Nine To Noon for Tuesday 10 August 2010 Nine To Noon

NZ apples

9:07 AM.New Zealand has emerged victorious at the World Trade Organisation over it's 89-year-old apple dispute with Australia. Audio
Are girls reaching puberty earlier?

9:34 AM.New research shows girls are reaching puberty much earlier in their lives. Audio
US Correspondent - Luiza Savage

9:53 AM.Latest news from the US. Audio
Feature guest - Charlie Pickering

10:08 AM.Charlie is an Australian comedian, author, and co-host of Network Ten's comically-inclined news programme 'The 7pm Project'. He also appears on 'Talkin Bout Your Generation', a TV quiz show where he… Read more Audio
Book review - In Rough Country: Essays and Reviews

10:40 AM.Written by Joyce Carol Oates, published by HarperCollins USA, reviewed by Phil Vine. Audio
Business with Rod Oram

11:07 AM.Rod discusses the economic issues surrounding the Australian election. Audio
The science of yesterday

11:24 AM.Professor Alister Jones of Waikato University talks about moves to make science more interesting and relevant to children, amid concerns not enough science is taught at primary school and that… Read more Audio
Media with Denis Welch

11:49 AM.Denis looks at Sean Plunket's upcoming role as host of 'The Nation'. Audio

09:05 New Zealand's victory at the World Trade Organisation over its 89-year-old apple dispute with Australia

John Corboy, chairman of the Australian Fire Blight Task Force; Phil Alison, NZ growers lobby group Australian Apple Access Group; and Professor Allan Rae, professor from Massey University specialising in agricultural trade.

09:20 New research shows girls are reaching puberty much earlier

Dr Richard Stanhope, British paediatric endocrinologist; and Jan Pryor, director of Victoria University's Centre for the Study of Families.

09:45 US correspondent Luiza Savage

10:05 Charlie Pickering

Australian comedian, author and TV presenter. Co-host of nightly comically inclined news programme on Network Ten The 7 pm Project. He also appears on Talkin Bout Your Generation, a TV quizz show, where he is the Generation X team captain on standing between Baby Boomer Amanda Keller and Gen Y's Josh Thomas.

Impractical Jokes by Charlie Pickering
Published by Allen & Unwin
ISBN 9781741757262

10:30 Book Review with Phil Vine

In Rough Country: Essays and Reviews by Joyce Carol Oates
Published by HarperCollins USA

10:45 Reading

Malcolm and Juliet by Bernard Beckett

16-year-old Malcolm is making a documentary on sex to win first prize at the National Secondary School's Science Fair (Part 7 of 15)

11:05 Business and Economic commentator Rod Oram

The economic issues surrounding the Australian election.

11:30 Moves to make science more interesting and relevant to children amid concerns not enough science is being taught at primary school, and that secondary school science education is the science of yesterday

Professor Alister Jones, Waikato University's Dean of Education. He is also the director of the online resource, the Science Learning Hub, which provides resources for teachers and science students from years 5 to 10. He has just been appointed Managing Director of the Australasian Science Education Research Association Ltd.

11:45 Media commentator Denis Welch

Sean Plunket's new role hosting The Nation.

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