12 February 2012 - 5:02 pm NZ time
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With Annette Sykes - Lawyer and activist. Dr Ranginui Walker - Former Professor and Head of Maori Studies at the University of Auckland, and member of the Waitangi Tribunal. Jim Nicholls - deputy chairman of The Maori Council. (23′23″)
Andrew West - Chief Executive of NZ's largest Crown Research Institute, AgResearch. Tells us about what is being done to reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. (20′47″)
Election run off in The Ukraine and Northern Ireland. (7′06″)
Former Prime Minister and Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Mike Moore, is now bound for Washington DC as New Zealand's new ambassador. (27′54″)
Written by Xinran, reviewed by Carole Beu and published by Chatto and Windus. (5′19″)
With Andrew Campbell and Matthew Hooten. (23′38″)
Richard Ross is the chef de cuisine for Orbit restaurant at SkyCity in Auckland. Nigel Scott National is the Manager of Dilmah NZ. (17′16″)
Kennedy Warne - outdoorsman and adventurer. (8′56″)
09:05 Foreshore and seabed - settlement nears?
Annette Sykes, lawyer and activist Tuhoe, Te Arawa; Dr Ranginui Walker, former professor and head of Maori Studies at the University of Auckland, and member of the Waitangi Tribunal; and Jim Nicholls, Maori Council.
09:20 What is being done to curb agricultural greenhouse gas emissions
Andrew West, chief executive of NZ's largest Crown Research Institute, AgResearch.
09:30 Recess before lunch
Katie Bark from the Montana Team Nutrition Programme, which is leading the recess before lunch programme.
09:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
10:05 Mike Moore
Former Prime Minister and director general of the World Trade Organization, Mike Moore, is now bound for Washington DC as New Zealand's new ambassador.
He will continue the push for what he and many other see as the holy grail of a free trade agreement with the United States, but before that can happen he'll be involved in negotiations for the US to join the Trans Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (TPP) - a free trade agreement between New Zealand, Brunei, Chile and Singapore.
10:30 Book Review with Carole Beu
Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother by Xinran
Published by Chatto & Windus, $37.99
10:45 Reading: The Year of the Shanghai Shark by Mo Zhi Hong (Part 1 of 10, RNZ)
In the Chinese city of Dalian Hai Long and his mates drink Coca-Cola , eat American fast food and go to English language lessons. But this year Hai Long leaves school to learn the unlikely trade of his uncle - a successful, learned man.
11:05 Politics with Andrew Campbell and Matthew Hooten
11:30 Guest Chef Richard Ross, Chef de Cuisine Orbit at SKYCITY Auckland, and Nigel Scott, national manager Dilmah NZ Ltd
Recipes for High Tea:
Scones with cream/butter and fruit preserves. Tea match - Brilliant Breakfast
NZ traditional Lamington with raspberry coulis. Tea match - Rose with French Vanilla
Caramelised onion & feta tart. Tea Match - Earl Grey or Herbal Peppermint.
11:45 Off the Beaten Track with Kennedy Warne, outdoorsman and adventurer
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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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