Nine to Noon Scheduled interviews and reviews this week

Nine to Noon episode archive

Scheduled interviews and reviews

Monday 2 February 9-10am Al Jazeera journalist, Australian Peter Greste, has been freed from Egytian jail. The news is discussed by New Zealand journalist Wayne Hay, who was arrested by the Egyptian military while reporting for Al Jazeera in Cairo in August 2013. Waikato University is trying to find alternative pathways into uni for as many as 350 students who have failed University Entrance - but would have made the grade a year ago, before standards changed. A recruitment firm explains how staff and bosses will have to radically adapt to different ways of being employed, as the workforce ages. African correspondent Deborah Patta. 10-11am Orphaned by war in Sierra Leone, now an international ballerina - Michaela de Prince, on her remarkable life story. Book Review: Leah McFall reviews "Chase Your Shadow - the trials of Oscar Pistorius", by John Carlin. Reading: "This Way of Life", written by Sumner Burstyn and told by Miriama McDowell (Part 6 of 7). 11-12pm Politics from the left and the right with Mike Williams, and Matthew Hooton. Food: Kasey and Karena Bird on cooking Maori and Pasifika recipes using local ingredients. Urbanist Tommy Honey discusses issues affecting city dwellers.

Michaela de Prince is an international ballerina, performing with the Dutch National Ballet, based in Amsterdam. But for the 19-year-old, getting to the top of her profession was even harder than for most. She was born Mabinty Bangura, in Sierra Leone, and aged four, was orphaned by the civil war there. Sent to an orphanage, she was mistreated and abused partly because of a condition, vitiligo, in which part of her skin lacks pigment and is blotchy. One day, a magazine cover picturing a ballerina blew through the gates of the orphanage, and Mabinty was captivated. Adopted by an American family, along with her best friend from the orphanage, she began to dance in the US, and has never stopped. Her book Hope in a Ballet Shoe, tells her story.

Tuesday 3 February 9-10am News and current events. Fifa presidential candidate, Jerome Champagne, on why he wants to take leadership of the organisation from Sepp Blatter. US correspondent Luiza Savage. 10-11am Psychology Professor Lynn Segal on the pleasures and perils of ageing. Book Review: Harry Broad reviews "The Final Minute", by Simon Kernick. Reading: "This Way of Life", written by Sumner Burstyn and told by Miriama McDowell (Part 7 of 7). 11-12pm Business commentator Rod Oram. Dr. Michael Merzenich on brain plasticity. Media commentator Gavin Ellis.

Wednesday 4 February 9-10am News and current events. Have water safety campaigns worked? Australia correspondent Karen Middleton. 10-11am GP and forensic physician, Professor Felicity Goodyear-Smith, on her fresh investigation of the George Gwaze murder case. Book Review: Harry Ricketts reviews "The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs," by Greil Marcus. Reading: "Sojourn in Arles", written by Owen Marshall and told by William Kircher (Part 1 of 2). 11-12pm Marty Duda plays the music of his artist of the week. Legal commentator Dean Knight. Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles.

Thursday 5 February 9-10am News and current events. A man who became a paraplegic in a farming accident on his campaign for farm safety. UK correspondent Kate Adie. 10-11am Travel writer Pico Iyer on finding time to be still, and the art of "slow travel". Book Review: Gyles Beckford reviews "Greatest Hits," by David Cohen. Reading: "Sojourn in Arles", written by Owen Marshall and told by William Kircher (Part 2 of 2). 11-12pm New music with Jeremy Taylor from Slow Boat Records. Parenting commentator Philippa Werry on how to engage kids in New Zealand history. Comedians Te Radar and Pinky Agnew make light of the news of the week.

Friday 6 February Waitangi Day - no show.