04 February 2012 - 3:34 pm NZ time
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A new international human rights report is highly critical of New Zealand's attempts to eliminate domestic violence. (29′55″)
News from the USA with our correspondent Jack Hitt. (13′15″)
Paul Potts is a British tenor who shot to international stardom in 2007 after winning UK television show, Britian's Got Talent. (27′41″)
'Beneath the Maori Moon: Maori Rugby an Illustrated History' by Malcolm Mulholland. Published by Huia. (5′30″)
With Matthew Hooton and Laila Harre. (22′57″)
Lauraine Jacobs talks about seasonal produce with recipes for Figs. John Hawkesby discusses wines to suit. (13′20″)
With media commentator Denis Welch. (11′30″)
09:05 Details of a highly critical international report into domestic violence in New Zealand
A team of human rights experts from the New York based Leitner Centre for International Law and Justice travelled throughout the country last year to assess New Zealand's efforts to deal with domestic violence and found serious problems with our laws, regulations and services.
Kathryn speaks with one of the report's authors, Jorge Contesse, and Ruth Herbert from the Roundtable on Violence Against Women.
09:45 US correspondent Jack Hitt
10:05 Paul Potts British tenor
The former supermarket shelf-stacker and cellphone shop manager who shot to international stardom as a tenor in 2007 after winning UK television show, Britain's Got Talent.
View Paul Potts first appearance onBritain's Got Talent.
In NZ: Paul will be playing a one-off private performance at the Ray Freedman Arts Centre in Auckland on April 15, and is performing on Dancing With The Stars tonight (Tuesday).
10:30 Book Review with Harry Broad
Beneath the Māori Moon: An Illustrated History of Māori Rugby, by Malcolm Mulholland
Published by Huia Publishers
ISBN 978 1 86969 305 3
10:45 Reading. The Mountain by Charlotte Grimshaw, told by Gareth Reeves
A young man wants a life of his own, not to be thought of as gay like his only friend.
11:05 Politics with Matthew Hooton and Laila Harre
11:30 Guest chef
Lauraine Jacobs talks about seasonal produce with recipes for Figs - Grilled Figs and Velvet Figs. John Hawkesby discusses wines to suit.
11:45 Media commentator Denis Welch
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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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