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Nine To Noon for Tuesday 23 April 2013

  • The implications of the Labour-Green electricity policy

    9:08 AM.Would the Labour/Greens policy bring down electricity prices and affect new generation investment? Audio

  • UN climate change report

    9:49 AM.The next major global warming report by the UN's climate science panel will be released later this year. Victoria University Associate Professor of Physical Geography James Renwick is co-authoring the… Read more Audio

  • Feature Guest - Bryn Terfel

    10:08 AM.Welsh bass-baritone opera singer Bryn Terfel is considered one of the best in the world. He's about to return to New Zealand to perform two concerts with the Symphony Orchestra featuring career… Read more Audio

  • Book Review - The Golem and the Djinni

    10:40 AM.Emma Hart reviews 'The Golem and the Djinni' by Helen Wrecker, published by Fourth Estate. Audio

  • Business with Gyles Beckford

    11:06 AM.The Reserve Bank interest rate review, the Mighty River Power float, and a study that looks at contributors to the high New Zealand dollar. Audio

  • ANZAC Day and kids

    11:26 AM.New Zealand author Philippa Werry's latest book outlines the importance of preserving our heritage for generations to come. Audio

  • Media with Gavin Ellis

    11:46 AM.Mistakes in reporting on the Boston bombing, sale of the Christchurch Star, and judging the Judges. Audio

09:05 Would the Labour/Greens policy bring down electricity prices and affect new generation investment?

Carl Hansen, chief executive of the Electricity Authority; and Geoff Bertram, energy analyst.

09:25 Climate phenomena and their relevance for future climate change

The next major global warming report by the UN's climate science panel will be released later this year. Victoria University Associate Professor of Physical Geography James Renwick is co-authoring the final chapter Climate Phenomena and their Relevance for Future Regional Climate Change.

09:45 US correspondent Jack Hitt

10:05 Bryn Terfel - Welsh opera singer

Welsh bass-baritone opera singer Bryn Terfel is considered one of the best in the world. He’s about to return to New Zealand to perform two concerts with the Symphony Orchestra featuring career highlights – from folk songs to Wagner.

10:35 Book Review with Emma Hart

The Golem and the Djinni by Helen Wrecker
Published by Fourth Estate

10:45 Reading: What Children Ought to Know, a short story by Shirley Eng

Read by Judith Gibson

A young girl is allowed to attend the Anzac day dawn service with her father for the first time so she learns 'what all children ought to know'.

Audio for this reading is not available for copyright reasons.

11:05 Business with Reuters correspondent Gyles Beckford

Tomorrow's Reserve Bank interest rate review, the Mighty River Power float and a study that looks at contributors to the high NZ dollar.

11:30 ANZAC Day and kids

New Zealand author Philippa Werry's latest book outlines the importance of preserving our heritage for generations to come.

Anzac Day, the New Zealand Story: what it is and why it matters by Philippa Werry
Published by New Holland Publishers.

11:45 Media commentator Gavin Ellis

Mistakes in reporting on the Boston bombing, sale of the Christchurch Star and judging the Judges.