Nine To Noon for Monday 28 May 2012
09:05 A recommendation that District Health Boards ensure that aged care workers get pay rises
Rob Haultain, Industrial organiser for NZ Nurses Association; Norah Barlow, CEO of listed retirement village and aged care company Summerset; Max Robins, CEO of the Christian Healthcare Trust and member of the Aged Care Association; and Des Gorman, head of the School of Medicine, Auckland University, and the executive chair of Health Workforce New Zealand.
09:30 Should restricted licence holders display R-plates?
Dr Dorothy Beggg works for Otago University's Injury Prevention Research Unit – she has studied young drivers and the graduated driver licensing system.
09:45 Africa correspondent Carsten von Nahmen
10:05 Jeff Kinney - author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
Jeff Kinney is the author of the six books in the best-selling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, which has also spawned two movies.
10:35 Book Review with Gail Pittaway
The Light Between Oceans by M L Stedman
Published by Vintage Australia
10:45 Reading: Team Effort, by David Hill
Read by Simon Leary
Tug makes a mistake that costs his rugby team the grand final – this may be enough to drive him to violence.
11:05 Political commentators Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams
The zero budget, the Urewera case, and gay adoption.
11:30 Guest Chef Christine Dann
Christine Dann been gardening and cooking at home for forty years, and is the author of Food@Home. She also has a blog.
Recipes:
Mexican Spiced Kumara Soup
Apple Fraize
11:45 Urbanist Tommy Honey
Crowdsourcing, psychology and WEIRD students
Links:
The Roar of the Crowd, The Economist
Time to be honest, The Economist
Older and wiser, The Economist