Nine To Noon for Friday 5 April 2013

09:05 How much of a threat does the new strain of bird flu pose?

Dr John McCauley is the director of the World Health Organization's Influenza Centre based at the National Institute for Medical Research in London.

09:30 Tuhoe building

Jerome Partington, the lead architect of the new Tuhoe tribal headquarters which has been designed to have no environmental impact and follows the strict sustainable building certification rules under the International Living Building Challenge.

09:45 Pacific correspondent Michael Field

10:05 Shereen El Feki - author of Sex and the Citadel

Dr Shereen El Feki, author of Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World.

10:30 Children's Book Review with John McIntyre

Mysterious Traveller by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham, illustrated by P. J . Lynch
Published by Walker Books
ISBN 978-1-4063-3707-5

The Matchbox Diary by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
Published by Walker Books
ISBN 978-1-4063-4377-9

10:45 Reading: The Thrill of Falling by Witi Ihimaera

11:05 New Music with Jeremy Taylor

The Strokes, Lee Hazlewood, and The Bads.

Artist: The Strokes
Song: One Way Trigger
Comp: The Strokes
Album: Comedown Machine
Label: RCA/Sony

Artist: The Strokes
Song: Chances
Comp: The Strokes
Album: Comedown Machine
Label: RCA/Sony

Artist: Lee Hazlewood
Song: Six Feet Of Chain
Comp: Lee Hazlewood
Album: Trouble Is A Lonesome Town
Label: Light In The Attic

Artist: The Bads
Song: California
Comp: Swann/ Adams
Album: Travel Light
Label: Warner Music NZ

11:30 Sports commentator Richard Boock

Basketball - ANBL final; league - Warriors vs South Sydney; rugby - Highlanders vs Blues; and cricket - John Parker's captains report.

11:45 The Week that Was with Radar and Elisabeth Easther