Navigation for Nine To Noon

Nine To Noon for Tuesday 29 November 2011

  • Leaky homes assistance package

    9:09 AM.The president of the Home Owners & Buyers Association, John Gray, and the Deputy Chief Executive for the Department of Building and Housing, Maria Robertson, join the programme to discuss why the… Read more Audio

  • Bullying, is it getting more violent?

    9:35 AM.The president of the Secondary School Principals Association, Patrick Walsh, joins the programme to discuss how we're dealing with bullying. Audio

  • US Correspondent - Jack Hitt

    9:48 AM.Jack looks at a new report into the extent of the US banking problems in 2008. Audio

  • Feature Guest - Michael Enright

    10:10 AM.Michael Enright is a leading expert on competitiveness, regional economic development, and international business strategy. He's been looking at New Zealand's competitive edge for 20-years now and is… Read more Audio

  • Book Review - No Higher Honor

    10:40 AM.Former NZ deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Michael Cullen, reviews former US National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's book 'No Higher Honor' which is published by… Read more Audio

  • Business with Rod Oram

    11:10 AM.Rod looks at the separation and sharemarket float of the two new Telecom entities. Also, Cerebos' bid for Comvita. Audio

  • New Zealand Books' 20th Anniversary

    11:25 AM.Jane Wesaway and Harry Ricketts, the co-editors for New Zealand Books, New Zealand's only periodical devoted to reviewing local writing, join the programme to talk about promoting our literary craft. Audio

  • Media with Gavin Ellis

    11:50 AM.Gavin looks at the quality of media coverage during Election 2011. Also, a new joint-venture Pay TV service between Sky and TVNZ. Where does this leave TV3 and free-to-air TV in general? Audio

09:05 Few leaky home owners qualify for the Government's assistance package

John Gray,  President of the Home Owners & Buyers Association; and Maria Robertson, Department of Building and Housing Deputy Chief Executive.

09:30 Is school bullying getting more violent?

Patrick Walsh, President of the Secondary School Principals Association.

09:45 US correspondent Jack Hitt

10:05 Feature guest - Michael Enright

Michael Enright is a leading expert on competitiveness, regional economic development and international business strategy. He is a founder of the non-profit Competitiveness Institute, a professor at the University of Hong Kong, director of Asia-Pacific Competitiveness Programs at the Hong Kong Institute of Economics and Business Strategy, and director of Hong Kong-based consulting firm Enright, Scott & Associates.

Michael will be delivering a keynote address on Wednesday at the annual global Conference of The Competitiveness Institute being held in Auckland from 28 November to 2 December.

10:25 Book Review with Michael Cullen

No Higher Honour by Condoleezza Rice
Published by Simon & Schuster

10:45 Reading: Treading Water by Robert Hewitt  with Aaron Smale (Part 5 of 7)

Continuing Rob's story of surviving 75 hours floating alone at sea in the waters around Kapiti Island.

Audio will be available here after broadcast.

11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram

The split of Telecom, the Comvita takeover and dairy futures trading.

11:20 New Zealand Books: A Quarterly Review

Co-editors of New Zealand Books: A Quarterly Review, Jane Westaway and Harry Ricketts discuss the 20th anniversary of NZ's only periodical devoted to reviewing local writing.

11:45 Media commentator Gavin Ellis

TVNZ and TV3's election night coverage and the TVNZ/SkyTV pay-TV deal.