09:05 The Associate Transport Minister responds to botched TAIC report

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission is refusing to apologise to the families of the 2010 Fox Glacier crash victims for its mistakes. TAIC's chief commissioner Helen Cull, QC, says it 's not necessary, and that criticism of the commission was driven by grief.

Yesterday TAIC backtracked on some of its main findings on the sky diving plane crash which killed nine people including four overseas tourists. The original report from the Commission said that the weight and balance of the aircraft was the most likely cause. The new TAIC addendum to the report now says the aircraft was probably controllable before the crash. Craig Foss the Associate Transport Minister says he has full confidence in TAIC.

09:20 Have the All Blacks got what it takes to keep hold of the Web Ellis trophy?

Anton Oliver

Anton Oliver Photo: Supplied.

Former All Blacks captain Anton Oliver looks ahead to the All Blacks' chances of becoming the first nation to defend a Rugby World Cup win. The clash will mark the first time the two countries have played each other in the Rugby World Cup final, and the winner will create history, by becoming the first nation to lift the trophy three times.

09:30 Low-income rural communities transforming themselves into booktowns 

The booktown movement started in the Welsh town of Hay on Wye 1961 when Richard Booth decided to try and make it a mecca for book lovers to try and save the town's struggling rural economy. 

The concept gained international attention, when in 1977 he proclaimed himself as King of Hay on Wye - and appointed his horse as Prime Minister. 

The movement has spread throughout the world, there are book towns across Europe and in Malaysia, Korea, and Australia - they are filled with second hand bookstores, and host book festivals

09:45 Pacific correspondent Michael Field

Mike Field reports on the descendants of the original Bikini Islanders, moved for American nuclear testing, who are seeking to relocate to the United States as their substitute island goes underwater. Also Tokelau is marking its annual language week – it raises the question, what is the future of the lovely place? and can more be done to protect it?

Tokelau children - what kind of future?

Tokelau children - what kind of future? Photo: Michael Field

10:05 Child Genius, Thomas Frith

Thomas Frith and his mother, Deborah Fletcher

Thomas Frith and his mother, Deborah Fletcher Photo: supplied

He has an IQ higher than that of Einsten and Stephen Hawking. 12 year old Thomas Frith recently won Britain's Child Genius. He passed his A levels while still at primary school, has read everything from Ulysses to Thomas Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century, he plays the piano, cello, trombone and bassoon and can easily win two games of chess at the same time. Thomas Frith and his mother Deborah Fletcher talk about his insatiable quest for knowledge and his plans for the future.

10:30 Book review: I'll Never Write My Memoirs by Grace Jones

Reviewed by Kiran Dass, published by Simon & Schuster

10:45 The ReadingThe Final Episode of The Writers' Festival by Stephanie Johnson read by Judith Gibson and Nigel Collins (Part 12 of 12)

11:05 New Music with Jeremy Taylor

Jeremy Taylor admires the dark, creepy stylings of former Brunette Jonathan Bree's second solo album, the soaring, glacial Nordic pop of a-Ha, and a long overdue reissue of Michael Head & The Strands 1997 dreamy folk-rock classic.

Artist: Jonathan Bree

Song: Time Will Tell, Track 3

Comp: Jonathan Bree

Album: A Little Night Music

Label: Lil Chief

Broadcast Time: 3'10"

Song: Weird Hardcore, Track 7

Comp: Jonathan Bree

Album: A Little Night Music

Label: Lil Chief

Broadcast Time: 3'51"

Second solo album from former Brunettes frontman - his solo debut "The Primrose Path" was my album of 2013. Dark, orchestral, mysterious, more than a little creepy, Disney-ish, nightmarish. Very, very good. And quite brief.

Artist: a-Ha

Song: Cast In Steel, Track 1

Comp: Waaktar-Savoy

Album: Cast In Steel

Label: We Love Music/ Polydor/ Universal

Broadcast Time: 3'50"

Final album from Norwegian "Take On Me" hitmakers, 30 years on from that catchy ditty (which I once sang at karaoke in a Cuban nightclub). Epic, sweeping, melancholy Nordic pop, glacial and a clear influence on the like of Coldplay and Keane.

Artist: Michael Head & The Strands

Song: Something Like You, Track 2

Comp: Michael Head

Album: The Magical World Of…

Label: Megaphone Music

Broadcast Time: 3'46"

Finally, a reissue of brilliant, neglected 1997 album from Liverpudlians Michael and John Head, formerly The Pale Fountains, latterly of Shack. Gorgeous, gauzy, opiated folk rock, in love with The Byrds and Love. A brilliant, brilliant record that deserves a wider audience than it had at the time.

11:30 Sports commentator Brendan Telfer

11:45 The Week that Was with Te Radar and Michele A'Court

Music played in this show

Artist: Ruth Brown
Song: Wild Wild Young Men
Composer: Nugetre
Album: n/a
Label: Warner 277577
Time: 10:06

Artist: Phoenix Foundation
Song: Celestial Bodies
Composer: Buda/Callwood/O'Connor/Ricketts
Album: Give Up Your Dreams
Label: Universal
Time: 10:37

Artist: Jonathan Bree
Song: Time Will Tell, Track 3
Comp: Jonathan Bree
Album: A Little Night Music
Label: Lil Chief
Time: 11:05

Artist: Jonathan Bree
Song: Weird Hardcore, Track 7
Comp: Jonathan Bree
Album: A Little Night Music
Label: Lil Chief

Artist: a-Ha
Song: Cast In Steel, Track 1
Comp: Waaktar-Savoy
Album: Cast In Steel
Label: We Love Music/ Polydor/ Universal
 
Artist: Michael Head & The Strands
Song: Something Like You, Track 2
Comp: Michael Head    
Album: The Magical World Of…    
Label: Megaphone Music