09:05 Budget analysis

Geof Nightingale, partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers discusses Budget 2014.

09:15 Children's Commissioner discusses free health care for under 13s.

Russell Wills, Commissioner for Children.

09:30 The Finance Minister Bill English discusses the budget

09:45 Asia correspondent Jamil Anderlini

10:05 Feature: Jacques Roubaud - French poet, essayist, novelist and mathematician

French writer and poet Jacques Roubaud is described as a senior statesman of European literature and world poetry. His latest translated book, Mathematics, pays homage to one of the great passions of his life: mathematics. He is visiting New Zealand to speak at the Auckland Writers Festival.

10:30 Children’s Books review with John McIntyre

The Night of The Perigee Moon by Juliet Jacka. Published by Scholastic ISBN 978-1-77543-203-6
The Red Suitcase by Jill Harris. Published by Makaro Press ISBN  978-0-9941069-0-2
Lucy Bee & The Secret Gene by Anne Ingram. Published by White Gull Press ISBN 978-0473-27999-8.

10:45 The Reading: The Virgin and the Whale by Carl Nixon

A nurse looks after a returned soldier whose head injury has reduced him to an animal-like state with no memory. Read by Deana Elvins. (Part 5 of 10).

11:05 New music with Grant Smithies

Including Sherpa, Tiny Ruins and Jamaican singer Horace Andy.

11:30 Sports commentator Brendan Telfer

Brendan Telfer discusses the latest investigations into match-fixing in cricket, and the rapid rise of Kiwi basketballer Steve Adams in American sport.

11:45 The week that was with Te Radar and Elisabeth Easther

Music played in this show

Artist: Fats Domino
Song: Lady Madonna
Composer: Lennon / McCartney
Album: The Lennon & McCartney Songbook
Label: EMI
Broadcast time: 10:43am

Artist: Sherpa
Song: Love Film
Comp: Earl Ho, Ben Tindall, Vince McMillan, Daniel Barrett
Album: Blues And Oranges
Label: Self-released
Broadcast Time: 11:10am

Artist: Sherpa
Song: Quit Time
Comp: Earl Ho, Ben Tindall, Vince McMillan, Daniel Barrett
Album: Blues And Oranges
Label: Self-released
Broadcast Time: 11:15am

Artist: Tiny Ruins
Song: Straw Into Gold
Comp: Hollie Fullbrook
Album: Brightly Painted One
Label: Bella Union/ Arch Hill/ Flying Nun
Broadcast Time: 11:22am

Artist: Horace Andy
Song: Roots Of All Evil
Comp: Horace Andy
Album: Get Wise
Label: Pressure Sounds
Broadcast Time: 11:28am

Artist: Laura Marling
Song: Blues Run The Game
Composer: Frank
Album: n/a
Label: Third Man
Broadcast time: 11:45am