Nine To Noon for Monday 26 March 2012

09:05 Rental crisis in Christchurch set to become worse

Kate Veale, 27-year-old Christchurch woman, returned from overseas; Tony Brazier, a Christchuch Real Estate Agent and Property Manager for Braziers; and Helen Gatonyi, manager of the Christchurch Tenants Protection Association.

09:30 How to close the widening health gap between rich and poor

Professor Michael Baker from the University of Otago in Wellington led the research published in the Lancet - he says what's needed is a concerted multi-sectoral government response.

09:45 Russia correspondent Carsten von Nahmen

10:05 Feature guest - Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman

Sir Lawrence Freedman is Professor of War Studies and vice principal at King's College London.  Sir Lawrence was appointed official historian of the Falklands Campaign in 1997 and is a member of the Iraq Inquiry established by the British government in 2009.

10:35 Book Review with Harry Broad

Long Shot by Sylvia Harris
Published by HarperCollins

10:45 Reading: Gifted by Patrick Evans, told by Stuart Devenie

Patrick Evans's fictional tale of the relationship between writers Frank Sargeson and Janet Frame, the young woman who in the mid-1950s arrived to stay in the old army hut beside his Takapuna house and wrote her first full-length novel there .

Audio will be available here after broadcast.

11:05 Political commentators Josie Pagani and Matthew Hooton

The ACC leak, and the local government shake-up.

11:30 Guest chef - Matt Wilkinson

Yorkshire-born Melbourne-based chef Matt Wilkinson has worked in a number of award-winning restaurants in Australia, including Circa and the Prince. He co-owns Pope Joan which is a restaurant in East Brunswick in Melbourne.

Mr Wilkinson's Favourite Vegetables
Published by Murdoch Books

Recipes:
Bagna Cauda with Piedmontese Garnishes
Braised Eggplant, Tomato & Meatballs
Rose-Geranium-Stewed Blueberries with Creamed Rice Pudding

11:45 Off The Beaten Track with Kennedy Warne

Kennedy marks the autumn equinox, and discusses the report into the Rena.