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Nine To Noon for Tuesday 31 May 2011

  • Rise of the kiwi dollar

    9:08 AM.Discussing the impact of the kiwi dollar's meteoric rise to a post-float high above 82 US cents. Kathryn talks to Eric Barrat, managing director of NZ fishing company Sanford, and Westpac currency… Read more Audio

  • Poverty bites

    9:36 AM.Some families are living in poverty in post-quake Christchurch. We hear from New Brighton acting principal Tricia Carroll, and Phillipstown School principal Tony Simpson. Audio

  • US Correspondent - Luiza Savage

    9:53 AM.US Democrats believe they've discovered the Republican weakness, Medicare and developments in the Republican presidential field. Audio

  • Feature Guest - Dick Smith

    10:07 AM.Dick Smith is more than just the founder an electronics retail empire, he is also the founder of Australian Geographic magazine, an adventurer, philanthropist, and now the author of a new book on… Read more Audio

  • Book Review - Big Girl Small

    10:38 AM.Written by Rachel Dewoskin, published by Text Publishing. Reviewed by John King. Audio

  • Business with Rod Oram

    11:10 AM.The positives and negatives of the kiwi dollar's surge, exports to Australia and Chinese investment in the dairy industry. Audio

  • Internet internship

    11:28 AM.Michael Moore-Jones, a 16-year-old Scots College Student, has been head hunted by Singapore-based social networking company MyCube for a 6 week internship. He won the position after the company read… Read more Audio

  • Media with Denis Welch

    11:48 AM.Denis talks about the Canon Media Awards, previously the Qantas Media Awards. Audio

09:05 The impact of the NZ dollar's meteoric rise to a post-float high above 82 US cents

Eric Barratt, managing director of NZ fishing company and exporter Sanford; and Imre Speizer, Westpac currency strategist who is predicting the NZ dollar will reach at least 85 US cents.

09:25 Poverty bites for some quake-affected Christchurch pupils

Tricia Carroll, Central New Brighton School's Acting Principal (one of the hard hit Eastern Suburbs); and Tony Simpson, Principal of Phillipstown School in Christchurch (immediately to the east of the CBD).

09:45 US correspondent Luiza Savage

On the US Democrats belief that they've discovered the Republican weakness – Medicare; and developments in the Republican presidential field.

10:05 Dick Smith - Australian entrepreneur, philanthropist and author

Founder of Dick Smith electronics retail empire, founder of Australian Geographic magazine, adventurer and author of new book on unsustainable growth, Dick Smith's Population Crisis - The dangers of unsustainable growth in Australia published by Allen and Unwin.

10:30 Book Review with John King

Big Girl Small by Rachel Dewoskin
Published by Text Publishing

10:45 Reading: The Life and Times of a Brown Paper Bag by Kevin Milne (Part 5 of 8)

Kevin Milne shares a remarkable, amusing and sometimes very moving autobiography

Audio of this story will be available here after broadcast.

11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram

The positives and negatives of the NZ dollar's surge; exports to Australia; and Chinese investment in the dairy industry.

11:30 Internet internship

Michael Moore-Jones, a 16-year-old Scots College Student has been head hunted by Singapore-based social networking company MyCube for a six week internship.

He won the position after the company read an article he'd written in which he highlights what he sees as the flaws of Facebook - despite its 600 million users, and where he sees social networking going in the future.

11:45 Media commentator Denis Welch discusses the Canon Media Awards