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Nine To Noon for Tuesday 19 October 2010

  • The impact of rolling secondary teacher strikes

    9:05 AM.Rolling strike action by secondary teachers means parents are likely to have to make alternative arrangements for their children. Audio

  • The Wai 262 flora and fauna claim

    9:25 AM.The Waitangi Tribunal is set to release a part of its findings on its longest running claim, Wai 262. Audio

  • Hungary toxic sludge

    9:40 AM.Bernhard Obermayr, the Greenpeace campaign director for Eastern Europe, describes the total ecological devastation caused by the catastrophic spill of toxic red sludge from an industrial plant in… Read more Audio

  • US Correspondent - Luiza Savage

    9:50 AM.Barack Obama hits the campaign trail, the influence of the Tea Party and the unprecedented fusion of politics and entertainment in this US election cycle. Audio

  • Feature Guest - Penny Hulse

    10:10 AM.The incoming deputy mayor of the new Auckland super city council was the top-polling candidate in the Waitakere ward with 16,875 votes. Audio

  • Book Review - Worth Dying For

    10:40 AM.Worth Dying For, by Lee Childs. Published by Bantam Press and reviewed by Graham Beattie. Audio

  • Business Commentator - Rod Oram

    11:10 AM.Business and Economic commentator discusses Labour's economic policies. Audio

  • What really happened to American honeymooner Tina Watson

    11:30 AM.What really happened to American honeymooner Tina Watson - who mysteriously drowned during a scuba diving trip with her husband on the Great Barrier Reef in 2003. The subject of the book by Dr Lindsay… Read more Audio

  • Media with Denis Welch

    11:50 AM.Denis Welch discusses the coverage of the Chilean mine rescue. Audio

09:05 The impact of rolling secondary teacher strikes

Rolling strike action by secondary teachers means parents are likely to have to make alternative arrangements for their children from tomorrow. In an escalating stand-off between the PPTA and the government, teachers are refusing to work with Year 9 students on Wednesday, Year 11 students on Thursday and Year 10 students next Wednesday. More strikes affecting Years 9 and 10 are planned for the rest of the year.

Paul Willis, drama teacher at Birkenhead College in Auckland; and Roger Moses, Wellington College headmaster.

09:25 The Wai 262 flora and fauna claim

The Waitangi Tribunal is set to release a part of its findings on its longest running claim, Wai 262, tomorrow. But the most controversial areas, dealing with rights to New Zealand's indigenous flora, fauna, and to cultural ideas and designs, will not be part of tomorrow's release.

Morrie Love, former director of the Waitangi Tribunal.

09:30 Hungary toxic sludge

Bernhard Obermayr, Greenpeace campaign director for Eastern Europe.

09:45 US correspondent Luiza Savage

Barack Obama hitting the campaign trail, the influence of the Tea Party and the unprecedented fusion of politics and entertainment in this US election cycle.

10:05 Penny Hulse - new deputy mayor of Auckland

The incoming deputy mayor of the new Auckland super city council was the top-polling candidate in the Waitakere ward with 16,875 votes. Mrs Hulse was the deputy mayor of Waitakere City for three of her 15 years on the Waitakere council and chaired the Policy and Strategy Committee for six years. She was born in South Africa and she came to New Zealand as a teenager.

10:30 Book Review with Graham Beattie

Worth Dying For by Lee Child
Published by Bantam Press

10:45 Reading: Iwa the Pirate, a short story by Serie Barford

Sinva struggles with her alter ego, the pirate frigate bird Iwa.

11:05 Business and Economic commentator Rod Oram

Cover Art for Honeymoon Dive. 11:30 What really happened to American honeymooner Tina Watson?

Tina Watson mysteriously drowned during a scuba diving trip with her husband on the Great Barrier Reef in 2003.

Dr Lindsay Simpson, Head of Journalism at James Cook University, Townsville, and co-author of Honeymoon Dive: The Real Story Of The Tragic Honeymoon Death Of Tina Watson

11:45 Media commentator Denis Welch

Coverage of the Chilean mine rescue.