Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

QUICK HITS
12:15 Halal consumer markets explode
12:30 Buyer's guide to seedlings
12:50 Global Soil Map
13:10 Mags for nags: Wheelrights
13:45 Tech news: email security

The Small Print
First up this week we're looking at the fast-growing market for Muslim-friendly goods. A quarter of the world's population are Muslim and a mixture of migration and changing demographics means new consumer markets are opening up everywhere. Now halal concepts are being used on everything from perfume to hotels.

Links for Halal Fire and Zabihah.com

At about 12:30pm we're buying seedlings for our iPlot, a veggie patch in my backyard. So how do you know if your seedlings will deliver the goods? We've got a buyer's guide with Colin Walker.

Spot the dud seedling. Seedlings grown in their own punnet develop a root structure.

At 12:50pm we're keeping our fingers in the soil with the Global Soil Map. It's a plan to make an inventory of all the world's soil and measure thing like PH levels, fertility and soil health. The aim is that it will help policy-makers and governments to plan for the future and grow the right crops in the best places.

After the news at one, we're off to Gladstone in the Wairarapa to meet two of New Zealand's last working wheelwrights. Greg and Ali Lang of the Wheelwright Shop mend and make wooden wheels for horse drawn vehicles. Mags for nags at around 1.15pm.

And before we go, internet security. Bill Thompson beams in with news that thousands of Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo email account details have been published on the web. So what's happened and what should you be doing to stay safe? Bill has some answers. Plus new regulations for bloggers that get paid to say nice things about products and services.

TRACKS
Track: Brush Brush Brush
Artist: Of Montreal
Album: Yo Gabba Gabba!: Music is Awesome
Label: Filter (released 20 October 2009)
Catalogue #: n/a
Broadcast at: 12:30

Track: Doctor Dick
Artist: Lee Perry
Album: Best Of Ska- CD2
Label: Disky
Catalogue #: 648052
Broadcast at: 13:10

Track: In the NA
Artist: The Hidden Cameras
Album: Origin: Orphan
Label: ARTS & CRAFTS
Catalogue #: A&C 048
Broadcast at: 13:40