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Nine To Noon for Wednesday 26 March 2008

  • Suicides of Iraq Veterans

    9:07 AM.Pia Malbran, TV producer, and Kevin and Joyce Lucey, whose son Jeffery, committed suicide after serving in Iraq. Audio

  • Ongoing Drought

    9:30 AM.No sign of the ongoing drought easing, especially in Wairarapa. Audio

  • Australia

    9:50 AM.With Australia correspondent, Ray Moynihan. Audio

  • New Bishop of Christchurch

    10:07 AM.Canadian Victoria Matthews is appointed the new Bishop of Christchurch. Audio

  • Book Review - The Heroines

    10:43 AM.Written by Eileen Favorite, Reviewed by Emma Hart, Published by Hutchinson. Audio

  • Music - Marty Duda

    11:07 AM.Today Marty looks at Split Enz who are currently on tour in NZ. Audio

  • Law

    11:35 AM.With legal commentator Dean knight. Audio

  • Film Review

    11:47 AM.Graham Tuckett reveiws 3:10 To Yuma and World Cinema Showcase. Audio

On Nine to Noon Today

9:05Suicides of Iraq veterans

Pia Malbran, CBS producer of programme on Iraq suicides, and Kevin and Joyce Lucey, whose son Jeffery, committed suicide after returning from serving in Iraq

9:30Ongoing drought, especially in Wairarapa

Dick Chamberlain, Wairarapa farmer, who says estimates of the cost of the drought are just the tip of the iceberg; Alan Stewart, Wairarapa farmer badly hit by drought; and Jim Renwick, NIWA climate variability leader

9:50 Phuket

Larry Cunningham, resident businessman on Phuket and Australia's Honorary Consul

9:55Australia correspondent Ray Moynihan

10:05 New Bishop of Christchurch

Canadian Victoria Matthews is the new Bishop of Christchurch

10:30 Book Review: The Heroines by Eileen Favorite

Reviewed by Emma Hart
(Published by Hutchinson, ISBN 978 009 192 1149)

10:45 Book Reading: The Room, a short story by Shirley Eng

11:05 Marty Duda's Artist of the Week - Split Enz

Today's feature artists are Split Enz, and the tracks featured are:

Matinee Idyll, from the 1973 single and included on the 1979 album The Beginning Of The Enz (Mushroom)

Late Last Night - taken from the 1976 album Second Thoughts (Mushroom)

What's The Matter With You - taken from the 1980 album True Colours (Mushroom)

I See Red - taken from the 2007 DVD One Out Of The Bag (Warners)

11:30 Law commentator Dean Knight

11:45 Film review with Graham Tuckett

The 3.10 To Yuma - Remade Western with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale

The Diving Bell and The Butterfly - Cannes winning drama from director
Julian Schnabel

The War on Democracy - New doco from John Pilger