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Nine To Noon for Thursday 11 July 2013

  • Biosecurity risks

    9:10 AM.The former president of the Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, John Lanchashire, says there have been too many biosecurity incursions such as PSA and varoa - due largely to… Read more Audio

  • Should exotic trees be replaced by natives?

    9:25 AM.Paul Andrews is the Wellington City Council Manager Parks, Sport and Recreation and Phillip Simpson is a botanist, who spent 20 years working for the Department of Conservation, and who specialises in… Read more Audio

  • UK Correspondent - Kate Adie

    9:45 AM.Kate Adie talks about the good mood in Britain - Wimbledon, the British and Irish Lions win, a Royal baby on the way, and it's summer! Audio

  • Feature Guest - Manos Nathan

    10:10 AM.Manos Nathan, one of NZ's leading ceramic artists,is part of an upcoming exhibition at Pataka museum in Porirua called Uku Rere: Maori ceramic artists. Read more Audio, Gallery

  • Book Review - The Quarry

    10:40 AM.Harry Ricketts reviews The Quarry by Iain Banks. Audio

  • New technology with Sarah Putt

    11:05 AM.Sarah Putt discusses Net Hui, connectivity in the Pacific Islands, and technology education to prepare kids for the workforce. Audio

  • Archaeology with Brigid Gallagher

    11:25 AM.Brigid Gallagher discusses new archaeological digs in Britain. Audio

  • TV with Lara Strongman

    11:45 AM.Lara Strongman discusses TV with an historical bent - Urban Secrets, First Crossings, and Storage Wars Texas. Audio

09:05 Biosecurity

Former president of the NZIAHS John Lancashire says too many biosecurity incursions such as PSA and varroa are due to the incompetence of those overseeing our biosecurity.

He will be speaking at the organisation's biosecurity conference in Auckland today – Biosecurity in New Zealand: Have We Gone Soft at the Border?

09:20 Should exotic trees be replaced by natives?

Paul Andrews, Wellington City Council Manager Parks, Sport and Recreation; and Phillip Simpson, a botanist who spent 20 years working for the Department of Conservation and specialises in ecological restoration. Phillip has also written books about totara and cabbage trees and was one of the founding trustees of Project Crimson.

09:45 UK correspondent Kate Adie

Britain's jolly good mood – Wimbledon, the British and Irish Lions win, a royal baby on the way, and it's summer!

10:05 Manos Nathan - ceramic artist

Manos Nathan is one of NZ's leading ceramic artists and is of Maori/Cretan descent.

Manos's work is part of an upcoming exhibition at Pataka museum in Porirua called UKU RERE: Maori ceramic artists (14 July - 27 October).

Gallery: work by Manos Nathan

Ipu Manaia Parirau
Ipu Manaia Parirau by Manos Nathan.

10:30 Book Review with Harry Ricketts

The Quarry by Iain Banks
Published by Hachette NZ

10:45 Reading: 'Hijacked On Remote', a short story by Vicky Yiannoutsos

A teenage girl, full of the wisdom and insight of the inexperienced, laments her mother's indecision in the face of relationship troubles.

11:05 New Technology with Sarah Putt

NetHui; connectivity in the Pacific Islands; and technology education to prepare kids for the workforce.

11:20 Archaeology with Brigid Gallagher

11:45  TV reviewer Lara Strongman

Television with an historical bent – Urban Secrets, First Crossings, and Storage Wars Texas.