Nine To Noon for Monday 23 May 2011
09:05 Why the Red Cross has had to scrap its breakfast in schools programme
Alan Johnson, co-director of the Child Poverty Action Group, also policy analyst for the Salvation Army; Pam Taylor, teacher in charge of breakfast club at Pukekohe North; and Elizabeth Riley, General Manager of Marketing and Communications for Progressive Enterprises - which owns Countdown.
09:20 Better support for carers
Laurie Hilsgen, from Carers NZ, a Lobby Group representing caregivers launching national campaign on Monday afternoon, saying they're under intolerable pressure and the government is taking them for granted.
09:30 KiwiSaver - is it still attractive and viable, after the budget changes?
Paul Mersi, Savings Working Group member and former partner at PWC.
09:45 Europe correspondent Josephine McKenna
10:05 Mike Leigh - acclaimed film director
Mike Leigh is known for his unique film-making style - a collaborative approach with his actors, using improvisations developed over a period of weeks to help build the characters and storylines. He talks to Lynn Freeman about his latest film Another Year, starring Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen and Lesley Manville - and follows the lives of a happily married couple and the unhappy relationships of their friends, over four seasons. Photograph by Stuart Crawford.
10:30 Book Review with Gail Pittaway
Until Tuesday by Luis Carlos Montalvan with Bret Witter
Published by Headline Review
10:45 Reading: Naked in Budapest, written and read by Heather Hapeta (Part 6 of 7)
Heather works for a Greek rival to the TV show 'Fawlty Towers'.
11:05 Politics with John Pagani
11:30 Guest chef Robert Oliver
Flavours and tastes of the Pacific featuring raw fish and how it is handled by three different Pacific nations with wine matches from John Hawkesby.
Me'a Kai: The Food and Flavours of the South Pacific by Robert Oliver with Tracy Berno and Shiri Ram.
Publishsed by Random House.
Tonga - Ota Ika (Tongan Ceviche)
Tahiti - Poisson Cru à la Chinoise
Rarotonga - Maria Cowan-York’s Raw Tuna Salad with Pawpaw Seeds
11:45 Off the Beaten Track with Kennedy Warne
Thoughts from Oman.
Playing online dama in a fishermen’s club, Kuwait.