Nine To Noon for Tuesday 23 November 2010 Nine To Noon

No rescue attempt yet at Pike River mine - Tony

9:09 AM.Grey District Mayor, Tony Kokshoorn, says the community is waiting on two major developments today. Audio
No rescue attempt yet at Pike River mine - Nancye

9:13 AM.Expectant young dad, Josh Ufer, is one of the trapped miners. Audio
No rescue attempt yet at Pike River mine - Dennis

9:28 AM.There was a similar event at a coal mine in West Virginia in April this year. Audio
Social service funding

9:40 AM.Social service agencies say if the Government cuts their inflation adjustment funding vulnerable communities will suffer. Audio
US Correspondent - Jack Hitt

9:54 AM.US airport screening. Audio
Pike River update

10:11 AM.RNZ reporter Matthew Peddie has spoken to family members after their meeting this morning with officials. Audio
Pike River coal mine press conference

10:19 AM.The very latest from the Pike River coal mine. Audio
Feature Guest - Gillian Helfgott

10:40 AM.David Helfgott, who does not do interviews, is about to start a new tour in NZ. His wife Gillian Helfgott talks about David and their life together. Audio
Business with Fran O'Sullivan

11:09 AM.Fran looks at the Pike River Coal Company and the Standard and Poor's warning of a credit downgrade for NZ. Audio
Hollywood with Nelson Aspen

11:20 AM.The well known US entertainment reporter and celebrity interviewer. Audio
Media with Denis Welch

11:45 AM.The shifting focus of the media: The royal engagement and Pike River. Audio

09:05 No rescue attempt yet at Pike River mine

Tony Kokshoorn, Grey District Mayor; Nancye Langley, mother of Rachelle Weaver, whose partner Josh Ufer is one of the miners. Rachelle is three months pregnant.

09:05 No rescue attempt yet at Pike River mine

Dennis O'Dell, administrator of occupational health and safety for the United Mine Workers of America. He is involved in the investigation into the Upper Big Branch coal mine explosion in West Virginia in April this year. The methane and coal dust explosion killed 29 men.

09:25 Social service funding

More than 800 non-Governmental organisations are funded by the state to provide social services, such as programmes for at-risk youth and family violence prevention. A similar number provide health services. The sectors believe Finance Minister Bill English is considering cutting out the sectors' annual inflation adjustment from next year's budget, stripping about $10 million.

Trevor McLinchey, executive officer of the Council of Christian Social Services. Marion Blake, chief executive of Platform, an umbrella group representing 80 NGOs providing mental health and addiction services.

09:45 US correspondent Jack Hitt

10:05 Live feed of Pike River coal mine press conference with Superintendent Gary Knowles and Peter Whittall

10:25 Gillian Helfgott, wife of pianist David Helfgott

10:25 Book Review with Quentin Johnson

The Torchlight List: Around the World in 200 Books by Jim Flynn
Published by Awa Press

10:45 Reading: Mon Desir by Paula Morris

Summer at Takapuna Beach in the 1970s arouses different desires in three generations of women. (Part 2 of 2)

11:05 Business and economic commentator Fran O'Sullivan

Pike River Coal Ltd, New Zealand's only listed coal mining company, which has hit the headlines as 29 miners are missing in its Pike River mine.

11:20 Hollywood with Nelson Aspen

11:45 Media commentator Denis Welch

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