Nine To Noon for Wednesday 2 December 2009

09:05 Climate change, UN Copenhagen Conference

Professor Martin Manning, director of NZ Climate Change Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington.

09:20 Announcement regarding Hone Harawira's future

Brent Edwards, Radio New Zealand's political editor.

09:30 Males in Education Now (MEN)

Paul Tupou-Vea, head of AUT's Males in Education Now programme, designed to help keep teenage boys engaged in education; Kieran Fouhy, principal, St Peter's College, one of the schools participating in the pilot scheme.

09:45 Australia correspondent Ray Moynihan

10:05 Solarimpulse

Bertrand Piccard, Swiss aeronautical pioneer, psychiatrist and adventurer who designed the solarimpulse and plans to fly around the world in an aircraft powered only by sunlight.

10:30 Book Review with Phil Vine

Little Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates
Published by Fourth Estate

10:45 Reading:Pedal Power - Great Bicycle Journiesby Roy Sinclair

(Part 3 of 5)

In a bold attempt to combat inevitable dotage '60-something' Roy Sinclair decides to cycle the length of Japan.

11:05 Music review with Marty Duda

Feature artist: Jarvis Cocker

1. Common People (5:50) - Pulp taken from 1995 album "Different Class" (Island)

2. Sylvia (4:40) - Pulp taken from 1998 album "This Is Hardcore" (Island)

3. Don't Let Him Waste Your Time (4:09) - Jarvis Cocker taken from 2006 album "Jarvis" (Rough Trade)

4. I Never Said I Was Deep (4:43) - Jarvis Cocker taken from 2009 album "Further Complications" (Rough Trade)

11:30 Legal commentator Andrew Scott-Howman

Sexual innuendo and what's appropriate in the workplace.

11:45 Steve Braunias - a journey through the arcade

As Santa madness hits the mega malls, Steve is revelling in the pleasant dowdiness of his local arcade.