Nine To Noon for Tuesday 11 October 2016
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'Communities need to step up' - Vulnerable Children Ministry head
9:09 AM.The Ministry for Vulnerable Children will need to talk with children and involve the community if it is to succeed, says its new head. Read more Audio
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Breakthrough in treating diarrhoea
9:34 AM.Around the world half a million children die every year from diarrhoea - usually children under the age of two who get dehyrated. Health experts have previously thought the disease had a huge variety… Read more Audio
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US correspondent Susan Milligan
9:48 AM.Susan Milligan reports on the latest Clinton-Trump head-to head, as well as Paul Ryan telling Republicans he will no longer defend or campaign for Mr Trump. Audio
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Tale of a man 'torn apart' by WWII
10:06 AM.Film-maker Welby Ings on his short film, Sparrow which tells New Zealand's difficult history of erasing uncomfortable details about war. Sparrow is based on the true story of a gay New Zealand soldier… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Book review - "SAS Rogue Heroes" by Ben McIntyre
10:39 AM.Reviewed by Rae Mcgregor, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
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Business commentator Rod Oram
11:06 AM.Rod Oram on two business departures; Sam Morgan says he will step down from the board of TradeMe, the company he founded and Tim Bennett is leaving his role as chief executive of the NZX. Audio
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Holden - paying tribute to an Aussie classic
11:20 AM.For decade upon decade the Holden name has helped shaped Australian and New Zealand culture. Yet in 2017 it will stop building cars in Australia. What is next for the quintessentially aussie motor… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Media commentator, Gavin Ellis
11:45 AM.Gavin Ellis admits to being confused by the newspaper industry, which reports rising readership amid declining circulation and a push for baby boomer advertising while pitching content at the under… Read more Audio
09:05 Grainne Moss : new CEO of The Ministry for Vulnerable Children
Photo: RNZ/Rebekah Parsons-King
Kathryn Ryan speaks with Grainne Moss, who'll lead the Ministry for Vulnerable Children, or Oranga Tamariki. It will begin operating next April, when CYF ceases to exist. Grainne Moss is the first private sector head of a major government social agency. For the past three years she has been the Chief Executive of the country's largest aged care provider, Bupa.
E coli Photo: Photo by Eric Erbe, digital colorization by Christopher Pooley, both of USDA, ARS, EMU
09:20 Breakthrough in treating diarrhoea
Half a million or more children die from diarrhoea every year - it's the second biggest cause of death for under fives world wide after pneumonia. Health experts have previously thought the disease had a huge variety of causes but new research published in the Lancet has narrowed the target to just six pathogens which seem to be responsible for nearly 90 percent of cases. Kathryn Ryan talks to one of the researchers behind the study, Eric Houpt from the University of Virginia.
09:45 US correspondent Susan Milligan
Susan Milligan reports on the latest Clinton-Trump head-to head, as well as Paul Ryan telling Republicans he will no longer defend or campaign for Mr Trump.
10:05 Filmmaker Welby Ings' short-film Sparrow
Film-maker Welby Ings on his short film, Sparrow which tells New Zealand's difficult history of erasing uncomfortable details about war. Sparrow is based on the true story of a gay New Zealand soldier in World War Two, who was punished for desertion, and spent the rest of his life in a psychiatric institution.
10:35 Book review - "SAS Rogue Heroes" by Ben McIntyre
Reviewed by Rae Mcgregor, published by Penguin Random House.
10:45 The Reading
11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram
Rod Oram on two business departures; Sam Morgan says he will step down from the board of TradeMe, the company he founded and Tim Bennett is leaving his role as chief executive of the NZX.
11:30 Holden. Paying tribute to an Aussie classic
For decade upon decade the Holden name has helped shaped Australian and New Zealand culture. Yet in 2017 it will stop building cars in Australia. What is next for the quintessentially aussie motor? Will Hagon is a motoring journalist, and author of Holden : 'Our Car from 1856 - 2017'
11:45 Media commentator, Gavin Ellis
Gavin Ellis admits to being confused by the newspaper industry, which reports rising readership amid declining circulation and a push for baby boomer advertising while pitching content at the under 40s.