Nine To Noon for Monday 17 November 2008

09:05 Maori party agrees to support National govt in return for positions outside cabinet

Pita Sharples, Maori Party co-leader

09:05 National to unveil its cabinet lineup today - - ACT expected to get ministerial positions outside cabinet

Rodney Hide, ACT party leader

09:20 PPTA advise Teachers on taking breaks

The PPTA has released a handbook laying out advice to teachers about taking breaks. Background change on the Employment Relations Act caused an uproar among principals.

Robin Duff, PPTA (Post Primary Teachers' Assn) President; Peter Gall, Secondary Schools Principals' Assn President

09:30 Pubs with personalities

Peter Jansen, co-author of Pubs with Personality, a book about NZ pubs and the story behind them.

Pubs with Personality by Peter Jansen and Steve Reid
HarperCollins New Zealand

09:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney

10:05 From The Chicks to The Ladykillers to NZ Idol and beyond

Suzanne Lynch, singer, entertainer and vocal coach.

10:30 Book Review with Penny Ashton

Monster: An Austrian Nightmare by Allan Hill.
Published by Penguin
ISBN 978 0 141 03970 1

10:45 Book Reading: The Blue by Mary McCallum

Episode 1 of 15

11:05 Politics with Matthew Hooton and Laila Harre

11:30 Guest Chef Scott Fraser, Executive Chef Carrington Resort, a Heritage Hotel and wines from John Hawkesby

11:45 A Modest Proposal or Two with David Slack