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Nine To Noon for Tuesday 17 February 2009

  • Potential Fisher and Paykel rescue

    9:09 AM.PM signals Govt. could step in to prevent Fisher and Paykel from collapsing. Kathryn speaks to F and P's MD, John Bonggard. Audio

  • NZ Police help with Victoria fires

    9:26 AM.Kathryn speaks with Senior Sergeant Richard McPhail who's spent the past few days identify victims of the fires. Audio

  • Prophylactics against ageing

    9:35 AM.Are there any? Kathryn talks to Dr Bahman Guyuron about the environmental factors that exacerbate the ravages of time. Dr Guyuron's just completed a study on identical twins to get a comparative on… Read more Audio

  • US correspondent - Richard Adams

    9:50 AM.The Washington editor of The Guardian talks about the impact and effect of the Obama economic stimulus plan and more. Audio

  • Feature guest - Peter Ackroyd

    10:06 AM.The acclaimed writer of books about Dickens, Chaucer and Shakespeare talks about his new one on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Audio

  • Book review - Journal for Jordan

    10:35 AM.Written by Dana Canedy. Published by Hachette. Reviewed by Harry Broad. Audio

  • Business commentary with Rod Oram

    11:08 AM.Rod talks about a number of topics including the fortunes of Fisher and Paykel with the possibility of a Govt. helping hand. Audio

  • Dr Nicholas Rowe

    11:25 AM.Professor of Dance Studies, Auckland University, dancer, writer, filmmaker and teacher who asks if dance is politically relevant. Audio

  • New Media with Russell Brown

    11:48 AM.Russell talks about the online protest against changes to the NZ copyright act Audio

09:05 Fisher & Paykel bailout

The Prime Minister John Key has signalled that the Government could step in as a last resort to prevent Fisher & Paykel from collapsing. Around 102 million dollars was wiped off the company's value in one day yesterday as its share price plummeted from 1 dollar to 65 cents after the company revealed sales had fallen significantly.

We speak to John Bongard, Managing Director of Fisher and Paykel.

09:20 NZ Police assist in identifying victims of Victoria fires

An NZ police team has spent the past few days helping their Australian counterparts identify victims of the Victorian fires. It is painstaking and difficult work being done by a specialist team that has also worked in other disasters including the 2004 Tsunami.

Senior Sergeant Richard McPhail is based in Invercargill and was part of the NZ police contingent sent to Thailand after the 2004 boxing day Tsunami.

09:30 Lifestyle study on twins

Twins study reveals environmental factors and lifestyle cause us to age faster.

Dr Bahman Guyuron, Division Chief, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospitals Clinical Professor, Case Western Reserve University.

Follow this link for the full study.

Follow this link to see a slideshow of examples.

09:45 US correspondent Richard Adams, Washington editor of The Guardian

10:05 Peter Ackroyd, British author

The acclaimed author of books about Dickens, Chaucer and Shakespeare tells us about his new one on Victor Frankenstein.

10:30 Book Review with Harry Broad

Journal for Jordan by Dana Canedy
Published by Hachette
ISBN 978 0733 622 861

10:45 Reading. The Kindness Of Strangers by Shonagh Koea

Episode 7 of 10

A series of moving vignettes in which writer Shonagh Koea recalls her past, looking back on a range of roles including daughter, wife, mother, journalist and novelist, with a few favourite recipes along the way.

11:05 Business with Rod Oram, business and economic commentator

11:30 Is dance politically relevant?

Dr Nicholas Rowe, Professor of Dance Studies, University of Auckland, dancer, writer, film maker and teacher.

11:45 Guest media commentator, Russell Brown

The huge global online protest over changes to NZ copyright laws.