Nine To Noon for Friday 28 October 2016

 

09:05 Mass extinction on the cards

World wildlife has fallen by 58 percent in 40 years according to a new report by the Zoological Society of London and WWF - meanwhile a local report released yesterday by the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ, paints a grim picture of the health of our marine life.

09:20 School Counsellors under pressure

School counsellors are over-burdened and not able to reach every student they should, the New Zealand Association of Counsellors says. Sarah Maindonald, a spokesperson for NZAC, said it's not uncommon for a single school counsellor to be responsible for seeing up to 1700 students.

09:45 Pacific correspondent Mike Field

An Eastern European operation to smuggle people into New Zealand is revealed in Tonga with a court case, Samoa’s breadfruit to feed the world, details on how fish contribute to Pacific countries and China’s tracking ship in the Pacific.

10:05  NZ detective turned crime writer

Simon Wyatt's new novel, The Student Body is a New Zealand crime mystery with an authentic twist. Simon is a former detective with the who wrote most of the novel which working for the child protection team. He turned to writing in 2012 after at age 28 he was struck down with Guillan Barre Syndrome an auto-immune disorder which left him so weak he couldn't open a packet of chips.

10:35 Children's Book Review with John McIntyre​

"Fuzzy Doodle" by Melinda Szymanik  and   Donovan Bixley,  pub by Scholastic    
 "The Marble Maker" by   Sacha Cotter   illustrated by Josh Morgan pub by Huia Publishers         

Te Reo version: "Te Kaihanga Mapere"   Na Sacha Cotter  Na Josh Morgan Nga Pikitia  Na Kawata Teepa I Whakamaori  Huia Publishers 

10:45 The Reading

Passing Through by Coral Atkinson read by Amanda Billing (Part 4 of 15)

11:05 New Music with Jeremy Taylor 

Jeremy Taylor admires the new album from Leonard Cohen, David Bowie's stage show cast recording, Connan Mockasin's Soft Hair, and pays his respects to the late Pete Burns of Dead Or Alive".

11:30 Sports commentator Brendon Telfer

The Black Caps victory over India, the Wallaby's coach Michael Cheika under fire for a supposed rant at a press conference, and the All Blacks get a new jersey.

11:45 The week that was with Te Radar and Pinky Agnew​

Music played in this show

 

 

Artist:   Gareth Thomas 
Song: All Eyes in the Room
Composer: Thomas
Album: Fizzy Milk 
Time: 9:27 

Artist:   Over the Rhine
Song: Don't Wait for Tom
Composer: Berquist / Detweiler
Album: The Trumpet Child
Time: 09.45

Artist:   Hopetoun Brown 
Song: Own It 
Composer: 
Album: Look Good 
Time: 10:00

Artist:   Erma Franklin
Song: Piece of My Heart
Composer: Ragovy/Berns
Album: Cheap Thrills
Time: 10:42