Nine To Noon for Friday 24 June 2011
09:05 The head of NZ's largest general insurer, IAG, discusses the details of the Government's announcement on rebuilding quake-affected homes
Jacki Johnson, CEO of IAG NZ, whose brands include State and NZI. The company is also an underwriter for insurance for sold by banks such as ASB and BNZ.
09:15 Quake affected homes
Raeann McPherson, New Brighton resident in the orange zone.
09:25 Quake damage - how were the land damage assessments made?
Nick Rogers, project director, Canterbury Land Assessment for Tonkin & Taylor. Tonkin & Taylor is the environmental and engineering consultancy doing the Canterbury land damage assessment work for EQC and the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority.
09:45 The internet's most celebrated lawyer
Lawrence Lessig, Harvard University law professor, is one of the founders of the alternative copywright licensing body Creative Commons. Professor Lessig is now on a mission to clean up American politics, through a project called FixCongressFirst.org. He is speaking at the NetHui internet conference, which runs from 29 June to 1 July in Auckland.
10:05 Rob Tuwhare - son of poet Hone Tuwhare
Son of Hone Tuwhare and literary executor of the Hone Tuwhare Charitable Trust, which was established to purchase and restore Hone's crib at Kaka Point in South Otago and establish a writers' residency (the first in a home of a Māori writer). The trust also seeks to develop resources for schools and initiate events throughout the country celebrating Hone and his contribution to the arts.
10:30 Book Review with Sonja de Freiz
Does the Noise in my Head Bother You? by Steven Tyler
Published by HarperCollins
10:45 Reading: Dead People's Music by Sarah Laing (part 5 of 15)
The lives of two talented cellists, Klara from 1930s New York, and Rebecca her New Zealand born granddaughter, entwine and enthral.
11:05 New Music with Sean McKenna
Artist: Bon Iver (www.boniver.org)
Album: Bon Iver
Song: Towers
Video:
Stephen Colbert interviews Justin Vernon
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/390018/june-20-2011/justin-vernon
Artist: Gillian Welch (www.gillianwelch.com)
Album: The Harrow & The Harvest
Song:
Hard Times
Artist: Seasick Steve (www.seasicksteve.com)
Album: You Cant Teach An Old Dog New Tricks
Song: Don't Know Why She Love Me But She Do
Artist: Bella Kalolo (with the GLCC Youth Choir)
Song: What Love Can Do
11:30 Sports commentator Joseph Romanos
11:45 Week That Was
With Jon Bridges and Irene Pink.