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Nine To Noon for Thursday 19 September 2013

  • ACC proposes cheaper levies for safer cars

    9:09 AM.Clive Matthew Wilson, motoring commentator; and John Beaglehole, ACC's General Manager of Insurance and Prevention Services. Audio

  • America's Cup

    9:28 AM.Todd Niall, Radio NZ correspondent in San Francisco. Audio

  • Touch screen technology and blind people

    9:39 AM.Assistive Technology consultant Jonathan Mosen - who has been blind since birth - has written a book for the visually impaired on how to use iPhones. His book is called 'iOS7 Without the Eye'. Audio

  • UK correspondent Matthew Parris

    9:53 AM.A woman wants to wear a full face vail while giving evidence at a court case; the Liberal Democrat conference; the Scottish referendum. Audio

  • Norah Barlow - outgoing Summerset CEO

    10:06 AM.Norah Barlow is stepping down after 12 years at the helm of Wellington-based Summerset. During that time, the company has gone from being a small family business to New Zealand's third-largest… Read more Audio

  • Book Review - One Night in Winter

    10:40 AM.Elisabeth Easther reviews 'One Night in Winter' by Simon Sebag Montefiore, published by Random House NZ. Audio

  • New Technology with Sarah Putt

    11:06 AM.The Americas Cup tech success; five telco issues that need sorting; and do we need a national Chief Technology officer? Audio

  • Parenting - risk taking

    11:27 AM.Chief executive of youth organisation Zeal, Brook Turner, talks about encouraging kids and teenagers to take risks in pursuing their dreams. Audio

  • TV review with Nick Grant

    11:49 AM.How free to air TV channels are adapting to the internet age. Audio

09:05 ACC proposes cheaper levies for safer cars

Clive Matthew Wilson, motoring commentator; and John Beaglehole, ACC's General Manager of Insurance and Prevention Services.

09:30 Touch screen technology and blind people

Assistive Technology consultant Jonathan Mosen – who has been blind since birth – has written a book for the visually impaired on how to use iPhones.  His book is called iOS7 Without the Eye.

09:40 America's Cup

Todd Niall, RNZ correspondent in San Francisco.

09:45 UK correspondent Matthew Parris

10:05 Norah Barlow – outgoing Summerset CEO

Norah Barlow is stepping down after 12 years at the helm of Wellington-based Summerset. During that time, the company has gone from being a small family business to New Zealand's third-largest retirement village operator and second-largest developer. She is also the immediate past president of the Retirement Villages Association of NZ.

10:35 Book Review with Elisabeth Easther

One Night in Winter by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Published by Random House NZ, RRP$37.99

10:45 The Reading Civilisation, written and read by Steve Braunias

Winner of the General Non-fiction category at the 2013 New Zealand Post Book Awards.
The stories of people in small-town New Zealand – Mosgiel

11:05 New Technology commentator Sarah Putt

The Americas Cup tech success, five telco issues that need sorting and do we need a national Chief Technology officer?

11:30 Parenting – risk taking

Chief executive of youth organisation Zeal, Brook Turner, talks about encouraging kids and teenagers to take risks in pursuing their dreams.

Zeal's Live For Tomorrow project

11:45 TV review with Nick Grant

How free to air TV channels are adapting to the internet age.