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.