Nine To Noon for Wednesday 28 May 2014
09:05 Government Agencies move to establish what the asbestos exposure risk has been in Christchurch
Nine to Noon has been told that the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is leading a multiagency group - including the Earthquake Commission, Fletcher Construction's EQR and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet - to try to identify which houses may have have had a high risk of containing asbestos and thereby quantify how many people may have been exposed.
Fletcher Construction's CEO Graham Darlow and the Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee.
09:30 Research into enrollment "revolving door" at low-decile schools
Research just released by the Child Poverty Action Group sheds new light on the scale of the issue of children having to move between schools. The survey found decile one schools had a median roll turnover of 30 percent, while higher-decile schools had far lower turnover rates. And it says frequent moving hurts kids' education.
With Donna Wynd, the chief researcher and policy analyst for the Child Poverty Action Group and Phil Palfrey, the Principal of Manurewa East School.
09:50 Australia correspondent Bernard Keane
10:05 Adrian Lister - modern day mammoth hunter
Professor Adrian Lister of Britain's Natural History Museum is one of the world's foremost experts on mammoths. He worked on the first scientific study of mammoth DNA, but believes there are too many technical and ethical hurdles in the way of actually cloning a mammoth.
The Natural History Museum is about to hold an exhibition devoted to the ice age giants – including the most complete woolly mammoth ever found – Baby Lyuba (pictured below middle, © International Mammoth Commitee) – who was discovered in Siberia in 2007 and is thought to have died 42,000 years ago at just one month old. Lyuba the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, is 85cm tall and 130cm long, about the size of a large dog. The Columbian mammoth, one of the largest species of mammoth, will also be part of the exhibition (pictured below right, © Field Museum, Chicago).
Gallery: Lubya the woolly mammoth
10:30 Book review: Landscape with Solitary Figure by Shonagh Koea
Reviewed by Graham Beattie, published by Vintage
10:45 The Reading: The Cave of Winds by Elspeth Sandys
Two Kiwi soldiers hide in a mountain cave after Crete has fallen to the Nazis. Two members of the resistance risk all to shelter them as German troops draw ever closer. (Part 3 of 4)
11:05 Marty Duda's artist of the week: Gladys Knight
Soul diva Gladys Knight celebrates her 70th birthday on Wednesday. Gladys and her Pips began performing in the 1950s and scored their first hit in 1961.
Tracks:
1. Every Beat Of My Heart – The Pips taken from 1961 single (Vee-Jay)
2. If I Were Your Woman – Gladys Knight & The Pips taken from 1971 album “If I Were Your Woman” (Gordy)
3. I’ve Got To Use My Imagination – Gladys Knight & The Pips taken from 1973 album “Imagination” (Buddah)
4. You And I Ain’t Nothin’ No More – Gladys Knight taken from 2013 album “The Butler Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (Verve)
11:30 Law with Robert Lithgow
Robert Lithgow, the new Criminal Procedure Act.
11:45 Science commentator, Siouxsie Wiles
Siouxsie discusses fear and our 'gut instinct', how fruit flies don't always act on impulse, and how blocking pain receptors extends lifespan in mice.
Music played in this show
Artist: Richard Hawley
Song: Serious
Composer: Hawley
Album: Lady's Bridge
Label: Mute
Broadcast time: 9:34am
Artist: Cat Power
Song: Could We
Composer: Marshall
Album: The Greatest
Label: Matador
Broadcast time: 10:06am
Artist: The Mutton Birds
Song: Dominion Road
Composer: McGlashan
Album: n/a
Label: EMI
Broadcast time: 10:39am
Artist: The Pips
Song: Every Beat Of My Heart
Composer: n/a
Album: Single
Label: Veejay
Broadcast time: 11:08
Artist: Gladys Knight
Song: If I Were Your Woman
Composer: Gordy
Album: If I Were Your Woman
Label: Buddah
Broadcast time: 11:14am
Artist: Gladys Knight
Song: I've Got To Use My Imagination
Composer: n/a
Album: Imagination
Label: Buddah
Broadcast time: 11:22am
Artist: Gladys Knight
Song: You And I Ain't Nothin' No More
Composer: n/a
Album: The Butler OST
Label: Verve
Broadcast time: 11:28am