Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

09:05 A new Otago University study of 12 thosuand young people shows NZ children as young as four are trying alcohol and nine-year-olds are using cannabis.

Dr Elisabeth Wells, Research Associate Professor at the Department of Public Health - University of Otago Christchurch; and Gerard Vaughan, chief executive of ALAC - the Alcohol Advisory Council.

09:20 Bullying of homosexual students at secondary schools

Tom Coppel, sixteen-year-old high school student; Tory Regan, seventeen-year-old who has just left school is now a journalism student; and Robin Duff, senior vice president of the PPTA.

09:45 US correspondent Jack Hitt

10:05 Globalisation and foreign relations

Parag Khanna featured in People magazine's 2008 Smart List and Esquire's 75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century. He is the Director of the Global Governance Initiative, Senior Research Fellow in the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation. Parag Khanna is the author of The Second World: Empire and Influence in the New Global Order; advisor for many institutions.

10:30 Book Review with Catriona Ferguson

Bone by Bone by Carol O'Connell
Published by Headline
ISBN 9780755352975

10:45 Reading: Tuvalu by Andrew O'Connor

Episode 7 of 15

Noah has been spending time with fellow residents of his Tokyo hostel, but he is missing his girlfriend, Tilly.

11:05 Business with Rod Oram, Business and Economic commentator

11:30 Quest to save the albatross

Susan Waugh, seabird scientist in her quest to save the iconic albatross, the world's largest seabird.

There are fears for the albatross population after the evidence has emerged that they are being lost as by-catch to fishing vessels in the Southern Ocean. Susan Waugh set sail on board French fishing ships operating in the Southern Ocean to learn more about how to reduce the by-catch of albatross and other seabirds like petrels (PDF). The freelance scientist, who has worked with NIWA, undertook the demanding journey on three vessels.

11:50 Media with Denis Welch