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Nine To Noon for Tuesday 17 March 2009

  • Govt to scrap regional petrol tax

    9:09 AM.Chairman of the Auckland Regional Council, Mike Lee, with his reaction on Govt's plan to scrap regional petrol tax. Audio

  • Private Prisons 2

    9:20 AM.The NZ government is considering bringing in private prison managers to run our maximum security prisons. Audio

  • Private Prisons

    9:30 AM.A look at how private prisons are run in Australia, staff training and officer to prisoner ratios. Audio

  • Liver Cancer

    9:45 AM.The are growing rates of liver cancer and NZ's numbers are predicted to double in the next 20 years. Audio

  • US issues

    9:50 AM.Kathryn talks to our U.S. correspondant Jack Hitt. Audio

  • Feature Guest - Lewis Pugh

    10:08 AM.Pioneering long distance swimmer, who has swam the world's coldest stretches of water to raise awareness about the environment. Audio

  • Book Review - The Girl on the Landing

    10:39 AM.By Paul Torday, Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, $38.99 ISBN 9780297855330, reviewed bty Graham Beattie. Audio

  • Business with Rod Oram

    11:07 AM.Kathryn talks to Business and Economic commentator Rod Oram. Audio

  • Cathy Kelly

    11:26 AM.Irish author of 11 novels, swapped journalism and then five years as an agony aunt for writing contemporary fiction. Audio

  • Media with Dennis Welch

    11:50 AM.Kathryn talks with Dennis Welch about the media. Audio

09:05 Government to scrap regional petrol tax

Mike Lee, Chairman of the Auckland Regional Council.

09:20 Private prison managers to run maximum security prisons

The NZ government is considering bringing in private prison managers to run our maximum security prisons. We look at how private prisons are run in Australia, where unions have serious concerns about staff training, and officer to prisoner ratios.

Matt Bindley, and Karen Batt.

09:30 Growing rates of liver cancer - NZ's numbers predicted to double in next 20 years

Professor Ed Gane, Auckland Hospital liver specialist

09:45 US issues with correspondent Jack Hitt

10:05 Pioneering long distance swimmer Lewis Pugh

Swimmer and environmentalist Lewis Pugh has swam some of the world's coldest stretches of water to raise awareness about the destruction of the environment.
Below: diving into the sea off Antarctica, 2005.

Lewis Pugh diving into the sea off Antarctica, 2005.

10:30 Book Review with Graham Beattie

The Girl on the Landing by Paul Torday
Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 9780297855330

10:45 Reading. How To Catch A Cricket Match by Harry Ricketts

Episode 2 of 10

An entertaining exploration of that great game.

11:05 Business with Rod Oram, Business and Economic commentator

11:30 Irish author Cathy Kelly

Cathy Kelly has written 11 novels. She swapped journalism and five years as an agony aunt for writing contemporary fiction.

11:45 Media commentator Denis Welch