10 February 2012 - 12:39 pm NZ time
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How will under-performing children be brought up to speed under the new national standards? (13′47″)
Australian bushfires, first anniversary. (22′21″)
Simon Moore, Crown Prosecutor and deputy master of the Pakuranga Hunt. (9′06″)
UK correspondent. (5′56″)
Sara Henderson is a former investment banker and the founder of aid group Building Bridges to the Future Foundation, which focuses on helping people in Aceh. (31′17″)
By Foley and B Coates, published by Square Peg and reviewed by Penny Ashton. (5′27″)
With New Technology. (15′14″)
After sustaining a serious brain injury in a car accident 23 years ago William Fairbank is now devoted to helping medical professionals better understand the impact of brain injuries on a person's life and personality. He now works as a sculptor and filmmaker. William Fairbank is currently seeking artists with brain injuries for his next documentary. (19′34″)
TV Reviewer. (8′32″)
09:20 Australian bush fires
Jane O'Connor, and her nephew, Brad O'Connor.
09:30 Secret Life - Crown Prosecutor and deputy master of the Pakuranga Hunt
Simon Moore, lawyer and partner in Meredith Connell law firm, based in Auckland.
09:45 UK correspondent Jon Dennis
10:05 Sara Henderson
Sara Henderson was a retired investment banker living in Jakarta when the 2004 Asian tsunami struck. She travelled to Aceh to witness the devastation first hand and, despite having no background in aid work, then started her own foundation to help people in the Sumatran island.
10:30 Book Review with Penny Ashton
Homework for Grown Ups by E Foley & B Coates
Published by Square Peg
10:45 Reading. Living As A Moon by Owen Marshall (Part 1 of 2, RNZ)
A young woman's uncanny resemblance to a well known comedienne leads to a career change and the resulting ups and downs of the life as an impersonator.
11:05 New Technology with Nat Torkington
Physorg article on Liquid Glass
New wireless tooth-based hearing aid
The Khan Academy
Ex-Hedge Fund Analyst Finds Calling On YouTube
Census of Files Available via BitTorrent
11:30 William Fairbank
After sustaining a serious brain injury in a car accident 23 years ago, William Fairbank is now devoted to helping medical professionals better understand the impact of brain injuries on a person's life and personality. He now works as a sculptor and film maker. William Fairbank is currently seeking artists with brain injuries for his next documentary.
He can be contacted at: williamfairbank@uwclub.net
11:45 TV reviewer Simon Wilson
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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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