11 February 2012 - 10:20 pm NZ time
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Health Minister Tony Ryall has called for an urgent report from the Medical Council into the case of Auckland GP Dr Ratilal Ranchod. Dr Ranchod has been the subject of at least 16 complaints to the Health and Disability Commission - dating back to May 2006. (9′10″)
Christchurch youth worker noticing an increase in knife possession. (9′21″)
Should changes be made to the way search and rescue operations are launched? (13′03″)
The UK is gearing up for a general election and it may not be as clearcut as previously thought. (9′39″)
Professor Pat McGorry is psychiatrist/mental health expert, who was recently awarded Australian of the Year. He has worked in the area of adolescent mental health for 27 years and also been an advocate for asylum seekers. He is the Executive Director of Orygen Youth Health, Australia's largest youth-focused mental health organisation and is on the board of the National Youth Mental Health Foundation, headspace. (31′05″)
Harry Broad reviews 'Inheritance' by Jenny Pattrick. Published by Random House. (3′14″)
Do we deserve the internet? (15′18″)
Psychologist and parenting expert Nigel discusses parents loosing their temper and why it's OK. (17′14″)
Desperate Housewives and Weeds. (12′59″)
09:05 Censured doctor - why did it take so long for the Medical Council to cancel his practising certificate?
Rae Lamb, Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner.
Health Minister Tony Ryall has called for an urgent report from the Medical Council into the case of Auckland GP Dr Ratilal Ranchod. Dr Ranchod has been the subject of at least 16 complaints to the Health and Disability Commission - dating back to May 2006.
09:25 Knife crime
Annie Watkin, Christchurch youth worker noticing an increase in knife possession.
09:35 Should changes be made to the way search and rescue operations are launched?
Haydn Smith, chief executive of LANDSAR, or Land Search and Rescue.
The question has arisen out of the inquest into the deaths of Te Papa boss Seddon Benningon and his tramping companion MArcella Jackson. The pair died last July when they were caught in a blizzard on the Tararua ranges.
09:45 UK correspondent Michael White
10:05 Mental health expert and Australian of the Year
Professor Pat McGorry, psychiatrist and mental health expert has been named the Australian of the Year. Professor McGorry's work focuses in the areas of adolescent mental health and asylum seekers, Australian government policy towards refugees,asylum seekers, youth suicide reporting and targets.
10:30 Book Review with Harry Broad
Inheritance by Jenny Pattrick
Published by Random House NZ Black Swan
10:45 Reading: Duet by David Hill
A teenage blues guitarist and his flautist duet partner face the reality that she's pregnant. (Part 9 of 10)
11:05 New Technology with Colin Jackson
US Rescinds "Hands off the Internet" Policy
Jared Diamond's book Collapse - how societies choose to fail or succeed
Where the Internet came from.
InternetNZ is offering a chance to participate in a parallel event about the secret treaty that will affect you.
11:30 Parenting with Nigel Latta
Psychologist and parenting expert Nigel Latta discusses parents losing their temper and why this is OK.
11:45 TV reviewer Simon Wilson
The new season of Desperate Housewives, and Weeds.
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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.

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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.
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