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Nine To Noon for Tuesday 18 December 2012

  • Christchurch commercial property owners giving up on insurance

    9:08 AM.Emily Walton is an insurance partner at Wynn Williams, Glenn Taylor is head of the South Island Property Council. Audio

  • Special schools

    9:27 AM.Are special schools for children with intellectual disabilities better at teaching those children than mainstream schools? Dr Jude MacArthur is a researcher based in Dunedin, working in the area of… Read more Audio

  • US Correspondent - Luiza Savage

    9:52 AM.Luiza comments on the aftermath of the Newtown, CT shootings, and the re-emergence of the discussion on gun control in the US. Audio

  • Feature Guest - Bill Buckley

    10:06 AM.Bill Buckley set up Buckley Systems Limited in 1978 which has gone on to be a world leader in electromagnetic technology. His machines are used to prepare 90 per cent of the world's silicon chips -… Read more Audio

  • Book Review - The Sacrificial Man

    10:42 AM.Louise O'Brien reviews The Sacrificial Man by Ruth Dugdall. Published by Text Publishing. Audio

  • Business with Rod Oram

    11:06 AM.Rod Oram comments on Fairfax's recent sale of Trade Me and the state of manufacturing. Audio

  • Impaired driving

    11:28 AM.Gerald Waters has set up a charitable trust, Researching Impaired Driving in New Zealand, on behalf of the friends and family of Katherine Kennedy who was killed by a recidivist drunk driver in 2010. Audio

  • Film with Graeme Tuckett

    11:49 AM.Graeme Tuckett reviews what's on at the movies - The Hobbit, Polisse, and Graeme's picks for best of the year. Audio

09:05 Christchurch property owners' insurance

Emily Walton, Insurance partner at Wynn Williams; and Glenn Taylor, South Island Property Council head.

09:20 Special Schools

Dr Jude MacArthur, independent researcher based in Dunedin, working in the area of education and disability for Massey University; and Trish Grant, Director of Advocacy, IHC.

09:45 US correspondent Luiza Savage

10:05 Big year interview: Engineering entrepreneur Bill Buckley

Bill Buckley set up Buckley Systems Limited in 1978 which has gone on to be a world leader in electromagnetic technology. His machines are used to prepare 90% of the world's silicon chips, which are used in almost every piece of modern technology from flatscreen TVs to iPhones. He talks about his life's work, operating a highly successful international business from New Zealand and his plans for solar energy in the future.

10:35 Book Review with Louise O'Brien

The Sacrificial Man by Ruth Dugdall
Text Publishing

10:45 Reading: A Christmas Wish by Shirley Eng

Trish has her seldom seen and much cherished grandchildren staying at Christmas time when fate intervenes and changes everything.

11:05 Business correspondent Rod Oram

Fairfax's sale of Trade Me and the Superannuation Fund's purchase of Datacom.

11:30 Impaired driving

Gerald Waters has set up a charitable trust, Researching Impaired Driving in New Zealand, on behalf of the friends and family of Katherine Kennedy who was killed by a recidivist drunk driver in 2010.

11:45 Film Review with Graeme Tuckett 

The Hobbit, Polisse, and Graeme's picks for best of the year.

 

Music played in this show

Playlist

09:27am
David Bowie and Bing Crosby: 'Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy'
from a Bing Crosby Christmas TV special in 1977

11:25
Eartha Kitt: 'Santa Baby'
from 1953