Nine To Noon

Tuesday 23 February 2010, with Kathryn Ryan

Show notes

09:05 Cuts to home help services

Les Howard, Greypower President.

09:20 Cuts to home help services

David Chrisp, General Manager Planning and Funding - Otago and Southland DHBs; and Marlene Bennetts, senior woman who's raised concerns with her home help.

09:20 Online entrepreneurship

Eric Ries, on-line entrepreneur and founder of hugely successful social networking site, IMVU.com.

Eric was a guest speaker at NZ's Webstock conference last week.

www.theleanstartup.com

09:45 USA correspondent Luiza Savage

10:05 US author John Irving

John Irving is 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.

His latest novel, One Night in Twisted River, is woven with autobiographical details and was written over decades - he talks about his writing process and how wrestling played a pivotal role in his life.

10:30 Book Review with Emma Hart

Lunch in Paris: A Love Story with Recipes by Elizabeth Bard
Published by HarperCollins

10:45 Reading: Tipface Bunyan By Suzie Pointon (Part 2 of 5, RNZ)

Gordon 'Tipface' Bunyan is a hulk of a man with an unusual empathy for chickens.

11:05 Business and economic commentator Rod Oram

11:30 Drama for Teenagers

Sarah Delahunty and Nina Dekkers Reihana, playwright and youth theatre director who believe drama helps teenagers make sense of their world.

Writer/director (Sarah) and lead actor (Nina, aged 16) of new Fringe Festival Production Medea Songs - described as a drama laced with comedy and music.

Medea Songs is being performed at Blondinis Cafe, Embassy Theatre, Kent Tce, Wellington.

9.30 pm Wednesday 24 February to Saturday 27 February, door sales only.

11:45 Commentator Denis Welch looks at the media, and Radio New Zealand in particular

Audio

Audio from Tuesday 23 February 2010

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  • Cuts to home help services ( 26′ 09″ )

    09:05 At least five DHB's around the country are assessing household help and are making cut backs.

  • Online entrepreneurship ( 13′ 00″ )

    09:35 Eric Ries is an on-line entrepreneur and founder of hugely successful social networking site, IMVU.com.

  • US Correspondent ( 10′ 27″ )

    09:50 Luiza Savage reports from Washington.

  • Feature guest - John Irving ( 33′ 57″ )

    10:10 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.

  • Book review - 'A Love Story with Recipes' ( 3′ 18″ )

    10:40 Emma Hart reviews 'A Love Story with Recipes' by Elizabeth Bard. Published by HarperCollins.

  • Rod Oram ( 15′ 22″ )

    11:08 Business and Economic commentator.

  • Sarah Delahunty and Nina Dekkers Reihana ( 16′ 50″ )

    11:25 Writer/director (Sarah) and lead actor (Nina, aged 16) of new Fringe Festival Production Medea Songs - described as a Drama laced with comedy and music.

  • Denis Welch ( 9′ 46″ )

    11:50 Media commentator.

From nine to noon every weekday, Kathryn Ryan talks to the people driving the news - in New Zealand and around the world. Delve beneath the headlines to find out the real story, listen to Nine to Noon's expert commentators and reviewers and catch up with the latest lifestyle trends on this award-winning programme.

Monday to Friday, 9am - Midday

Edited by: Catherine Walbridge

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Professor David Robertson discusses his book Brick by Brick which tells the story behind Lego – why the iconic Danish company faced near collapse in 2003, and how it managed to recover and become one of the world's biggest toy companies. Professor Robertson teaches Innovation and Product Development at Wharton Businesss School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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