Nine To Noon for Friday 16 May 2014
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