09:05 South Auckland school closed down by Education Ministry​

The private school in Auckland is being shut down because of safety concerns for its 70 students.
The Ministry of Education has suspended the registration of Pacific Christian School in Mangere, amid serious and ongoing concerns about the safety and welfare of students. Dr Sitaleki Finau, is a local GP, who knows the community well, and some of his patients are school families. He says the suspension is an overreaction on the part of the Education Ministry. Su'a William Sio is the Labour MP for Mangere. He has been working with the Board of Trustees of the school, and says the closure will have a big impact on the Tongan community in South Auckland.

09:20 New UK Labour leader announced tomorrow

Voting has just closed for the contentious UK Labour leadership election. The results will be announced tomorrow. The four candidates are Shadow Health Secretary, Andy Burnham; Islington North MP Jeremy Corbyn; Shadow Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper; Shadow Minister for Care and Older People, Liz Kendall.

Matt Dathan from The Independent reports.

09:30 Having trouble getting up in the morning? Try the ejector bed.

British inventor Colin Furze has designed and built a bed to get the sleepiest of us up in the morning - literally.
The high voltage ejector bed is made from aluminium and an attached air compressor.
At the allotted time, the head of the bed lifts up to eject its occupant onto the floor.
Colin is a plumber by trade, but the ejector bed is the latest of a number of inventions he's come up with, including the world's fastest pram and longest motorbike.

09:45 Pacific correspondent Mike Field

Pacific correspondent Mike Field reports issues in the Pacific.

Tonga has only recently joined high speed broadband - and now they confronting problems. Other Pacific countries have been before them; Why Samoa is so frightened of Ebola they banned a sports team from Sierra Leone; and two new books on Pacific have been published, raising questions around the qualities or otherwise around leadership, just as the annual Pacific Forum ends with yet another declaration.

10:05 Paul Griffin is a New York based author and teacher of at-risk-youth

Paul Griffin is a writer of young adult fiction whose stories follow often-troubled teenagers in difficult and gritty circumstances. Gang problems, substance abuse, criminality, tragedy and neglectful parenting all inform the narratives in which his young characters navigate the world around them and their relationships. His latest - and fourth young adult book - Adrift follows a fateful boat trip the central character takes and his relationship with his best friend. Paul Griffin began his working life as a teacher with at-risk youth and he now uses his skills to help young people tell their own stories.

10:30 Book Review: Children's Books

John McIntyre from The Children's Bookshop in Wellington reviews new children's releases.

10:45 The Reading: The Phoenix Song by John Sinclair, told by Katlyn Wong (Part 3 of 12)

11:05 Music with Grant Smithies

2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the nation’s premier songwriting award, the APRA Silver Scroll, with this year’s Scroll presented this Thursday night (September 17) at Auckland’s Vector Arena. There’ll also be an award on the night for the famous “lost scroll” that was never awarded in 1981. Grant Smithies blows the dust off the shortlisted songs from 1981’s finest - The Clean, Screaming Meemees, Blam Blam Blam, The Swingers and Split Enz - and has a listen.

Artist: The Clean
Song: Tally Ho
Comp: Kilgour/ Kilgour/ Scott
Album: 7" single
Label: Flying Nun.
Broadcast Time: 2'35

Artist: Blam Blam Blam
Song: There is No Depression In New Zealand
Comp: Richard von Sturmer/ Don McGlashan
Album: 7" single
Label: Propeller
Broadcast Time: 3'11"

Artist: Screaming Meemees
Song: See Me Go
Comp: O'Neill/ Drumm
Album: Seemeego-O 7" single
Label: Propeller
Broadcast Time: 3'11"

Artist: The Swingers
Song: Counting The Beat
Comp: Stiggs/ Judd.
Album: 7" single and also Practical Jokers LP
Label: Mushroom
Broadcast Time: 3'11"

Artist: Split Enz
Song: One Step Ahead
Comp: Neil Finn
Album: 7" single/ Waiata LP
Label: Mushroom
Broadcast Time: 2'52

11:30 Sports commentator Brendan Telfer

11:45 The Week That Was with comedians Pinky Agnew and Te Radar

Music played in this show

Artist: The Clean
Song: Tally Ho
Comp: Kilgour/ Kilgour/ Scott
Album: 7" single
Label: Flying Nun

Artist: Blam Blam Blam
Song: There is No Depression In New Zealand
Comp: Richard von Sturmer/ Don McGlashan
Album: 7" single
Label: Propeller

Artist: Screaming Meemees
Song: See Me Go
Comp: O'Neill/ Drumm
Album: Seemeego-O 7" single
Label: Propeller

Artist: The Swingers
Song: Counting The Beat
Comp: Stiggs/ Judd.
Album: 7" single and also Practical Jokers LP
Label: Mushroom

Artist: Split Enz
Song: One Step Ahead
Comp: Neil Finn
Album: 7" single/ Waiata LP
Label: Mushroom