Nine To Noon for Wednesday 4 February 2009
09:05 Proposed changes to the RMA
Barry Weeber, Co-Chairman of the Environment and Conservation Organisations of New Zealand, or ECO (established in 1972 and represents 61 groups with a concern for the environment); and Nick Smith, Minister for the Environment, who has singled out Meridian Energy wind farms as a strong case for reforming the RMA.
09:20 US poised to send 30 thousand more troops to Afghanistan
Ray McGovern, a CIA analyst for 27 years under seven presidents, is warning against sending more troops to Afghanistan, saying it is doomed to fail. He set up the group Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.
09:30 Making a Difference - Professor Tony Binns
Otago University geography professor who is researching the widespread (and ad-hoc) use of "backyard" agriculture in Sierra Leone, the world's poorest country. He's trying to influence urban authorities throughout Africa into supporting urban agriculture as a means of improving the health and wealth of its people.
09:45 Australia correspondent Paul Barclay
10:05 Renowned historian who is retiring after devoting four decades to the history of the Pacific
Distinguished Professor Kerry Howe has just retired from Massey's School of Social and Cultural Studies at Albany. The renowned historian has devoted 38 years to groundbreaking scholarship on Pacific history, embracing the vastness and diversity of the region's geographical, cultural, political and historical evolution.
10:30 Book Review with Michele A'Court
On Cats New Edition by Doris Lessing. Published by Fourth Estate, ISBN 978 000 728 5518
10:45 Reading. Morehu by Anahera Gildea (Part 1 of 2)
Rata tries to feed his kids. Jeff tests his Dad. Grace learns the meaning of tangi.
11:05 Music Review with Marty Duda
Artist Of The Week is Marianne Faithfull
1. Come And Stay With Me (2:25) - Marianne Faithfull taken from 1965 album "Marianne Faithfull" (London)
2. The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan (4:13) - Marianne Faithfull taken from
1979 album "Broken English" (Island)
3. Vagabond Ways (3:14) - Marianne Faithfull taken from 1999 album
"Vagabond Ways" (Virgin)
4. Down From Dover (4:43) - Marianne Faithfull taken from 2009 album "Easy Come Easy Go" (Naive/Shock)
11:30 Law with Catriona Maclennan
11:45 Film Review with Graeme Tuckett
Slumdog Millionaire, Milk, The Oscars.