Nine To Noon for Tuesday 10 November 2009
09:05 Hone Hawawira's apology for racist remarks
Titewhai Harawira, long-time activist and mother of Hone Harawira; and Derek Fox, former Maori party media manager and Maori media commentator.
09:20 Wet house discussion
Stephanie McIntryre, from the Down Town Community Ministry researched wet-house model overseas and findings being used by Te Oki Oki Trust; Anne Brunt, spokesperson for Island Bay Residents Association; and Fiona Cockerill-Ghanem, local Island Bay resident.
09:30 Orangutans
Dr Ian Singleton, director of the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Project.
09:45 US correspondent Jack Hitt
10:05 Ariel Leve - Why optimists cause nothing but trouble
British writer Ariel Leve calls herself a confirmed pessimist and chronic worrier, and she's happy-ish that way. She tells us why she thinks optimists have caused nothing but trouble.
Ariel Leve writes for the Sunday Times Magazine, specialising in investigative features, in-depth interviews and her weekly column, Cassandra which has now been turned into a book "The Cassandra Chronicles".
10:30 Book Review with Anne Buchanan
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Published by Faber & Faber
10:43 Reading: The Vintner's Luck by Elizabeth Knox
(Part 2 of 15, RNZ)
A story of love, life, wine and angels stretching out from the beginning of the 19th century.
11:50 Business and economic commentator Rod Oram
The strategic developments made by Zespri and AMP.
11:30 Depression in the Legal Profession
John Marshall QC, President NZ Law Society
Email: depression@lawsociety.org.nz
11:45 Media commentator Denis Welch
Is it ethical for a journalist to publish private comments made at a public function?