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Nine To Noon for Tuesday 31 January 2012

  • The head of Landcorp Farming on purchase of Crafar farms

    9:08 AM.The head of state-owned Landcorp Farming on the controversial deal that would see it run the Crafar dairy farms for the Chinese conglomerate Shanghai Pengxin. Audio

  • Countering homophobia in UK schools

    9:32 AM.A New Zealander, so upset by the homophobic bullying she was seeing in British schools, gave up her job as a teacher so she could address the issue directly. Audio

  • US Correspondent - Luiza Savage

    9:50 AM.The Republican presidential nominating race reaches a climax ahead of the vote in Florida. Audio

  • Feature Guest - Roy F Baumeister

    10:06 AM.Willpower - can it be strengthened? Good news for those who have made New Years resolutions but may not have a great track record of sticking to them in the past. Audio

  • Book Review - Me and You

    10:40 AM.Written by Niccolo Ammaniti, published by Text Publishing, reviewed by Louise O'Brien. Audio

  • Business with Rod Oram

    11:06 AM.The Crafar farms sale and Alan Bollard's decision not to seek a third term as Reserve Bank Governor. Audio

  • Teenage child poverty activist

    11:30 AM.A young Whangarei student has become the new face for child poverty activism. Audio

  • TV with Simon Pound

    11:47 AM.A look at the role television shows played in MegaUpload's success and subsequent collapse. Audio

09:05 News and current affairs

09:30 Countering homophobia in UK schools

Suran Dickson, a New Zealander who gave up her teaching career to focus on preventing homophobic bullying in British schools.

Diversity Role Models: tackling homophobia through education

09:45 US correspondent Luiza Savage

10:05 Willpower - can it be strengthened?

Roy F Baumeister, world-leading social psychologist from Florida State University who's researched willpower.

10:25 Book Review with Louise O'Brien

Me and You by Niccolo Ammaniti
Published by Text Publishing

10:45 Reading: Losing It by Sandy McKay (Part 7 of 10)

Jo starts to face up to the damage she is doing to herself.

Audio will be available here after broadcast.

11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram

11:30 Teenage child poverty activist Jazmine Heka

A Whangarei student who was inspired by a child poverty documentary to launch a children's charter and petition calling for free healthcare and lunches for children and a warrant of fitness for rental houses. She lived in a state house for part of the time when she was growing up, which she recalls being cold and damp.

11:45 TV review with Simon Pound

New content channels.

Links:

Annoying Orange

Vlog - Shane Dawson TV (Warning: contains language that may offend some people)

Content channels coming to YouTube

YouTube Stars Making $100,000 Plus Per Year on Business Insider

Streaming Dreams: YouTube turns pro by John Seabrook on The New Yorker website