Nine To Noon for Tuesday 23 July 2013

09:05 Who is responsible to ensure Wellington buildings already labelled Earthquake Prone, are structurally sound following Sunday's 6.5 earthquake?

Richard Toner, Wellington City Council: Manager of Building Policy and Planning; Peter Smith, Wellington structural engineer; and John Greenwood, Wellington Commercial Property Lawyer.

09:30 Implications of the world's fish moving to cooler waters as oceans warm up

Professor Daniel Pauly, director of the Fisheries Centre, University of British Colombia.

09:45 US correspondent Jack Hitt

10:05 Professional snowboarder Kevin Pearce

Kevin Pearce is the subject of the documentary, The Crash Reel, which tells the story of his recovery and comeback from a traumatic brain injury. The Crash Reel, directed by Lucy Walker, screens at the New Zealand International Film Festival in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, in July and August.

10:35 Book Review with Don Rood

Ways of the World by Robert Goddard
Published by Bantam Press

10:45 Reading: The Forrests by Emily Perkins

Read by Fiona Samuel

(Part 2 of 12)

11:05 Business

Reuters correspondent Gyles Beckford looks at the Reserve Bank official cash rate review on Thursday, the earnings season and low-deposit home loan lending limits overseas.

11:30 Barmaids in New Zealand

Susan Upton has worked as a librarian in Dunedin, Auckland and in Wellington at the Alexander Turnbull Library. For many years she worked as a researcher for the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography and the historical branch of Internal Affairs. After completing an MA in 1994 she decided it was time to give up doing research for other people and embark on a book of her own. She has researched the history of women barmaids in New Zealand resulting in her book Wanted, a Beautiful Barmaid (Women behind the bar in New Zealand, 1830-1976).

11:45 Media commentator Gavin Ellis

The media's coverage of the Wellington earthquakes.