Nine To Noon

Monday 21 February 2011, with Kathryn Ryan

Show notes

09:05 Libyan troops open fire on anti-government protesters in a crackdown that's been described as a massacre

Toby Jones, Assistant Professor of history at Rutgers University and author of the forthcoming Desert Kingdom: How Oil and Water Forged Modern Saudi Arabia.

09:20 Why is special education, statutorily required, still on the fringes of our education system?

Associate Professor Jill Bevan-Brown, Massey University's College of Education and Jenny Tippett, mother of a son with Asperger syndrome. She is one of the first to take a new course to specialise in special education.

09:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney

10:05 In search of ancient New Zealand - Dr Hamish Campbell

The evolution of New Zealand - how did NZ happen, and what do our land formations tell us? Hamish's book, In Search of Ancient New Zealand, shares some of the most important stories about NZ and its geological history. Hamish is a geologist/paleontologist at GNS Science, and science communicator at Te Papa.

Ancient NZ.
Left: Motukorea, or Browns Island, in the Hauraki Gulf. Right: Moeraki boulders on the South Island's Otago coast.

10:30 Book Review with Jane Westaway

117 Days by Ruth First
Published by Virago

10:45 Reading: Res Publica by Zireaux (Part 9 of 11)

Read by Stuart Devenie

A reading of the epic novel in verse by the poet Zireaux where Archady, a disenfranchised and disenchanted artist and husband, lays claim to a tiny island off the coast of New Zealand.

Listen again to Res Publica.

11:05 Jobs schemes for beneficiaries - Paula Bennett

The Minister of Social Development speaks out about getting beneficiaries into work and the effectiveness of job schemes like Community Max and Job Ops.

11:20 Political commentators Matthew Hooton and Sue Bradford

11:35 Guest chef Ray McVinnie and wine commentator John Hawkesby

Recipes:
Lamb Cutlets with Butter Bean Puree
Chicken, Pumpkin, Potato and Pea Curry

11:45 Off The Beaten Track with Kennedy Warne

Kennedy discusses the Cape Kidnappers nature sanctuary, the largest privately-funded mainland island conservation project in the country.

See images of the Cape Kidnappers Nature Sanctuary.

Calling all gannets.
Calling all gannets: loudspeakers pointing out to sea play gannet calls night and day to attract passing birds. Fibreglass decoys, it is hoped, will fool the passersby into landing and nesting.

Audio

Audio from Monday 21 February 2011

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  • Libyan massacres ( 14′ 59″ )

    09:08 Libyan troops have opened fire on anti-government protesters in a crackdown that's been described as a massacre. We hear from Toby Jones, assistant professor of history at Rutgers University.

  • Is special needs education still on the fringes of the system? ( 18′ 24″ )

    09:29 Even though it is statutorily required, more than half of schools still don't offer special needs education. And are teachers adequately prepared to teach such students? We talk to Massey University Associate Professor Jill Bevan-Brown, and Jenny Tippett, a special needs teacher whose son has Asperger's Syndrome.

  • Europe Correspondent - Seamus Kearney ( 10′ 54″ )

    09:50 Seamus is on the line from France, with news about Belgium's lack of a government, and more on Silvio Berluscone's antics.

  • Feature Guest - Dr Hamish Campbell ( 34′ 46″ )

    10:08 The evolution of New Zealand - how did NZ happen, and what do our land formations tell us? Dr Hamish Campbell's book, In Search of Ancient New Zealand, shares some of the most important stories about NZ and its geological history. Hamish is a geologist and paleontologist at GNS Science, and science communicator at Te Papa.

  • Book review - 117 Days ( 4′ 28″ )

    10:42 Written by Ruth First, published by Virago. Reviewed by Jane Westaway.

  • Job schemes for beneficiaries ( 14′ 42″ )

    11:08 The Minister of Social Development speaks out about getting beneficiaries into work, and the effectiveness of job schemes like Community Max and Job Ops.

  • Politics with Matthew Hooton and Sue Bradford ( 13′ 02″ )

    11:21 Talking today about welfare reform, and getting beneficiaries back into work.

  • Food and Wine with Ray McVinnie and John Hawkesby ( 12′ 46″ )

    11:37 Guest chef and food writer Ray McVinnie has recipes for Lamb Cutlets with Butter Bean Puree, and Chicken, Pumpkin, Potato and Pea Curry. John Hawkesby has the wine recommendations.

  • Off The Beaten Track ( 10′ 15″ )

    11:49 Outdoorsman Kennedy Warne discusses the Cape Kidnappers nature sanctuary, the largest privately-funded mainland island conservation project in the country.

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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Edited by: Catherine Walbridge

Coming Up

10:05am Thursday 20 June

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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