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Nine To Noon for Thursday 11 March 2010

  • Censured doctor

    9:08 AM.Health Minister Tony Ryall has called for an urgent report from the Medical Council into the case of Auckland GP Dr Ratilal Ranchod. Dr Ranchod has been the subject of at least 16 complaints to the… Read more Audio

  • Annie Watkin

    9:22 AM.Christchurch youth worker noticing an increase in knife possession. Audio

  • Haydn Smith

    9:34 AM.Should changes be made to the way search and rescue operations are launched? Audio

  • UK correspondent - Michael White

    9:51 AM.The UK is gearing up for a general election and it may not be as clearcut as previously thought. Audio

  • Feature guest - Professor Pat McGorry

    10:06 AM.Professor Pat McGorry is psychiatrist/mental health expert, who was recently awarded Australian of the Year. He has worked in the area of adolescent mental health for 27 years and also been an… Read more Audio

  • Book review - Inheritance

    10:40 AM.Harry Broad reviews 'Inheritance' by Jenny Pattrick. Published by Random House. Audio

  • New Technology with Colin Jackson

    11:05 AM.Do we deserve the internet? Audio

  • Nigel Latta

    11:27 AM.Psychologist and parenting expert Nigel discusses parents loosing their temper and why it's OK. Audio

  • TV with Simon Wilson

    11:50 AM.Desperate Housewives and Weeds. Audio

09:05 Censured doctor - why did it take so long for the Medical Council to cancel his practising certificate?

Rae Lamb, Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner.

Health Minister Tony Ryall has called for an urgent report from the Medical Council into the case of Auckland GP Dr Ratilal Ranchod. Dr Ranchod has been the subject of at least 16 complaints to the Health and Disability Commission - dating back to May 2006.

09:25 Knife crime

Annie Watkin, Christchurch youth worker noticing an increase in knife possession.

09:35 Should changes be made to the way search and rescue operations are launched?

Haydn Smith, chief executive of LANDSAR, or Land Search and Rescue.

The question has arisen out of the inquest into the deaths of Te Papa boss Seddon Benningon and his tramping companion MArcella Jackson. The pair died last July when they were caught in a blizzard on the Tararua ranges.

09:45 UK correspondent Michael White

10:05 Mental health expert and Australian of the Year

Professor Pat McGorry, psychiatrist and mental health expert has been named the Australian of the Year. Professor McGorry's work focuses in the areas of adolescent mental health and asylum seekers, Australian government policy towards refugees,asylum seekers, youth suicide reporting and targets.

oyh.org.au

www.headspace.org.au

10:30 Book Review with Harry Broad

Inheritance by Jenny Pattrick
Published by Random House NZ Black Swan

10:45 Reading: Duet by David Hill

A teenage blues guitarist and his flautist duet partner face the reality that she's pregnant. (Part 9 of 10)

11:05 New Technology with Colin Jackson

US Rescinds "Hands off the Internet" Policy

Jared Diamond's book Collapse - how societies choose to fail or succeed

Where the Internet came from.

InternetNZ is offering a chance to participate in a parallel event about the secret treaty that will affect you.

11:30 Parenting with Nigel Latta

Psychologist and parenting expert Nigel Latta discusses parents losing their temper and why this is OK.

11:45 TV reviewer Simon Wilson

The new season of Desperate Housewives, and Weeds.