Station of the Year
NZ Radio Awards 2009
10 February, 2010
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9:05 Hard hitting ALAC ads in prime time
Hilary Souter, Advertising standards authority; and Gerard Vaughan, CEO ALAC.
The latest ALAC ads are currently screening on TV. They are quite hard hitting and the subject of a number of complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority. (The ads can be viewed on www.hadenough.org.nz. Go to View Ads.)
9:20 Diana and Dodi unlawful killing verdict
Dickie Arbiter, royal commentator and former press secretary to Queen Elizabeth
9:30 What becomes of former racing greyhounds
Jacqui Eyley, Programme Director of Greyhounds as Pets, on how to turn a racing champion into a loving pet; with Kim Patterson, who has fostered around ten dogs
9:45 US correspondent Richard Adams
10:05 Ethical investment
Professor Prakash Sethi, expert on trends in ethical investment. Is financial wellbeing the only consideration for a potential investor, or should social responsibility also play a part?
10:30 Book Review: Willa Cather: A Life Saved Up by Hermione Lee
Reviewed by Quentin Johnson
Published by Virago, ISBN 978 184 408 4920
10:45 Book Reading: The Rope Of Man by Witi Ihimaera
Part 2 of 13
11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram
11:30 Human trafficking
Chris Frazer, Salvation Army NZ Social Justice Advocate
11:45 Media commentator Phil Wallington
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18 February
Bruce Beresford - acclaimed Australian film director whose latest film Mao's Last Dancer comes out this month. The 69-year-old director has a string of successful films to his name, from the Australian movies Puberty Blues and Breaker Morant, the Oscar-winning Driving Miss Daisy and Double Jeapordy.
His latest work, Mao's Last Dancer, is based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin, a Chinese dancer who defected to America in 1981.
23 February
Kathryn speaks to John Irving – the American author of critically acclaimed, best-selling novels including the World According to Garp, A Prayer for Owen Meany and The Cider House Rules for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

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