12 February 2012 - 11:55 pm NZ time
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With Patrick Walsh, President of the Secondary School Principals Association and principal of John Paul College in Rotorua. (8′50″)
With Rob Dowler, executive director of Safe Home Equity Release Plans Association and David Kneebone, Marketing and Communications Manager with the Retirement Commission. (14′38″)
Daniel Friar and Tessa Ralston are members of a youth advisory group that has developed a privacy kit to be launched tomorrow, and to be available for schools to bring these issues before the target audience. (9′47″)
Turkey is on the brink of an important referendum. (13′56″)
An Australian comedian and author of 'The Happiest Refugee" (31′35″)
Written by Luis Alberto Urrea, reviewed by Jane Westaway and published by Grand Central Publishing. (7′11″)
The Ministry of Education's Group Manager of the Education Workforce, on the impending teacher's strike. (7′14″)
A look at Alcohol law changes - plus the South Canterbury Finance bailout, and the teachers strike. (19′22″)
Today guest chef Paul Jobin takes us through a recipe for black rice crusted chicken and hot dog relish and wine commentator Stephen Morris has the ideal wine accompaniment. (10′09″)
An eclectic mix of lists - what are the world's best countries? The top ten snowmen and the top ten Google rumours. (11′05″)
09:05 Looming secondary school teachers strike
Patrick Walsh, president of the Secondary School Principals Association and principal of John Paul College in Rotorua.
09:20 Reverse mortgages
Rob Dowler, executive director of Safe Home Equity Release Plans Association - umbrella group for providers and distributors of Home Equity Release Plans; and David Kneebone, marketing and communications manager with the Retirement Commission.
09:30 Youth and internet privacy
A youth advisory group has developed a privacy kit, to be launched tomorrow, and to be available for schools to bring these issues before the target audience.
Daniel Friar and Tessa Ralston, two members of the advisory group.
09:45 Anita McNaught, roving correspondent, Middle East, Al-Jazeera English
10:05 Ahn Do - Australian comedian
Author of The Happiest Refugee.
10:30 Book Review with Jane Westaway
Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea
Published by Grand Central Publishing
10:45 Reading
The First Letter: A short story by Zimbabwean New Zealander Stanley Makuwe, contrasting life in NZ with village life in Zimbabwe.
11:05 Politics with Andrew Campbell and Matthew Hooton
Alcohol law changes - plus the South Canterbury Finance bailout, and the teachers strike.
11:30 Guest chef Paul Jobin and wine commentator Stephen Morris
Recipes: Black Rice Crusted Chicken & Hot Dog Relish
11:45 Urbanist Tommy Honey looks at an eclectic mix of lists
The world's best countries, Newsweek
The 10 hottest fall shows, Newsweek
The Top 10 Top 10
10. Top 10 Snowmen
7. NASCAR's Top 10 Twitter Personalities
6. The Top 10 Moments in Cleveland Sports in 2009
5. eWEEK Selects Its Top 10 Storage Stories of 2009
4. Top 10 Scottish News Stories in 2009
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.
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American businessman and blind adventurer Mike May was totally blinded at age three from an explosion of calcium carbide. At the age of 46 he regained partial sight after cornea transplants and pioneering stem cell procedure. He runs the Sendero Group which employes many blind people and assists those with disabilities by using technology.

Mike speedskiing totally blind. Image copyright Mike May.
The man who returned the Daleks to Dr Who, screenwriter Robert Shearman talks to Kathryn about why he wanted to bring back the time travelling Doctor's most persistent enemy and make the Daleks far more menacing than ever before. Robert Shearman is a writer, playwright, and director - and will be in New Zealand next month for Writers and Readers week at the New Zealand Festival of Arts.
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