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Nine To Noon for Wednesday 21 December 2011

  • Earthquake Recovery

    9:10 AM.The Earthquake Recovery Minister accuses parts of the Christchurch council of slowing the recovery. Audio

  • City Missions Under Pressure

    9:40 AM.Pre-Christmas surge in demand for food parcels places city missions under pressure. Audio

  • Australia Correspondent - Karen Middleton

    9:45 AM.Chief political correspondent for SBS Television, Karen Middleton, discusses the standoff on offshore processing of asylum applications, a breakthrough in the long-running Qantas industrial dispute… Read more Audio

  • Feature Guest - Holly Pickett

    10:10 AM.American photojournalist who's been covering the 'Arab Spring'. She lives in Cairo, and has been in all the hotspots, including where Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was killed. Audio

  • Book Review - Nightwoods

    10:40 AM.Quentin Johnson reviews Nightwoods, written by Charles Frazier and published by Hodder and Stoughton. Audio

  • Music with Marty Duda

    11:10 AM.Marty features punk rock group The Damned, who will be in New Zealand in January 2012. Audio

  • Law with Ursula Cheer

    11:35 AM.Ursula Cheer is Associate Professor of Law at Canterbury University. Today she looks back on the year in media law. Audio

  • Science with David Haywood

    11:50 AM.David Haywood revisits allergies, haircuts and the margin of error. Audio

09:05 The Earthquake Recovery Minister accuses parts of the Christchurch council of slowing the recovery

Glenn Livingstone, Christchurch City Councillor; Austin Forbes, the Convener of the Law Society's rule of law committee, who has spoken out in the past about the Constitutional implications of the Canterbury quake legislation; and Ngaire Button, Christchurch deputy mayor.

09:30 Pre-Christmas surge in demand for food parcels

Diane Robertson, Auckland City Missioner; and Michael Gorman, Christchurch City Missioner

Auckland City Mission

Christchurch City Mission

09:45 Australia correspondent Karen Middleton, chief political correspondent for SBS Television

The standoff on offshore processing of asylum applications, a breakthrough in the long-running Qantas industrial dispute and Prime Minister Julia Gillard's reshuffle.

10:05 Big Year Interview - Holly Pickett

American photojournalist who's been covering the 'Arab Spring'. She lives in Cairo, and has been in all the hotspots, including right where Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was killed.

10:35 Book Review with Quentin Johnson

Nightwoods by Charles Frazier
Published by Hodder & Stoughton

10:45 Reading: Charlie Grimes' Christmas, a short story by Murray Richards

Christmas is a time for renewal and recommitment. A small town Christmas spectacular has a spectacular result for a separated couple.

11:05 Music with Marty Duda

Artist of the week - British punk pioneers The Damned

The Damned will be in NZ in January. Although The Sex Pistols and The Clash get all the glory, it was The Damned who released the first British punk single (and album).

Guitarist Captain Sensible and singer Dave Vanian are still with the band.You can listen to an interview Marty has done with Captain Sensible at: www.13thfloor.co.nz

Tracks

1. New Rose (2:41) - The Damned taken from 1976 single (Stiff)

2. Help (1:43) - The Damned taken from 1976 single (Stiff)

3. I Just Can't Be Happy Today (3:42) - The Damned taken from 1979 album "Machine Gun Etiquette" (Chiswick)

4. Wot? (3:27) - Captain Sensible taken from 1985 single (A&M)

5. Eloise (5:07) - The Damned taken from 1986 single (MCA)

11:30 Legal commentator Ursula Cheer

The year in media law

11:45 Science correspondent David Haywood

Can scientists and engineers give haircuts and is Santa Claus dead?