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NZ Radio Awards 2009
10 February, 2010
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09:05 Zoo keeper killed in tiger attack at Zion Wildlife Gardens in Northland
Bob Bennett, former keeper at Wellington Zoo who was mauled by lions Malik and Zulu in January 2006; Mauritz Basson, general manager of Operations at Wellington Zoo, and big cat specialist.
09:20 Maternity services
Dr Roger Tuck, head of Paediatric and Maternity Services, Northland DHB; Karen Guilliland, CEO College of Midwives; and Dr Tana Fishman, co-chair College of GPs Education and Assessment Advisory Committee
09:30 Man search
Marilynna Burton, Whangaparaoa grandmother who is bringing British men to meet divorced and widowed Kiwi women for companionship (aged 48-68).
09:45 UK correspondent Michael White
10:05 Growing Vegetables on The Moon
Jane Poynter, president and Taber MacCallum, CEO of Paragon SDC which develops products and services for space travel and other projects.
10:30 Book Review with Laura Kroetsch
American Rust by Philipp Meyer
Published by Allen & Unwin
ISBN 9781741756838
10:45 Reading: On An Island With Consequences Dire by Kelly-Ana Morey
Episode 9 of 10
On a summer island, one bloody fit of jealousy and rage changes the lives of three teenage schoolgirl friends forever.
11:05 New Technology with Colin Jackson
Links:
The Telecom XT network – pricing and speed.
Lancaster – not a bomber, but yet another Google-powered telephone. Hope it gets here.
According to Sony, nothing good has come out of the Internet. Really?
Meet Irving John Good of Bletchley Park and 2001 A Space Odyssey. He invented the concept of technological singularity.
A paper by Vernor Vinge who named and popularized the singularity.
Ray Kurzweil, futurist, and his book The Singularity is Near.
Accelerando, a novel by Charles Stross about life in the singularity – available online
Computer nerds make better lovers. Is anyone surprised?
11:30 Dowry abuse on the rise in New Zealand
Dowry abuse on the rise in NZ, leaving women emotionally abused and with no place to turn - so what's being done to help them?
Farida Sultana, founder of Shakti Community Council, which runs four refuges for Asian, African and Middle Eastern women.
11:45 Television review with Simon Wilson
Simon looks at series finals - House, Bro Town, Life on Mars and Hells Kitchen USA.
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18 February
Bruce Beresford - acclaimed Australian film director whose latest film Mao's Last Dancer comes out this month. The 69-year-old director has a string of successful films to his name, from the Australian movies Puberty Blues and Breaker Morant, the Oscar-winning Driving Miss Daisy and Double Jeapordy.
His latest work, Mao's Last Dancer, is based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin, a Chinese dancer who defected to America in 1981.
23 February
Kathryn speaks to John Irving – the American author of critically acclaimed, best-selling novels including the World According to Garp, A Prayer for Owen Meany and The Cider House Rules for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

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