11 February 2012 - 6:25 pm NZ time
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An investigation has found the quake-hit CTV building fell short of standards. Andrew Cleland is the chief executive of the Institution of Professional Engineers, which has been given the report into the building collapse, which killed 115 people, and will conduct its own investigation; and Paul Grimshaw, partner at Grimshaw & Co. (18′04″)
Ian McCrae, Orion Health CEO; and Wayne Codyre, principal of Ross Intermediate in Palmerston North which has an IT focus. (18′29″)
The reaction in Asia to the Russia and China veto at the UN on the Syria resolution. (12′00″)
Dr Armstrong is the co-director of the Advanced Virtual And Technological Architectural Research (AVATAR) Group and a senior lecturer at the School of Architecture & Construction at The University of Greenwich in the UK. She is the author of a new digital book 'Living Architecture: How synthetic biology can remake our cities and reshape our lives'. (27′22″)
Featuring 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close' by Jonathan Safran, 'The Invention of Hugo Cabret' by Brian Selznick and 'The Hunger Games' by Suzanne Collins. (7′11″)
Featuring - Neville Marcano (The Growling Tiger) 'Señorita Panchita' off the album The Alan Lomax Collection From The American Folklife Center, 'Good News Blues' by the artist Doug Jerebine, 'Choosing Sides' by the artists Field Music and 'We Are Fine' by the artist Sharon Van Etten. (16′52″)
The winners of the Halberg Awards; the Black Caps performance against Zimbabwe; and does Sonny Bill Williams deserve to be an NZ heavyweight boxing champion. (8′46″)
With Radar and Irene Pink (11′21″)
Prominent businessman Lloyd Morrison has died. Kathryn Ryan interviewed him on 17 February 2010. Listen to that interview.
09:05 An investigation finds the quake-hit CTV building fell short of standards
Andrew Cleland is the chief executive of the Institution of Professional Engineers, which has been given the report into the building collapse, which killed 115 people, and will conduct its own investigation; and Paul Grimshaw, partner at Grimshaw & Co.
09:20 IT as the Fourth Science
Ian McCrae, Orion Health CEO; and Wayne Codyre, Principal of Ross Intermediate in Palmerston North which has an IT focus.
09:45 Asia correspondent Phil O'Sullivan
Beijing's veto of a UN Security Council resolution condemning the Syrian government's deadly crackdown on protests; the mystery of the deputy mayor of Sichuan city; and human safaris in the Andaman Islands .
10:05 Rachel Armstrong - Living architecture
Dr Armstrong is the co-director of the Advanced Virtual And Technological Architectural Research (AVATAR) Group and a senior lecturer at the School of Architecture & Construction at The University of Greenwich in the UK. She is the author of a new digital book Living Architecture: How synthetic biology can remake our cities and reshape our lives.
10:35 Children's Book Review with John McIntyre
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Penguin
978-0-14-101269-8
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Scholastic
9780439813785
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Scholastic
978-1-407132-07-5
10:45 Reading: Carol, Unplugged, a short story by Linda Nichol read by David McPhail
Frank takes his wife, once a high flying executive, now needing full care, out to lunch.
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11:05 New Music with Sean McKenna
Artist: Various
Album: The Alan Lomax Collection From The American Folklife Center
Global Jukebox
Cultural Equity - Sound Collections Guide
Lomax Interactive - New York Times
What’s your blues name?
Song: Neville Marcano (The Growling Tiger) ‘Señorita Panchita’
Artist: Doug Jerebine
Album: Is Jesse Harper
Song: Good News Blues
Artist: Field Music
Album: Plumb
Song: Choosing Sides
Video: A New Town
Artist: Sharon Van Etten
Album: Tramp
Song: We Are Fine
Video: Serpents
11:30 Sports commentator Joseph Romanos
The winners of the Halberg Awards; the Black Caps performance against Zimbabwe; and does Sonny Bill Williams deserve to be an NZ heavyweight boxing champion.
11:45 Week That Was with Radar and Irene Pink
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American businessman and blind adventurer Mike May was totally blinded at age three from an explosion of calcium carbide. At the age of 46 he regained partial sight after cornea transplants and pioneering stem cell procedure. He runs the Sendero Group which employes many blind people and assists those with disabilities by using technology.

Mike speedskiing totally blind. Image copyright Mike May.
The man who returned the Daleks to Dr Who, screenwriter Robert Shearman talks to Kathryn about why he wanted to bring back the time travelling Doctor's most persistent enemy and make the Daleks far more menacing than ever before. Robert Shearman is a writer, playwright, and director - and will be in New Zealand next month for Writers and Readers week at the New Zealand Festival of Arts.
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