Nine To Noon for Tuesday 8 December 2009

09:05 Are personal grievances being lodged to get a benefit

David Lowe, Employers and Manufacturers Association (Northern) employment services manager. A new EMA Northern survey found 56 out of 759 respondents believe they'd had a personal grievance case taken against them so a former employee could get a benefit immediately.

09:20 Catching the world's spammers

Richard Cox, the Chief Information Officer of Spamhaus - an international organisation which tracks the Internet's Spammers.

09:30 Making houses in Third World countries more earthquake proof

Andrew Charleson, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Victoria University

09:45 USA correspondent Jack Hitt

10:05 Andrew Davenport

Creator of Tellytubbies and In the Night Garden.

10:30 Book Review with Sonja de Freiz

Oscar Wilde as selected by Stephen Fry
Published by HarperCollins

10:45 Reading: The Merry Marauders by Arthur J. Rees

(Part 2 of 9 )

An adaptation of Arthur J Rees' rollicking and fun 1913 novel of an ill fated touring acting troupe as they toured the North Island in the early 20th century.

11:05 Business and economic commentator Rod Oram

Key business and economic aspects of the Copenhagen climate change negotiations.

11:30 Trout fishing

Fly fishing guide and instructor Phillip Weigall has been writing regularly on all things fly fishing for twenty years and is presently a columnist and feature writer for Freshwater Fishing magazine, and editor of Flyfisher magazine. His sixth book, Fishing Season, is published by Exisle publishing.

11:45 Media commentator Denis Welch

TVNZ's apparent refusal to take a stand on Paul Henry's recent comments about Susan Boyle.