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Nine To Noon for Friday 21 November 2008

  • The Incredible Years

    9:08 AM.It's a programme aimed at giving parents of violent or chronically disruptive children the skills to affect positive change. Audio

  • Mortgage rates advice

    9:30 AM.The OCR is tipped to drop. Of course this will impact on mortgages and interest rates in general. So when to refinance? Audio

  • Henry Hitchings interview

    9:40 AM.How to talk about books you haven't read, with authority. There's now a book you can read about it. Audio

  • Pacific correspondent - Mike Field

    9:50 AM.Mike talks about the latest news, views, intrigue and otherwise from our Pacific neighbours. Audio

  • Feature guest - Lawrence Hill

    10:07 AM.Winner of Commonwealth Writers' Prize for novel about one woman's journey from abduction in Africa to slavery in America. Audio

  • Children's book review

    10:35 AM.Every Second Friday, The Stuck There Forever Boat and Te Rauparaha - Legend of Aotearoa are reviewed this week. Audio

  • Music with Manu Taylor

    11:07 AM.This week Manu is chuffed to review albums by Omara Portuondo, Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra and Sia. Audio

  • Sport with Richard Becht

    11:35 AM.Sports commentator Richard Becht joins us live from the cricket in Brisbane and the Black Caps' batting onslaught. Audio

  • The week that was

    11:50 AM.Te Radar and Elisabeth Easter join in an irreverent post analysis of National's first week in power among other things. Audio

09:05 Incredible Years parenting programme

This scheme funded by several government agencies, sends parents of violent or chronically disruptive children to parenting courses.

There are claims the courses, known as Incredible Years programme - have resulted in vastly improved behaviour for up to 75 percent of the children whose parents took part.

It's set to be expanded to another 15 thousand families.

Natasha, mother of three from the Wairarapa, who has attended the course; Sue Trainer, Director of the Werry Centre, Auckland which is involved in training those who run the Incredible Years Programme; and
Prof David Fergusson, from Otago University who's evaluated the programme.

09:30 How to talk about books you haven't read

Henry Hitchings, British author and voracious reader, who did his PhD on Samuel Johnson.

His latest book is titled How to Really Talk About Books You Haven't Read - a sort of survivor's guide to talking about books you may not have read such as the works of William Shakespeare, James Joyce, Tolstoy, Henry James to name a few.

09:45 Pacific correspondent Mike Field

10:05 Feature Interview - Lawrence Hill

Canadian writer who won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for his extraordinary novel about one woman's journey from being abducted in Africa and sold into slavery in America. The descendant of an African slave himself, we speak to Lawrence Hill about a shameful time of history, about race and identity, and why his original title, the The Book of Negroes had to be changed.

10:30 Children's Book Review with John McIntyre

Every Second Friday by Kiri Lightfoot
Illustrated by Ben Galbraith
Published by Hachette
ISBN 978-0-340-95612-0

The Stuck There Forever Boat by Gillian Torkler
Illustrated by Bruce Potter
Published by Puffin
ISBN 978-0-1435-0269-2

Te Rauparaha - Legend of Aotearoa, retold by Maureen Cavanagh
Illustrated by Bruce Potter
Published by Puffin
ISBN 978-014350293-7

10:45 Book Reading: The Blue by Mary McCallum

Episode 5 of 15

11:05 Music Review with Manu Taylor

Omara Portuondo - Gracias - 2008 Montuno/Harmonia Mundi/World Village
MON010

Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Hits The Hits - 2007 Ubiquity Recordings
URCD220

Sia - Some People Have Real Problems - 2008 Monkey Puzzle Records/Inertia
MPRCDAUS1

11:30 Sports commentator Richard Becht

11:45 Week That Was with Radar and Elisabeth Easter