09 February 2012 - 6:29 am NZ time
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Maori Affairs and Associate Education Minister Dr Pita Sharples is calling for open university entry for Maori students. (21′57″)
Superintendent Bill Harrison, Police National Manager Youth Services. (15′16″)
Simon Dyer, is the owner of 2CLight and inventor of the solar powered cap. (4′24″)
Gordon Brown has announced a privately held inquiry into the Iraq war. (7′30″)
Michael Schaffer is a writer and journalist who has delved into the growing pet industry to try and understand why Americans treat their pets like children. (28′39″)
Crystal Beavis reviews 'Essential New Zealand Short Stories' edited by Owen Marshall. Published by Vintage. (7′01″)
Technology expert Nat Torkington discusses online dating scams as well as Twitter's role in the Iranian election protests. (14′28″)
Parenting guru Nigel Latta asks what's going on inside the minds of teenagers. (22′01″)
09:05 Open access for Maori to university
Dr Elizabeth McKinley, Director of Starpath Project at Auckland University; Dr Pita Sharples, Minister of Maori Affairs.
09:20 Sex abuse education in schools
Superintendent Bill Harrison, Police National Manager Youth Services.
09:30 Solar powered cap
Simon Dyer, is the owner of 2CLight - and inventor of the solar powered cap.
09:45 UK correspondent Jon Dennis
10:05 Pet obsession
Michael Schaffer, writer who has delved into the growing pet industry to try and understand why Americans treat their pets like children.
Links: www.topcatmodel.co.nz
10:30 Book Review with Crystal Beavis
Essential New Zealand Short Stories, edited by Owen Marshall
Published by Vintage
ISBN 9781869791285
10:45 Reading. Sanctuary: 4. Escape From Iran by Elspeth Sandys
Farahmand Kamali belonged to a small religious group within Iran. With the rise of the Shi-ite muslim rule in Iran, Farahmand and his family became increasingly marginalised and began to suffer physical violence. At 21 years and with the help of some supportive members of the muslim community Farahmand began an astonishing journey out of Iran through the desert to Pakistan then India and finally to New Zealand.
11:05 Technology with Nat Torkington
Technology expert Nat Torkington discusses online dating scams as well as Twitter's role in the Iranian election protests.
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11:20 Parenting guru Nigel Latta asks what's going on inside the minds of teenagers
11:45 Television review with Simon Wilson
Simon has been watching Wuthering Heights, and a new documentary about the Mark Lundy case.
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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.
UK theatre artist Andy Manley who will be performing his latest work White at the New Zealand International Arts Festival. White is aimed at children aged 2-5 and is about two characters called Cotton and Wrinkle who live in a world where everything is white – until one day a colourful egg tumbles down from the sky, and changes everything.

Andy Manley in the show My House.
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