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Nine To Noon for Tuesday 10 December 2013

  • Naming and shaming of risky buildings

    9:08 AM.With Andrew Cleland - Chief Executive of the Institution of Professional Engineers. Maurice Williamson - Building and Construction Minister. Audio

  • Supercomputers - Martin Berzins

    9:25 AM.How supercomputers can be used to help solve science and engineering issues, including health problems. Professor Martin Berzins of the University of Utah who is giving a public lecture at the… Read more Audio

  • Stoats - Carolyn King

    9:40 AM.New research has shown Stoats can swim further than ever thought possible - meaning they could reach many of the country's offshore island sanctuaries. Audio

  • US correspondent - Luiza Savage

    9:51 AM.The Presidential delegation to the Nelson Mandela memorial. Audio

  • Big Year interview - Dean Barker

    10:06 AM.Dean Barker was the skipper of Team NZ, which this year suffered a gut-wrenching 8-9 loss to Oracle Team USA, skippered by Jimmy Spithill, in the longest running America's Cup ever in San Francisco. Audio

  • Book Review - Divergent

    10:54 AM.Written by Veronica Roth, reviewed by Phil Vine and published by Harper Collins. Audio

  • Business with Rod Oram

    11:08 AM.The Financial Markets Authority CEO leaves at the end of his first term. Audio

  • Jim Henson biography - Brian Jay Jones

    11:25 AM.Biographer Brian Jay Jones on the life of Muppets creator Jim Henson, drawing on interviews with his family, friends and collaborators - and Henson's own private letters. Audio

  • Media with Gavin Ellis

    11:46 AM.The media coverage of the death of Nelson Mandela. John Kirwan is the NZ Herald's guest editor. Audio

09:05 Naming and shaming of risky buildings

Andrew Cleland, chief executive of the Institution of Professional Engineers NZ; and Maurice Williamson, Building and Construction Minister.

09:30 Supercomputers

How supercomputers can be used to help solve science and engineering issues, including health problems. Professor Martin Berzins of the University of Utah who is giving a public lecture at the University of Canterbury at 10:30 this morning.

09:45 US correspondent Luiza Savage    

10:05 Big Year interview: Dean Barker

Dean Barker was the skipper of Team NZ, which this year suffered a gut-wrenching 8-9 loss to Oracle Team USA, skippered by Jimmy Spithill, in the longest running America's Cup ever in San Francisco.

10:35 Book review with Phil Vine

Divergent by Veronica Roth
Published by Harper Collins

10:45 The Reading Wulfsyarn - A Mosaic by Phillip Mann

Wilberfoss establishes contact with a giant alien creature on the remote planet where the spaceship has crashed. (Part 7 of 10)

11:05 Business correspondent Rod Oram

11:20 Brian Jay Jones

Biographer Brian Jay Jones on the life of Muppets creator Jim Henson, drawing on interviews with his family, friends and collaborators – and Henson's own private letters.

Jim Henson with the Fraggles
Jim Henson with the Fraggles. Courtesy of The Jim Henson Company, Photo by John E. Barrett.

11:45 Media with Gavin Ellis

Music played in this show

Song: Unbelievers
Artist: Vampire Weekend
Comp: Batmanglij/Koenij
Album: Modern Vampires Of The City
Label: Xl
Time Played: 9:20

Song: Royals
Artist: Lorde
Comp: Ella Yelich O'connor,Joel Little
Album: Pure Heroine
Label: Universal
Time Played: 10:35

Song: Rainbow Connection
Artist: Kermit
Comp: Paul Williams, Kenny Archer
Album: The Muppet Show: Music Mayhem And More
Label: Rhino
Time Played:

Song: Bein' Green
Artist: Kermit
Comp: Joe Raposo
Album: The Muppet Show: Music Mayhem And More
Label: Rhino
Time Played: 11:44