Nine To Noon for Friday 8 May 2009
09:05 Naper siege
Howard Broad, NZ Police Commissioner.
09: 05 24 hours in lockdown - Napier siege
Chris Helm and three others have been huddled in one room of their Napier flat for nearly 24 hours.
09:20 Rugby brain injuries
How much responsibility does the New Zealand Rugby Union have in preventing vulnerable players from suffering permanent - or fatal - head injuries?
Dr Steve Targett, NZRU Medical Director; and Mieke Spiers, whose son suffered a brain injury after mulitple concussions from rugby; and Rob Allen, brother of All Black Nicky Allen who died of rugby related head injuries.
09:30 Youth Unemployment
Benedikte Jensen, Research Director, NZ Institute; and Phil O'Reilly, CEO Business New Zealand.
09:45 Asia correspondent Phil O'Sullivan
10:05 Mountaineering Great Sir Chris Bonington
Sir Chris Bonington is one of the most famous British mountaineers in the last few decades with 30 years of mountaineering experience. The leader of a generation of British climbers whose high-altitude - and often tragic - expeditions in the Alps and the Himalayas have become the stuff of legends. He has just returned from Nepal where he's been climbing with his son.
10:30 Children's Book Review with John McIntyre
Guantanamo Boy by Anna Perera
Published by Angus and Robertson
ISBN 978-0-7322-8895-2
Bite of The Mango by Mariatu Kamra with Susan McLelland.
Published by Allen and Unwin
ISBN 978-1-74175-775-0
Three Cups Of Tea (Young Readers Edition) by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Published by Puffin
ISBN 978-0-14-330463-0
10:45 Reading. Llamas & Empanadas by Eleanor Meecham
Episode 5 of 10
Recounting her 5000 kilometre bicycle journey in the wilds of Argentina, Chile and Bolivia.
11:05 Music Review with Manu Taylor
Eddi Reader - "Love Is The Way" - 2008 Rough Trade Records RTRADCDX454
Eilen Jewell - "Sea Of Tears" - 2008 Signature Sounds Recordings
Leornard Cohen - "Live In London" - 2009 Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment
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11:30 Sports commentator Joseph Romanos
11:45 Week That Was with Jon Bridges and Pinky Agnew
A lighthearted look at the week's weirdest news stories.
