Nine To Noon for Wednesday 17 October 2012

09:05 How clean are recreational sites on NZ rivers?

Eugenie Sage, Green Party MP and spokesperson on environment and conservation; Guy Beatson, spokesperson for the Ministry for the Environment; and Dr Mike Joy, senior lecturer in freshwater ecology and enviromental science at Massey University.

The Ministry for the Environment's report card on recreational water quality in New Zealand

09:20 Are safety standards high enough in school outdoor pursuit courses?

Chris Prudden is a mountaineer who also teaches and assesses for the national Outdoor Instructor Association; and Alex Brunt, chairperson, Outdoors New Zealand.

09:45 Australia correspondent Ray Moynihan

Julia Gillard in India, and two poverty reports.

10:05 Feature guest - Felix Geiringer

Wellington-based barrister representing Maori Council in their water claim.

10:35 Book Review with Gilbert Wong

Salvatino of a Saint by Keigo Higashino
Published by Little, Brown

10:45 Reading: A Day with Yesterman by Owen Marshall

Read by Peter Hayden. Chatterton gives a lift to Caan, a stranded traveller, who invites him to a Rotary lunch in Dunedin which takes an unexpected turn.  (Part 1 of 2)

11:05 Marty Duda's Artist of the Week

The Faces

Tracks:
1. Three Button Hand Me Down (4:50) - Faces taken from 1970 album "First Step" (Warners)
2. Maybe I'm Amazed (4:30) - Faces taken from 1971 single (Warners)
3. Stay With Me (4:42) - Faces taken from 1971 album "A Nod Is As Good As A Wink…To A Blind Horse" (Warners)
4. Ooh La La (3:30) - Faces taken from 1973 album "Ooh La La" (Warners)

11:30 Law Talk

Auckland barrister Grant Illingworth discusses judicial accountability.

11:45 Art commentator Courtney Johnston

The defacing of a Mark Rothko painting at the Tate Modern, and the Metropolitan Museum releases its publication backlog online.

Links
A timeline of the Rothko defacement
The Rothko Room at the Tate Modern
Met Publications
The Met’s catalogues are revived for a digital life - New York Times