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Nine To Noon for Tuesday 29 September 2009

  • Funding for integrated schools

    9:13 AM.Are integrated schools taking funding away from state schools? We discuss the matter with PPTA Union president Kate Gainsford, and the chairman of the Association of Integrated Schools Robyn Prior. Audio

  • Following in his father's wake

    9:35 AM.In 1977, Colin Quincey rowed unassisted across more than 2000 km of Tasman Sea, from New Zealand to Australia. This November, his son Sean Quincey will make the return trip, rowing unassisted from… Read more Audio

  • US correspondent - Jack Hitt

    9:50 AM.Latest news from the US. Audio

  • Feature guest - Julie Catt

    10:07 AM.Psychologist Julie Catt talks about her own unconventional life - raising six kids on two continents with two husbands, a former boyfriend, and a former girlfriend. She wrote a book about her… Read more Audio

  • Book review

    10:39 AM.'Censoring an Iranian Love Story' by Shahriar Manipour. Reviewed by Phil Vines, published by Little, Brown. Audio

  • Business

    11:10 AM.With business and economics commentator Rod Oram. Audio

  • Taxes and the NZ property market

    11:30 AM.Would a tax on interest paid for property purchases be preferable to an interest rate hike when it comes to trying to cool the NZ property market? We talk to Paul Chrystall, managing director of… Read more Audio

  • Media

    11:49 AM.Denis Welch discusses the latest media issues. Audio

09:05 PPTA calls for end to integration

Kate Gainsford, PPTA Union President; and Robyn Prior, Chair of Association of Integrated Schools.

09:30 Father-son trans-Tasman rowers

Sean Quincey and Colin Quincey.

Sean Quincey will in November attempt to follow his father's footsteps by rowing solo unassisted across the Tasman. Colin Quincey remains the only person make the crossing solo and survive.

www.tasmantrespasser.com

09:45 US correspondent Jack Hitt

10:05 Julie Catt - Author of Normal: the true story of a complicated family

Psychologist Julie Catt on her own unconventional life - raising six kids on two continents, Australia and the US, with two husbands, a former boyfriend and a former girlfriend.

10:30 Book Review with Phil Vine

Censoring an Iranian Love Story by Shahriar Mandanipour
Published by Little, Brown

10:45 Reading: Juggling with Mandarins by V M Jones

Pip feels he is being called on to fulfill sporting ambitions his father can no longer achieve. He is also struggling with his changing feelings for the girl next door. As well as learning to juggle mandarins, he learns how to juggle new feelings and relationships, and to succeed in indoor rock climbing.

11:05 Business and economic commentator Rod Oram

Rod Oram discusses the G20 in Pittsburgh and the UN's special session on climate change in New York City.

11:30 Taxes and NZ Property Market

Would a tax on interest paid for property purchases be preferable to an interest rate hike when it comes to trying to cool the NZ property market.

Paul Chrystall, managing director of private investment firm Maui Capital.

11:45 Media commentator Denis Welch discusses the latest media issues