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Nine To Noon for Tuesday 6 May 2014

  • Experts: legal high laws useless without animal testing

    9:06 AM.Ian Shaw is a Professor of Toxicology at the University of Canterbury with 30 years experience in the field. Professor Shaw says there is no way of testing legal highs without using animals. Audio

  • Dr Nick Economou - Australian budget 2014

    9:30 AM.Monash University's Senior Lecturer in the School of Political and Social Inquiry - a regular commentator on Australian politics - talks about next week's anticipated tough budget. Audio

  • US correspondent - Jack Hitt

    9:50 AM.Benghazi is back on the US political agenda with newly released emails again bringing the US Embassy attack in Libya into the pundisphere. Audio

  • Holly Baxter and Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett - Vagenda

    10:06 AM.Holly Baxter and Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett are the authors of the popular Vagenda blog, which acts as a watchdog on how the media talks about women, all wrapped up in funny and hard-hitting cultural… Read more Audio

  • Book Review - The Girl Who Saved The King of Sweden

    10:40 AM.Ralph McAllister reviews Jonas Jonasson's The Girl Who Saved The King of Sweden which is published by Fourth Estate. Audio

  • Business with Rod Oram

    11:10 AM.Discussing: fossil fuel divestment as a response to Climate Change, and; French dairy giant Danone moving further into the New Zealand primary production chain. Audio

  • Dr Trevor Chinn - glacial retreat

    11:30 AM.Dr Chinn is a New Zealand geologist and a specialist on glaciers; he talks about the treat of Fox and Franz Josef. Audio

  • Media with Gavin Ellis

    11:48 AM.The Official Information Act request that precipitated the exposure of Maurice Williamson's relationship with Chinese businessman Donghua Liu and his subsequent demise as a minister, and; a new Chief… Read more Audio

09:05 Experts: legal high laws useless without animal testing

Ian Shaw is a Professor of Toxicology at the University of Canterbury with 30 years experience in the field. Professor Shaw say there is no way of testing legal highs without using animals.

09:30 The Australian Government warns next weeks budget will be tough  

Dr Nick Economou is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University - a regular commentator on Australian politics, and author of a number of books.

09:45 US correspondent Jack Hitt

10:05 Feature: Authors of the Vagenda book and blog, Holly Baxter and Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Holly Baxter and Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett are the authors of the popular Vagenda blog, which acts as a watchdog on how the media talks about women, all wrapped up in funny and hard-hitting cultural critique. They started the blog in February 2012, as students in London who enjoyed reading extracts from women's magazines sarcastically to each other. The Vagenda garnered 7 million views in its first year, helped by praise from high-profile feminist fans like Caitlin Moran and Hadley Freeman. It's now spawned a book, titled The Vagenda: How Women's Magazines Can Ruin Your Life, which is published in New Zealand by Random House

10:25 Book review: The Girl Who Saved The King of Sweden

The Girl Who Saved The King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson, reviewed by Ralph McAllister. Published by Fourth Estate.

10:45 The Reading: The Elusive Language of Ducks, by Judith White

A quirky and heart-warming story of human relationships – and a duck. (Part 7 of 10).

11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram

Discussing the Board of Inquiry decision on the Ruataniwha dam in the Hawke's Bay.

11:20 Glaciologist Dr Trevor Chinn on why Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers are retreating

11:45 Media commentator Gavin Ellis