Nine To Noon for Thursday 18 July 2013
09:05 News and current affairs
09:20 School sport and health education
Dr Kirsten Petrie is the chairperson of Sport and Leisure Studies at the University of Waikato. She has led a research team looking into the ways we teach physical education and health in schools, and explores the effects on children's body image. The resulting report is Everybody Counts? Reimagining Health and Physical Education in Primary Schools (pdf).
09:45 UK correspondent Jon Dennis
10:05 Tara Okan - waste water scientist and magician
Tara Okan is a waste water scientist working for DCM Process Control Limited.The company has high-tech machines which can measure the waste products from sewage treatment and industrial plants. In his spare time he is also a magician.
10:35 Book Review with Louise O'Brien
The Children of the Jacaranda Tree by Sahar Delijani
Published by Hachette NZ, RRP $37.99
10:45 Reading: The River Runs by David Hill
Read by Peter Vere Jones.
The story of a farming family through their relationship to the river that flows through the valley their farm occupies. (Part 4 of 5)
11:05 New Technology with Erika Pearson
New Zealand to explore a tax for online purchases; public cameras that can recognise people; and 'oversharing' and 'going off grid'.
11:30 Emotional literacy - girls' strength but also their weakness, and perfectionism
Joseph Driessen, parenting expert and educational consultant.
11:45 Film review with Graeme Tuckett