Nine To Noon for Monday 24 February 2014

09:05 The future of Playcentres

Maureen Woodhams is the co-president of the Playcentre Federation.

09:25 Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on the current work it is doing in Syria

Julian Tangaere is the Deputy Head of Mission at the OPCW-UN Joint Mission in Damascus, Syria

09:45 Africa correspondent Debora Patta

10:05 Elaine Tyler May - American security expert

Elaine Tyler May is the Regents Professor of American Studies and History at the University of Minnesota. She looks at whether America's obsession with national security over the past half century made the world any safer.

10:35 Book review with Carole Beu

 Still Life with Breadcrumbs by Anna Quindlen. Published by Hutchinson

10:45 The Reading: The Lost Pilot by Jeffrey Holman

A journey of discovery and reconciliation, when Jeffrey Holman seeks out the families of six kamikaze who died attacking his father’s ship in 1945. (Part 6 of 10)

11:05 Politics with Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams

11:30 Food - Affordable meals for your family

Jas McPhee is a South Auckland mother of five whose recipes for affordable meals for a family has attracted a huge following. A year ago she started up a Facebook page to share her recipes – she now has 67,000 followers – and it has lead to a book Feed a Family of Six for Under $20.00 (which will be released this Friday, 28 February 2014).

Links:
Facebook
Food box delivery - blog

Recipes:
Chicken rice paper rolls (with an Asian dipping sauce)
Mu Shu Pork with Chinese Pancakes
Pineapple and Passionfruit Cheesecake with a Ginger Nut Base

11:45 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne

See these galleries for pictures:
Whau River
Awhitu Peninsula

 

Music played in this show

Artist: The Kinks
Song: Lola
Composer: Davies
Album: The Kinks - The Ultimate Collection
Label: Sanctuary

Artist: Dusty Springfield
Song: Spooky
Composer: Middlebrookes Jnr/Buie/Cobb/Sha
Album: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Label: Maverick