Nine To Noon for Tuesday 24 March 2015
09:05 Secondary Principals disquiet over St Bede's case
St Bede's College in Christchurch told two boys they couldn't compete in the Maadi Cup rowing regatta after they breached aviation security and rode on the baggage carrier at Auckland airport. But the boys' parents took the matter to the High Court, which granted an interim injunction which allowed the boys to compete yesterday.
Tom Parsons is the President of the Secondary School Principals' Association, and Jol Bates, Hawkes Bay lawyer who represented the St John's College schoolboy Lucan Battison, who refused to cut his hair.
09:20 Did St Bede's College treat rowers fairly?
St Bede's College in Christchurch told two boys they couldn't compete in the Maadi Cup rowing regatta after they breached aviation security and rode on the baggage carrier at Auckland airport. But the boys' parents took the matter to the High Court, which granted an interim injunction which allowed the boys to compete yesterday.
Jol Bates, Hawkes Bay lawyer who represented the St John's College schoolboy Lucan Battison, who refused to cut his hair.
09:30 Meirion Jones: the journalist who broke the Jimmy Savile Story on his treatment by the BBC
Has the BBC deliberately got rid of the journalists who revealed the truth about Jimmy Savile?
After Savile died in October 2011, Meirion Jones and his Newsnight colleague Liz MacKean made a documentary that exposed Savile as a serial abuser who used his status as a television personality to get access to young girls. But the BBC pulled it before its scheduled broadcast in December 2011, instead running glowing tributes to Savile as part of its Christmas broadcasts.
The truth about Savile came out many months later, and BBC's Panorama programme then made the documentary: Jimmy Savile: What the BBC Knew. Since than many BBC staff involved in those stories have lost their jobs with the public broadcaster.
09:35 Gavin Larsen on World Cup Cricket Semi Final
Gavin Larsen is a former NZ international cricket player and he is the Cricket Operations Manager NZ for the Cricket World Cup.
09:45 US Correspondent Susan Milligan
Susan Milligan reports from the US on Israeli-US relations, following Benjamin Netanyahu's provocative visit to the States just before his re-election, and Texas Senator Ted Cruz's entry into the presidential race.
10:05 Te Papa's new Chief Executive, Rick Ellis
Te Papa's new boss, Rick Ellis speaks about his vision for what our national musuem should be, and the challenge of trying to be all things to all people.
Rick Ellis is Te Papa's fourth CEO. His appointment followed the departure of Mike Houlihan, who oversaw a controversial restructuring of the museum and left amid claims of the museum was facing a 12 million dollar deficit. Rick Ellis was the chief executive of TVNZ from mid 2006 until the end of 2011. He then moved to Sydney to be the Group Executive of Telstra Media.
10:30 Book Review: 'Too Close to Home' by Susan Lewis
Published by Penguin Random House. Reviewed by Harry Broad
10:45 The Reading: The Dwarf Who Moved' by Peter Williams QC (Part 1 of 8)
Observations and anecdotes from the life of New Zealand's pre-eminent criminal defence lawyer.
11:05 Business commentator, Rod Oram
Business commentator Rod Oram discusses the latest GDP figures; social housing after the Salvation Army bows out; and business strategies of international media companies.
11:30 Why girls toys are holding them back
Two young engineers are using toys to encourage girls to pursue careers in science and technology. Alice Brooks and Bettina Chen met while doing their masters in engineering at Stanford University.
They realised that most toys targeted at girls do not encourage the development of spatial skills, hands-on problem solving skills, and confidence with technology. So they set up the toy company Roominate, which makes interlocking building toys targeted at girls aged 6-10, which allows them to design, build and wire their own dolls houses.
11:45 Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Media commentator Gavin Ellis discusses Fairfax proposed changes that will see regional newspaper editorships disestablished in favour of regional editors responsible for all media.
Music played in this show
Artist: Dion Warwick
Song: Walk On By
Composer: Bacharach
Album: n/a
Label: EMI 701398
Time: 11:08
Artist: City Oh Sigh
Song: Sometimes
Composer: City Oh Sigh
Album: Fragments Fine
Label: Home Alone 856874
Time: 11:21