09:05 Should NZ introduce flexible superannuation?

Co-director of the Retirement Policy and Research Centre at Auckland University Michael Littlewood; Sue Bradford, who was part of the Alternative Welfare Working Group and member of Auckland Action Against Poverty; and Ann Martin, chief executive of Age Concern.

09:25 Research into teeth and the rest of you

Dr Jonathan Broadbent is a senior lecturer in Preventative and Restorative Dentistry at Otago University's Faculty of Dentistry. He discusses insights from Otago's unique Dunedin Study about how early life events affect oral health, and the links to our general health.

Dr Broadbent is giving a public lecture on oral health research in Wellington this Wednesday at  The Royal Society of New Zealand House at 6pm and on Thursday at the University of Otago Auckland Centre at 6pm.

Link: University of Otago 2013 Winter Lecture Series

09:45 Washington correspondent Simon Marks

10:05 The wonders of the giant squid

Severine Hannam is the Natural Sciences Collection Manager at Auckland Museum, which was part of a research project that successfully filmed a giant squid swimming in its deep ocean habitat.

10:35 Book Review with Jane Westaway

The Guts by Roddy Doyle
Published by Jonathan Cape, RRP$37.99        

10:45 The Reading: 'The Apostate', a short story by Dan Davin

Read by Ken Blackburn.

11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram 

Year-end results for Telecom and Port of Tauranga.

11:30 Trade Aid and Fair Trade

Geoff White is the General Manager for Trade Aid

Book: Groundchange: The Story of Trade Aid by Sally Blundell
Published by Craig Potton Publishing, RRP $39.99

11:45 Media commentator Gavin Ellis