presently home from London, where she is young artist in residence at Covent Garden, on her path since winning the Lexus Song Contest in 2005.
10:35 Book Review with Rae McGregor
Merivel by Rose Tremain
Published by Chatto & Windus
10:45 Reading: Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones
The story of a destitute young mother's search for her stolen child. (part 4 of 12).
11:05 New Technology correspondent Sarah Putt
Apple’s announcement; what happens to the virtual you when you die; and what's up at HP?
11:30 Parenting commentator Celia Lashlie
The importance of positive physical interaction for boys.
11:45 Media commentator Gavin Ellis
The new-look Herald newspaper and website.
Music played in this show
Playlist
9:25am
Andrew Keoghan: 'Bright Idea'
from his 2011 album 'Arctic Tales Divide'
11:25am
The Mutton Birds: 'Last Year's Shoes'
from the 1999 album 'Rain, Steam & Speed'