Nine To Noon for Thursday 16 December 2010
09:05 Pike River Coal recievership
John Fisk, PricewaterhouseCoopers partner, who has been appointed to handle the receivership of Pike River Coal.
09:30 Hanover Finance latest
Tom Brosnahan, Hanover Finance investor; and Chris Lee, independent stockbroker.
09:45 UK correspondent Michael White
10:05 Big Year Interview - NZSO Chief Executive Peter Walls
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has just completed the most successful international tour in its history - receiving rapturous applause and repeat encores at every performance - yet it's now facing one its biggest challenge as funding agencies tighten their purse strings
10:30 Book Review with Anne Buchanan
Aphrodite's Hat by Sally Vickers
Published by Fourth Estate
10:45 Reading. 'Shaping Up' by Elspeth Sandys (Part 4 of 5)
The light hearted story of Jean, the owner manager of a women's gym and the vibrant group of women who are its members (.
11:05 New Technology with Nigel Horrocks
What the world searched for on Google and Yahoo search engines this year and how social media has replaced old-style political organisations as shown in the recent London student protests.
See the full Google summary of search results country by country
How UK students mapped their protest on Google maps
Read the student protesters own media site
11:20 Michelle Holman - writer
Michelle Holman writes romantic comedies with a distinctly New Zealand flavour. Her latest book Barefoot touches on domestic violence - something Michelle has seen first hand evidence of when she worked in hospital emergency departments. She has also managed community youth health projects in the Waikato and worked as a tissue transplant co-ordinator in Auckland.
11:45 Film Reviewer Graeme Tuckett
Tron: Legacy, Megamind and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.