Nine To Noon for Thursday 17 April 2008
Nine to Noon for 17 April 2008
09:05 Canyoning Tragedy
Vasanti Proctor, mother of survivor, Kish Proctor
09:20 Canyoning Tragedy
Neil Gordon, Chief Meteorologist, Met Service
09:30 Prostate Cancer Screening
Buck Shelford, former All Black who has battled lymphoma on his bid to get more men to get their prostates checked
09:45 UK Correspondent Jon Dennis
10:05 Beautiful Boy - Methamphetamine Addiction
David Sheff is a US journalist and author of Beautiful Boy, a father's journey through his son's methamphetamine addiction; and Nic Sheff, David's son who has a meth addiction, he has also written a book, titled Tweak published by Simon and Schuster.
10:30 Book Review with Jane Westaway
Miracles of Life by J G Ballard
Published by 4th Estate
10:45 Reading: The Rope Of Man by Witi Ihimaera
Part 8 of 13
11:05 Maori Issues with Malcolm Mulholland
A look back at the career of Mahinarangi Tocker, who died this week following an asthma attack
11:30 Making a Living from Art
Sofia Minson, young Auckland artist making a living from her art. Her artwork can be viewed at www.toi.co.nz.
11:42 Offshore Production
Fisher & Paykel moving production offshore, resulting in significant job losses in Dunedin.
11:48 New Technology with Colin Jackson