Nine To Noon for Tuesday 11 May 2010
09:05 Letter to John Key about youth drinking following the death of a Kings College student.
Dr Margaret Abercrombie, is a doctor at Manukau Family Planning - she sees the negative effects of alcohol daily and is the mother of a child at Kings. She has written a letter to John Key; Roger Brooking, Clinical Manager of the drug and alcohol counselling service ADAC.
Alcohol Drug Helpline 0800 787 797, for parents wanting help with their children's - or their own - drinking.
09:30 The knock-on effects of Greece's debt crisis
Stephen Pope, chief global equity strategist at Cantor Fitzgerald Europe.
09:45 USA correspondent Luiza Savage
10:05 The Power of Half
Hannah Salwen was 14 years old when she convinced her family to sell their house and give half the proceeds away to charity. The Salwen family were living in a mansion worth 2 million dollars in Atlanta, Georgia. Now three years later, the Salwen family are supporting a charity in Africa and Hannah and her dad Kevin have written a book about their family's experience, called The Power of Half.
10:30 Book Review with David Hill
The Night Book by Charlotte Grimshaw
Published by Random House NZ Vintage
10:45 Reading. Lucky Bastard by Peter Wells
Did Eric Keelings actions constitute a further war crime? His two children are confronted with an ugly possibility. (Part 7 of 15)
11:05 Business and economic commentator Rod Oram
The turmoil that has returned yet again in global financial markets and the dangers for New Zealand.
11:25 Shannon Lush - Australia's "Goddess of Clean"
Shannon Lush is Australia's Queen of clean and author of the book Stainless. The daughter of an industrial chemist and engineer, Shannon is a self described workaholic who survives on a few hours sleep each night. She juggles several jobs as an author, broadcaster, chemical expert, owns a fine arts restoration business, is an artist and contributes to 16 radio shows and two television shows a week.
Stainless by Shannon Lush
Published by HarperCollins
11:45 Media commentator Denis Welch looks at the state of the magazine market