04 February 2012 - 4:02 pm NZ time
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Womens health action. (22′14″)
Chief Executive Child Poverty Action Group UK Kate Green and Susan St John join Kathryn Ryan to talk child poverty in NZ. (17′27″)
News from Africa. (8′19″)
New book is Nigella Express - how to produce good food, fast (Random House) (28′09″)
The Girl Who Proposed by Elizabeth Smither. (8′11″)
Politics. (21′47″)
Food talk. (8′51″)
John and Kathryn talk Wine. (6′38″)
A Modest Proposal or Two. (9′18″)
9:05 Gardasil - cervical cancer vaccine for 11 year old girls
Linda Williams, Co-ordinator of the Auckland Womens Health Council; and Dr Nikki Turner, Director of Auckland University's Immunisation Advisory Centre
9:30 Child poverty in New Zealand
Kate Green, Chief Executive Child Poverty Action Group UK; and Susan St John, Economic Adviser, Child Poverty Action New Zealand, who has edited a soon to be released report into child poverty which urges the government to follow the lessons learned in the United Kingdom.
9:45 Africa correspondent Peter Greste
10:05 Domestic goddess of the kitchen - Nigella Lawson
Nigella talks about her new book Nigella Express - how to produce good food fast (Random House)
10:30 Book Review: The Girl Who Proposed by Elizabeth Smither
Reviewed by Harry Ricketts
(Cape Catley Ltd, ISBN 978 1 877340 13 0)
10:45 Book Reading: The Rope Of Man by Witi Ihimaera
Part 5 of 13
11:05 Politics with Matthew Hooton and Laila Harre
11:20 Guest Chef Jeremy Jones
Pear and Avocado Salad and Roasted Root Vegetables with Walnuts
11:40 Wine with John Hawkesby
11:45 David Slack with A Modest Proposal or Two
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Budgies on Barbara Browns farm
Fijian New Zealander Nina Nawalowalo talks about how her parents cross cultural love story inspired her latest play Masi, which premieres at the New Zealand International Arts Festival.

Nina Nawalowalo rehearsing Masi. Photograph by Philip Merry.
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.
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