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Nine To Noon for Monday 19 September 2011

  • Attempted breach of airport security

    9:22 AM.Auckland police are hunting a mystery man who tried to get into a restricted area at the city's airport by dressing as a pilot. Audio

  • The furture of MMP

    9:22 AM.Two elder statesmen of NZ politics, Michael Cullen and Jim Bolger, discuss how MMP really works and its future in New Zealand. Audio

  • Europe Correspondent - Seamus Kearney

    9:47 AM.Dominique Strauss Kahn speaks out for the first time about the US rape allegation, another case of alleged rogue trading at a major bank and the Euro zone crisis shows up tension between EU and US. Audio

  • Feature Guests - Ethan Steifel and Gillian Murphy

    10:10 AM.Principal dancers with the American Ballet Theatre, who are engaged off-stage. Ethan Steifel is the Royal New Zealand Ballet's new artistic director, and Gillian Murphy, widely acknowledged as one of… Read more Audio

  • Book Review - The Cat's Table

    10:40 AM.Written by Michael Ondaatje, published by Jonathan cape, review by Jane Westaway. Audio

  • Politics with Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams

    11:17 AM.The ongoing debrief over the Rugby World Cup opening weekend, Labour's education policy release and the emissions trading scheme review. Audio

  • Food and Wine with Alexa Johnston and Stephen Morris

    11:33 AM.Guest Chef Alexa Johnston has recipes for Little Prune Soufles, Baked Bread and Butter Pudding, and Crème Caramel from Louise Hillary. Stephen Morris provides Wine suggestions to accompany. Audio

  • Urbanist Tommy Honey

    11:48 AM.The 'industrial' in Industrial Design. Audio

09:05 Auckland police are hunting a mystery man who tried to get into a restricted area at the city's airport by dressing as a pilot

Mark Everitt, general manager of the Aviation Security Service.

09:15 MMP

The elder statesmen of NZ politics Michael Cullen and former finance minister Jim Bolger on how MMP really works and its future in NZ.

09:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney

Dominique Strauss Kahn speaking out for the first time about the US rape allegation, another case of alleged rogue trading at a major bank and the Euro zone crisis shows up tension between EU and US.

10:05 The "Royal Couple of Ballet"

Principal dancers with the American Ballet Theatre, who are engaged off-stage. Ethan Steifel is the Royal NZ Ballet's new Artistic Director, and Gillian Murphy, widely acknowledged as one of the world's pre-eminent ballerinas, will next year perform with the company, dancing as Giselle, among other roles.

10:35 Book Review with Jane Westaway

The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
Published by Jonathan Cape

10:45 Reading: A Gun In My Hand by Gordon Slatter  (Episode 6 of 10)

With a gun in his hand and bitterness in his heart, a man has returned to settle things once and for all with the men and women he has avoided ever since the war.

11:05 Political commentators Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams

11:30 Guest chef Alexa Johnston with wine commentator Stephen Morris

Her latest book is What's for Pudding
Published by Penguin Group NZ

11:45 Urbanist Tommy Honey

The ‘industrial’ in Industrial Design...

Links:
Making the functional beautiful, The Economist
Pylon design Competition Shortlist
The Land of Giants, Unbuilt Architecture winner