Nine To Noon for Tuesday 26 July 2011
09:05 Snow exacerbates misery for quake-hit residents in Christchurch
Sue Holmes, resident of Seabreeze Close in Bexley - her house is zoned red and she and her husband are staying there until they know what payout they'll receive; Michael Gousmett, Chief Executive of St Vincent de Paul, Canterbury; and Fran Cook, General Manager of clinical services for Nurse Maude in Christchurch.
Goods can be donated to:
Society of St Vincent de Paul
265 Stanmore Road
Richmond
Christchurch
Or donations to:
St Vincent de Paul
PO Box 26007
North Avon
Christchurch
09:20 Tertiary high school
Stuart Middleton developed Tertiary High School at Manukau Institute of Technology in 2010 and has also established the Centre for Studies in Multiple Pathways which better links schools to post-secondary education and training.
09:45 US correspondent Luiza Savage
Legal gay marriage has been introduced in the state of New York; and the stalemate in talks over the US debt ceiling.
10:05 Professor Sir David Skegg
It is his final week in the role of Otago University Vice Chancellor. He is Professor of Preventive and Social Medicine at the university, and his primary research interest is cancer epidemiology. He has acted as a consultant to the World Health Organisation and to the New Zealand government. In 1990, he was awarded an OBE for services to medicine and, in 2009, received a knighthood. He has contributed to the study of cervical, breast and prostate cancer, as well contraceptives and reproductive health.
10:35 Book Review with Kate Blackhurst
Pure by Andrew Miller
Published by Sceptre
10:45 Reading. 'Spider' by William Taylor (Part 7 of 10)
In spite of his lack of experience, Spider Trent, a rugby loving teenage pianist finds himself playing for a place in the final of a nationwide piano competition.
11:05 Business commentator Rod Oram
Fonterra's internet auction; immigration to Australia; and the Kiwi handover in the CEO role at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
11:30 Claims that insurance companies are increasingly rejecting applications and claims on mental health grounds
Insurance expert Brian Klee is the director of Special Risk Insurance which deals with clients with special circumstances; and Judi Clements, Chief Executive of the Mental Health Foundation.
11:45 Media commentator Denis Welch
Fairfax's 'Israeli spy' scoop; and the last rites for NZ public television.