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Nine To Noon for Friday 4 December 2009

  • Home ownership

    9:09 AM.Should the government back a scheme to provide for first home ownership? Audio

  • Convenience store liquor licensing

    9:24 AM.Could the days of convenience store liquor licensing be over? Audio

  • Roller Derby

    9:38 AM.NZ's first inter-regional Roller Derby bout, Skate of Emergency, is being held in Wellington this weekend. Audio

  • Asia correspondent

    9:48 AM.We are joined by Phil O'Sullivan for the latest news from Asia. Audio

  • Feature Guests Wendy Lee and Ema Lyon

    10:09 AM.Wendy Lee and Ema Lyon, business owners of D.Vice, New Zealand's largest sex toy manufacturer and retailer. Ema and Wendy started the business in the 1990s. They were taught how to mould silicon for… Read more Audio

  • Children's Book Review with John McIntyre

    10:37 AM.Todays books are -"Piggy Pogget" by Scott Tulloch Published by Harper Collins,"The Wonkey Donkey" by Craig Smith with illustrations by Katz Cowley, Published by Scholastic and "Reflections Of A… Read more Audio

  • Music feature

    11:07 AM.New music with studio guest Sean McKenna. Audio

  • Sport

    11:34 AM.With our commentator Joseph Romanos. Audio

  • Week that was

    11:49 AM.With commedians Radar and Michele A'Court. Audio

09:05 Home ownership

Brian Donnelly, executive director of NZ Housing Foundation

09:30 Home ownership

Shamubeel Eaqub, senior economist NZIER

09:20 Convenience store liquor licensing

Tony Loveday, owner of Wellington-based Citystop convenience store; and Gerard Vaughan, Chief Executive of ALAC, the Alcohol Advisory Council.

09:30 Roller Derby

Mon Leather, aka Lux Vengeance, and Kirsten Henderson, aka Ruby Disaster.

New Zealand's first inter-regional Roller Derby bout, Skate of Emergency, is being held in Wellington this weekend. For ticket information go to undertheradar.co.nz.

Links:
Wellington's Richter City Roller Derby
Auckland's Pirate City Rollers

09:45 Asia correspondent Phil O'Sullivan

10:05 D.Vice - the sex toy business owners

Wendy Lee and Ema Lyon, business owners of D.Vice, New Zealand's largest sex toy manufacturer and retailer.

Ema and Wendy started the business in the 1990s. They were taught how to mould silicon for their toys by Weta Workshop's Richard Taylor, who let them use the company's lab. D.Vice now has four stores in New Zealand and one in Melbourne.

10:30 Children's Book Review with John McIntyre

Piggy Pogget by Scott Tulloch
Published by Harper Collins
ISBN 978-1-86950-739-8

The Wonkey Donkey by Craig Smith with illustrations by Katz Cowley
Published by Scholastic
ISBN 978-1-86943-926-2

Reflections Of A Solitary Hampster by Astride Desbordes with illustrations by Pauline Martin
Published by Gecko Press
ISBN 978-1-877467-45-5

10:45 Reading: Pedal Power: Great Bicycle Journies by Roy Sinclair

(Part 5 of 5)

In a bold attempt to combat inevitable dotage '60-something' Roy Sinclair decides to cycle the length of Japan.

11:05 New Music with Sean McKenna

Artist: Various
Album: Top of the Dial Volume 2
Songs:
Chapta - Vehicle
Monaco Ad
Twin Spin
The Action - Romeo & Juliet

Artist: Various
Album: Kats Karavan - the history of John Peel on the radio
Song:
Elvis Costello - High Fidelity

Artist: Teacups
Album: Forest Fiction
Song: Skylark

11:30 Sport with Joseph Romanos

11:45 Week That Was with Radar and Michele A'Court