Nine To Noon for Thursday 22 August 2013

09:05 Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years jail in WikiLeaks trial

Gabriel Schoenfeld is a senior fellow at the conservative Hudson Institute think-tank in the US and author of the book Necessary Secrets; and Faiza Patel, co-director of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School.

09:25 Does the official inflation measure represent the experience of much of the population?

NZ Institute of Economic Research senior economist Kirdan Lees who was on the committee set up to independently review the Consumers Price Index. It recommended Statistics NZ provide additional indexes to reflect changes in the purchasing power of subgroups such as Maori and superannuitants.

09:45 UK correspondent Matthew Parris

10:05 Hamish Wilson and Wayne Cunningham - authors of 'Being A Doctor'

Hamish Wilson and Wayne Cunningham are senior lecturers in General Practice at Otago University's School of Medicine. They teach post-graduate programmes for family doctors. Their book Being A Doctor is published by Otago University Press.

10:35 Book Review with Crystal Beavis

I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
Published by Bantam Press, RRP$37.99

10:45 Reading: Hedged In, a short story by Marie Langley

A hedge proves the perfect place for a child to watch unobserved the goings-on in her own home and the neighbours house. Read by Sonia Yee.

11:05 New Technology commentator Sarah Putt

The international cable project Network 4 Learning; and LinkedIn to sign up teenagers.

Links:
Hawaiki edges closer with Australasian deal - digitl
Network for Learning connecting NZ school - Newsline

11:30 Parenting commentator Ann Neville discusses bullying

Ann Neville is a former nurse, teacher, and the author of numerous resource publications. The latest are three books about bullying - one guide for parents, one for children, and a fiction book about a child who gets bullied, for 9-13 year olds. The books are published by CreateBooks

11:45 TV review with Nick Grant