Nine To Noon for Tuesday 22 November 2011

09:05 Political party leader interview

Green party co-leader Russel Norman.

09:30 Lifejackets for Polynesian fishermen

Wallace Ngapo, community wellbeing coordinator at Onepoto Awina, the Northcote Community Centre; and Matt Claridge, general manager, Water Safety NZ.

09:45 US correspondent Luiza Savage

The failure of the so-called debt "Super Committee".

10:05 Sue van Schreven - Orphan charity founder

Queenstown-based Sue van Schreven was inspired by a visit to Romania in the early 2000s to establish "Casa Kiwi" and Orphans Aid International. The charity has now expanded into Russia, India, and Nepal, with Uganda on the horizon.

Donation's can be made at Orphans Aid International.

The books are available through the website, op shops in Dunedin, Invercargill and Queenstown from next week through Manna bookstores nationwide, or through Sue's blog. Any other queries can be directed to rescue@orphansaidinternational.org or phone freephone 0800 677426.

10:25 Book Review with Quentin Johnson

Daniel Stein: Interpreter by Ludmila Ulitskaya
Published by Scribe

10:45 Book Reading: Letting Go by Claire Bayliss (Part 2 of 2)

When his father dies, Oliver returns to work on the farm where he had lived as a boy, determined to right the wrongs visited on his father.

Audio will be available here after broadcast.

11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram

The role of the economy in the election campaign.

11:30 Cheese-making in the Marlborough Sounds

Lisa Harper recently won the the Supreme Award in the 2011 Enterprising Rural Women Awards. She is involved in the family business, Sherrington Grange, a 180ha farm in the Mahau Sound, with her mother, two brothers and their families.

11:45 Media commentator Gavin Ellis

Last night's televised leaders' debate and the "worm".