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'