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Nine To Noon for Wednesday 5 August 2015

  • Proposed tough new domestic violence laws

    9:08 AM.The laws on domestic violence are in for an overhaul with the Justice Minister saying something has to be done about New Zealand's horrific rate of abuse. In a discussion document released this… Read more Audio

  • Smart traffic lights

    9:36 AM.Christchurch is set to trial the new smart traffic lights which tell drivers when the lights are going to change. The company behind it is Oregon based Connected Signals - which has created an app… Read more Audio

  • Three die in Canterbury fire

    9:47 AM.Three people have been confirmed dead after a fire in Waimate this morning. Mayor of Waimate District Council Craig Rawley. Audio

  • Australia correspondent Peter Munro

    9:51 AM.The Speaker's resignation over expenses, review of industrial relations laws and AFL player Adam Goodes is set to return to the field following an uproar over racial abuse. Audio

  • Kay Danes - helping prisoners held abroad

    10:10 AM.Kay Danes, her husband Kerry, and their young family were living in Laos in 2000, where Kay and Kerry were working for a security company. The family were heading home to Australia for Christmas, when… Read more Audio

  • NZ Literature Review: Lost and Gone Away by Lynn Jenner

    10:40 AM.Reviewed by Louise O'Brien, co-editor of the quarterly review, New Zealand Books; published by AUP. Audio

  • Marty Duda's artist of the week: Marc Ribot

    11:06 AM.For many music lovers, Marc Ribot is known for his guitar playing on Tom Waits albums such as Rain Dogs, Mule Variations and Real Gone. But along with his session work for the likes of Waits, Elvis… Read more Audio

  • Law commentator Antonia Fisher QC

    11:29 AM.Family lawyer Antonia Fisher QC on relationship property and Trusts. Audio

  • Science commentator, Siouxsie Wiles

    11:48 AM.Siouxsie Wiles discusses what our top scientists are saying about the future of science in New Zealand - will it be private companies driving our innovation? Audio

09:05 Jane Drumm on proposed tough new domestic violence laws

The laws on domestic violence are in for an overhaul with the Justice Minister saying something has to be done about New Zealand's horrific rate of abuse.

In a discussion document released this morning the Justice Minister Amy Adams has outlined a raft of possible law changes. They include opening up privacy laws specifying that safety concerns trump privacy concerns, lowering the threshold for the likes of doctors to report concerns and police telling someone their new partner has a history of violence.

Jane Drumm is the executive director of domestic abuse charity, Shine.

09:20 Amy Adams on proposed tough new domestic violence laws

Justice Minister Amy Adams

09:45 Australia correspondent Peter Munro

Peter Munro reports on The Speaker's resignation over expenses, review of industrial relations laws and AFL player Adam Goodes is set to return to the field following an uproar over racial abuse.

10:05 Kay Danes - helping prisoners held abroad

Kay Danes Photo supplied cropKay Danes, her husband Kerry, and their young family were living in Laos in 2000, where Kay and Kerry were working for a security company. The family were heading home to Australia for Christmas, when Kay and Kerry were arrested on trumped-up charges of gem theft from the country’s biggest sapphire mine. They were separated from their two children and imprisoned in a Lao jail, where they remained for nearly a year. During that time, prison guards tortured Kerry and assaulted Kay, to try to force them to admit their guilt. They were eventually released and  Kay has gone on to become a human rights advocate for other prisoners held abroad, as well as writing three books. Last year, she received the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2014, for service to the community through promoting social justice and human rights.

10:30 NZ Literature Review: Lost and Gone Away by Lynn Jenner

Reviewed by Louise O'Brien, co-editor of the quarterly review, New Zealand Books; published by AUP.

10:45 The Reading: 'Golden Moments' a short story by Jane Seaford told by Margaret Blay

Explaining death and where their granddad is is painful at times for Sally. Her granddaughter’s perceptions though also surprise and amuse. (1 of 1, RNZ)

11:05 Marty Duda's artist of the week: Marc Ribot

For many music lovers, Marc Ribot is known for his guitar playing on Tom Waits albums such as Rain Dogs, Mule Variations and Real Gone. But along with his session work for the likes of Waits, Elvis Costello and Marianne Faithfull, Marc Ribot has been assembling a breathtakingly diverse catalogue of his own music since the early 1990s. These including excursions into free jazz, Cuban music, blues, rock and classical. His latest album is a live jazz date at the legendary Village Vanguard. Marc Ribot will be performing a rare solo show at Auckland’s Tuning Fork on Thursday, 6th August 2015.

11:30 Law - Economic Disparity Following Separation

Antonia Fisher QC is a Barrister in Auckland specialising in relationship property and trusts. She is looking at the ability of the courts to compensate women after separation when there is a significant disparity in income following their separation.

11:45 Science commentator, Siouxsie Wiles

Siouxsie Wiles discusses what our top scientists are saying about the future of science in New Zealand - will it be private companies driving our innovation?

Music details

Marty Duda's Mark Ribot selections:

Artist: Tom Waits
Song: Jockey Full Of Bourbon (2:43)
Composer: Tom Waits
Album: Rain Dogs (1985)
Label: Island

Artist: Marc Ribot & Los Cubanos Postizos
Song: Aqui Como Alla (4:51)
Composer: Arsenio Rodriguez
Album: The Prosthetic Cubans (1998)
Label: Atlantic

Artist: Marc Ribot
Song: St James Infirmary (3:42)
Composer: Irving Mills-Joe Primrose-Traditional
Album: Saints (2001)
Label: Atlantic

Artist: Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog
Song: Pinch (4:41)
Composer: Shahzad Ismaily-Marc Ribot-Ches Smith
Album: Party Intellectuals (2008)
Label: Pi Recordings

Music played in this show

Artist: Tom Waits
Song: Jockey Full Of Bourbon (2:43)
Composer: Tom Waits
Album: Rain Dogs (1985)
Label: Island

Artist: Marc Ribot & Los Cubanos Postizos
Song: Aqui Como Alla (4:51)
Composer: Arsenio Rodriguez
Album: The Prosthetic Cubans (1998)
Label: Atlantic

Artist: Marc Ribot
Song: St James Infirmary (3:42)
Composer: Irving Mills-Joe Primrose-Traditional
Album: Saints (2001)
Label: Atlantic

Artist: Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog
Song: Pinch (4:41)
Composer: Shahzad Ismaily-Marc Ribot-Ches Smith
Album: Party Intellectuals (2008)
Label: Pi Recordings

Artist: Avalanche City
Song: Inside Out
Composer: Baxter
Album: Promo
Label: Warner
Time: 0945

Artist: Sam Cooke
Song: You Send Me
Composer: Cooke
Label: ABCKO
Time: 1145