11 February 2012 - 4:10 pm NZ time
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We talk to Justice Minister Simon Power. (23′15″)
Oliver Yeh is a 20-year-old MIT student who went out with a couple of friends and spent $150 on a 2nd hand cellphone, a camera, a weather balloon and a polystyrene chilly bin to build a photographic rig. They sent it into near space and took incredible photos showing the curvature of the earth, proving that you don't need a big budget to get results. (9′55″)
News update direct from the States. (11′49″)
Author of 'What I Thought I Knew'. (35′42″)
Venice: Pure City by Peter Ackroyd. Reviewed by Rae McGregor, published by Chatto and Windus. (5′37″)
Business and economics commentator Rod Oram discusses the International Trade Awards. (14′02″)
With David Irving, co-founder of ICEHOUSE and honorary professor of enterprise and management at the University of Auckland, and Bernie Crosby, founder of ProLife Foods. (21′44″)
Discusses the latest media issues including the magazine market and circulation figures. (8′32″)
09:05 Reform of the criminal justice system
Simon Power, Minister of Justice
09:30 Oliver Yeh - MIT $150 space photos
Oliver Yeh, a 20 year old MIT student, spent $150 on a second hand cellphone, a camera, a weather balloon and a polystyrene chilly bin - sent it into near space and took incredible photos showing the curvature of the earth... to prove that you don't need a big budget to get results.
See the pictures here: 1337arts

Earth from 93000 feet. Long Island in the background.
09:45 US correspondent Jack Hitt
10:05 Alice Eve Cohen - author of What I thought I Knew
10:30 Book Review with Rae McGregor
Venice: Pure City by Peter Ackroyd
Published by Chatto & Windus
10:45 Reading: Juggling with Mandarins by V M Jones
(Part 7 of 10, RNZ)
Pip feels he is being called on to fulfill sporting ambitions his father can no longer achieve. He is also struggling with his changing feelings for the girl next door. As well as learning to juggle mandarins, he learns how to juggle new feelings and relationships, and to succeed in indoor rock climbing.
11:05 Business and economic commentator Rod Oram
International Trade Awards
11:30 SME's: How to grow your small business
David Irving, co-founder of ICEHOUSE and honorary professor of Enterprise and Management at the University of Auckland Business School. He is one of the authors of a new book called Changing Gears:how to take your Kiwi business from the kitchen table to the board table.
11:45 Media with Denis Welch
The magazine market, and circulation figures
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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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