Nine To Noon for Tuesday 16 December 2014 Nine To Noon

Latest from Sydney hostage siege

9:08 AM.Reporter from The Australian newspaper who has been at the scene of the Lindt cafe Hostage seige overnight. Audio
Prominent Syrian activist on 2014 conflict and Islamic State

9:32 AM.Mohammad al Abdallah is the executive director of the Syria Justice & Accountability Center in Washington DC. He was involved in the Syrian revolution from the early weeks and became one of the… Read more Audio
US correspondent Jack Hitt

9:53 AM.The Sony hacking scandal Audio
NZ installation artist, Simon Denny

10:06 AM.He's only in his early 30s but New Zealand installation artist Simon Denny has already had shows in the US and Europe, and the prestigious Museum of Modern Art in New York has recently bought one of… Read more Audio
Book review: Heavenly Hirani's School of Laughing Yoga

10:41 AM.Sonja de Friez reviews 'Heavenly Hirani's School of Laughing Yoga' by Sarah-Kate Lynch. Audio
Business commentator Rod Oram

11:07 AM.Rod Oram talks about Fonterra; its payout forecast, bid to get milk from non-shareholders and the report into the botulism scare. Audio
Lawyer for Sydney gunman

11:20 AM.As more details emerge about the siege in Sydney, we speak with Manny Conditsis, former lawyer for the dead gunman, Man Haron Monis. Audio
Scholarships for teachers engaging with technology

11:34 AM.Scholarships for teachers engaging with technology in the classroom Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis

11:46 AM.Media coverage of the Sydney hostage siege Audio

09:05 News and current affairs

09:45 International correspondent

10:05 Artist, Simon Denny

New Zealand artist Simon Denny is taking the international art scene by storm. He's only in his early 30's but has already had shows in the US and Europe, and the prestigious Museum of Modern Art in New York has recently bought one of his installations.

His first museum scale solo exhibition, The Personal Effects of Kim Dotcom, is open until Friday 19th December at the Adam Art Gallery in Wellington. The show takes up all three floors of the gallery and in it he recreates the entire inventory of items confiscated by police during the raid on Dotcom's mansion in January 2012.

Simon Denny is currently working towards next year's Venice Biennale, where he will represent New Zealand.

Gallery: The Personal Effects of Kim Dotcom

Simon Denny and personal effects of Kim Dotcom

10:35 Book review: Heavenly Hirani's School of Laughing Yoga by Sarah-Kate Lynch

Sonja de Friez

10:45 The Reading: 'Touchstones' by James McNeish

A memoir that is at once a self-portrait, a hymn to a vanishing New Zealand and a record of his meetings with people who influence his life and help make him the writer he becomes. All are larger than life. Some of them, like the author's mysterious Maori aunt, are good enough to bottle (7 of 15, RNZ, Touchstones will continue in the New Year)

11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram

11:30 Interview

11:45 Media commentator

Music played in this show

Artist: Great North
Song: I Was Gold
Composer: Great North
Album: Up in Smoke
Label: Private
Time: 09:30

Artist: Johnny Cash
Song: Blue Christmas
Composer: Hayes/Johnson
Album: The Man in Black
Label: Columbia
Time: 10:43

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