12 February 2012 - 6:10 am NZ time
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A Zoo keeper was killed in tiger attack at Zion Wildlife Gardens in Northland yesterday morning. (18′33″)
There government plans to encourage GPs to return to obstetrics and Paediatric care. (22′17″)
The MPs expenses scandal and the queen is snubbed at French D-Day ceremonies. (6′25″)
Growing Vegetables on The Moon. (36′48″)
Written by Philipp Meyer, reviewed by Laura Kroetsch and published by Allen and Unwin. (5′44″)
The telecom network launch of GSM and the technological singularity. (13′54″)
Dowry abuse is on the rise in NZ, leaving women emotionally abused wrecks with no place to turn - so what's being done to help them? (16′19″)
Seven worlds collide and the end of House and Hells Kitchen. (9′51″)
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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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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