12 February 2012 - 9:40 am NZ time
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At least five DHB's around the country are assessing household help and are making cut backs. (26′09″)
Eric Ries is an on-line entrepreneur and founder of hugely successful social networking site, IMVU.com. (13′00″)
Luiza Savage reports from Washington. (10′27″)
The American author of critically acclaimed, best-selling novels including the World According to Garp, A Prayer for Owen Meany and The Cider House Rules for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. (33′57″)
Emma Hart reviews 'A Love Story with Recipes' by Elizabeth Bard. Published by HarperCollins. (3′18″)
Business and Economic commentator. (15′22″)
Writer/director (Sarah) and lead actor (Nina, aged 16) of new Fringe Festival Production Medea Songs - described as a Drama laced with comedy and music. (16′50″)
Media commentator. (9′46″)
09:05 Cuts to home help services
Les Howard, Greypower President.
09:20 Cuts to home help services
David Chrisp, General Manager Planning and Funding - Otago and Southland DHBs; and Marlene Bennetts, senior woman who's raised concerns with her home help.
09:20 Online entrepreneurship
Eric Ries, on-line entrepreneur and founder of hugely successful social networking site, IMVU.com.
Eric was a guest speaker at NZ's Webstock conference last week.
09:45 USA correspondent Luiza Savage
10:05 US author John Irving
John Irving is the American author of critically acclaimed, best-selling novels including the World According to Garp, A Prayer for Owen Meany and The Cider House Rules for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
His latest novel, One Night in Twisted River, is woven with autobiographical details and was written over decades - he talks about his writing process and how wrestling played a pivotal role in his life.
10:30 Book Review with Emma Hart
Lunch in Paris: A Love Story with Recipes by Elizabeth Bard
Published by HarperCollins
10:45 Reading: Tipface Bunyan By Suzie Pointon (Part 2 of 5, RNZ)
Gordon 'Tipface' Bunyan is a hulk of a man with an unusual empathy for chickens.
11:05 Business and economic commentator Rod Oram
11:30 Drama for Teenagers
Sarah Delahunty and Nina Dekkers Reihana, playwright and youth theatre director who believe drama helps teenagers make sense of their world.
Writer/director (Sarah) and lead actor (Nina, aged 16) of new Fringe Festival Production Medea Songs - described as a drama laced with comedy and music.
Medea Songs is being performed at Blondinis Cafe, Embassy Theatre, Kent Tce, Wellington.
9.30 pm Wednesday 24 February to Saturday 27 February, door sales only.
11:45 Commentator Denis Welch looks at the media, and Radio New Zealand in particular
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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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