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Nine To Noon for Tuesday 5 March 2013

  • Child support

    9:08 AM.Latest figures from Inland Revenue show that unpaid child support now sits at 2.6 billion dollars. Audio

  • What impact will the drought have on the economy?

    9:29 AM.The big dry could have a one billion dollar hit on our economy, with predictions the current drought conditions could shave up to half a percent of Gross Domestic Product by the end of the year. Audio

  • US Correspondent - Luiza Savage

    9:48 AM.US government spending cuts are coming in which could mean an impact on NZ travellers. Audio

  • Feature Guest - Dianna Cohen

    10:08 AM.An artist who has a new twist on thinking outside-the-box. This Los Angeles based visual artist wants people to think outside-the-bag instead - namely plastic bags. Audio

  • Book Review - The Lost Boy

    10:37 AM.Written by Camilla Lackberg, published by HarperCollins, reviewed by Crystal Beavis. Audio

  • Business with Rod Oram

    11:10 AM.An assessment of the sales process now underway with Mighty River Power and the Resource Management Act. Audio

  • The founder of the StandTall programme

    11:27 AM.The StandTall programme targets the potentially high-achieving children at schools. Audio

  • Media with Gavin Ellis

    11:45 AM.Current Affairs segments and reporters following up stories. Audio

09:05 Child Support

Professor Bill Atkin of Victoria University's law faculty is on the Law Society's Child Support Committee and was responsible for the Society's submissions on the Child Support Amendment Bill; Terry Baucher is a general tax consultant who is also on the Council of the Accountants and Tax Agents Institute of NZ; and Peter Dunne, Revenue Minister.

09:25 What impact will the drought have on the economy?

Con Williams, ANZ rural economist. ANZ is predicting the drought will shave up to 0.5% off gross domestic product by the end of 2013.

09:45 US correspondent Luiza Savage

10:05 Dianna Cohen - Artist and anti-plastics campaigner

Dianna Cohen is the co-founder of the Plastic Pollution Coalition, an alliance that aims to address the problem of plastic pollution. The visual artist became interested in the subject because her chosen material is the ubiquitous plastic bag. Her work will be exhibited alongside local artists in Out of the Bag at the Waiheke Community Art Gallery from 8-24 March.

Plastic Pollution Coalition

Work by Dianna Cohen
Left: Earth Topiary by Dianna Cohen. Right: Postconsumer Mandala by Dianna Cohen.

10:35 Book Review with Crystal Beavis

The Lost Boy by Camilla Lackberg
Published by HarperCollins

10:45 Reading: Among the Cinders, by Maurice Shadbolt

The story of a 16-year-old who accompanies his larger-than-life grandfather on a nostalgic trip through New Zealand (Part 7 of 10)

11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram

Carl Sunderland of Stand Tall11:30 Carl Sunderland - founder of the StandTall programme

StandTall is the brainchild English-born Carl Sunderland (right), who identified a lack of support for hard working students during his time teaching in low decile Auckland schools. His programme now works with seven intermediate schools in South Auckland and is eyeing expansion in Waitakere in West Auckland. StandTall is one of the charities that will receive money from the Ports of Auckland Round the Bays event this Sunday.

11:45 Media commentator Gavin Ellis