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09:05 A deal has been reached on the trade pact TPP - what will it mean for NZ?​

It's been called the most sweeping trade pact in a generation, and will affect 40 percent of the world economy. The Trans-Pacific Partnership was finally signed overnight in Atlanta. It will cut trade barriers and set common standards for 12 countries. But the devil remains in the detail ... and the written details have yet to be released.
Crawford Falconer is a professorial chair in Global Value Chains and Trade at Lincoln University and a former trade negotiator with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

09:20 Is our tax system opening the doors to corruption?​

There's a fine line between a bribe and a facilitation payment. A fine, but significant line. And yet when the intent of either is to influence a foreign public official acting in their official capacity to obtain an advantage, only one is illegal in New Zealand. Victoria Associate Professor Lisa Marriott is a specialist in tax law. She argues our tax system opens the doors to corruption, and that the lines between facilitation payments and bribes are often extremely blurred. Her argument will be published early next year in the quarterly journal Australian Tax Forum.

09:45 US correspondent Susan Milligan​

The killing of nine people at a community college in Oregon reignites the battle over gun control

10:05 How to discover a planet from your sofa

Milky Way in Sagittarius

Perseid Meteor Shower

Chris Lintott is an astrophysics professor from the University of Oxford and presenter of The Sky at Night TV programme. He is in New Zealand to talk about, galaxy evolution, the discovery of new planets and ask whether aliens are out there somewhere.  He is the keynote speaker at the Aoraki MacKenzie Starlight Festival (from 9th October to 11th October) and will give public talks "How to discover a planet from your sofa"  in Auckland on (3rd October) and in Wellington (5th October). "The lonely universe" in Christchurch (7th October) and "Is the Milky Way Special?" in  Twizel (10th October). Chris Lintott is currently co-director of the Programme on Computational Cosmology and Citizen Science Project Lead in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford and a Research Fellow of New College, Oxford.  His research focuses on star and galaxy evolution.

10:35 Book Review:  Maggie Smith by Michael Coveney

Reviewed by Leah McFall, published by Orion

10:45 The Reading:   Speed Of Light by Joy Cowley read by Simon Leary (Part 7 of 10)

11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram

11:30 Small House Living with Catherine Foster

Living in smaller spaces without compromising design or comfort.Smart, space-efficient houses are becoming the way of the future. Catherine Foster's book Small House Living showcases a collection of homes measuring less than 90m2 from around New Zealand. Family homes, baches and apartments are included in the line-up; all of them demonstrating ingenious ways to reduce space and cut costs within a design-enriched environment
Catherine Foster is a freelance writer with a specific interest in home design. She has been a regular contributor of articles to leading New Zealand home magazines, including Your Home & Garden, HOME New Zealand and NZ House and Garden.

Container Bach 45m2, Tuateawa, Coromandel. A container bach was chosen largely because it could be built off-site and installed with minimal disruption to the regenerating bush that surrounded the building platform. Credit: Architect, Cam Cotton. Photography by Simon Wilson.

Container Bach 45m2, Tuateawa, Coromandel. A container bach was chosen largely because it could be built off-site and installed with minimal disruption to the regenerating bush that surrounded the building platform. Credit: Architect, Cam Cotton. Photography by Simon Wilson.

Viewed from the hillside above, the sea is a distant promise. One large and one small container are joined in this configuration; The kitchen, dining and bedrooms are housed in the extra width afforded by an additional half-size container. Artwork on the left is Rock Blossom and on the right is Cornered, both by Kirsty Black. Credit: Architect, Cam Cotton. Photography by Simon Wilson.

Taieri Mouth House 85m2, Taieri Mouth. Huge horizons of outstanding natural beauty contrast with the modesty of this small beach side home. Credit: Regan Johnston, who designed his home while employed by Mason & Wales Architects. Photography by James Cobel, Trends.

Visual interference was minimised allowing a dramatic simplicity to the major design element of the dwelling. Credit: Regan Johnston, who designed his home while employed by Mason & Wales Architects. Photography by James Cobel, Trends.

Valentine House 57m2, Titirangi, Auckland. A secondary dwelling, placed near but angled away from the adjacent major dwelling. The wide eave of its north-facing porch is visually striking and offers shading from excess summer sun. Credit: Dorrington Atcheson Architects. Photography by Emma-Jane Hetherington.

Valentine House 57m2, Titirangi, Auckland. A band-sawn, dark-stained unit made from the type of board-and-batten construction popularised in the area in the 1970s playfully alludes to the design origins. Credit: Dorrington Atcheson Architects. Photography by Emma-Jane Hetherington.

Te Modular 87m2, Medlands Beach, Great Barrier. In this configuration of the Te Modular system the corrugated iron-clad bathroom is situated adjacent to the sleeping quarters; Connections between the three pods on the sloping site are achieved via staircases and walkways. Credit: Herbst Architects. Photography by Jackie Meiring.

Te Modular 87m2, Medlands Beach, Great Barrier. In this configuration of the Te Modular system the corrugated iron-clad bathroom is situated adjacent to the sleeping quarters; Connections between the three pods on the sloping site are achieved via staircases and walkways. Credit: Herbst Architects. Photography by Jackie Meiring.

11:45 Media commentator Gavin Ellis

Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz