13 February 2012 - 12:08 am NZ time
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Commenting on the BCRA1 and BCRA2 gene testing lawsuit in the US are Lisbeth Ceriani, cancer patient who's one of the plaintiffs; Sandra Park, American Civil Liberties Union staff attorney; and Dr Don Love, director of Diagnostic Genetics, LabPLUS, Auckland City Hospital. (28′42″)
Ron Eckstrom is the Auckland based co-owner of Qamea Island Resort on Qamea island off Taveuni. (7′34″)
Obama's health legislation may be law shortly. (11′56″)
Anne Buchanan reviews 'The Forty Rules of Love' by Elif Shafak Published by Viking. (4′37″)
Rod Oram looks at trans-tasman business and economics issues. (19′39″)
Simon Upton takes up his new role as Director of the OECD Environment Driectorate in April. He was Chair of the OECD Round Table on Sustainable Development for six years, and before that spent 19 years in parliament. In 1999 he was named as the Environment Minister in the World Economic Forum's"Dream Cabinet". (36′17″)
20 years of DNA profiling in NZ. ESR Scientist Sally Ann Harbison has worked in the field for the past two decades and has seen first hand the huge advances in DNA profiling. (16′21″)
Denis Welch discusses what the future holds for public television in New Zealand. (8′25″)
09:05 BCRA1 and BCRA2 gene testing - lawsuit in the US
Lisbeth Ceriani, cancer patient who's one of the plaintiffs; Sandra Park, American Civil Liberties Union staff attorney; and Dr Don Love, director of Diagnostic Genetics, LabPLUS, Auckland City Hospital.
09:20 Worst cyclone in decades batters the Fijian Island
Commissioner Northern Lt Colonel Inia Seruiratu, Vanua Levu Disaster Office; and Ron Eckstrom, Auckland based co owner of Qamea Island Resort on Qamea island off Taveuni.
09:45 USA correspondent Jack Hitt
10:05 Simon Upton - director designate of the OECD Environment Directorate
Simon Upton takes up his new role as director of the OECD Environment Driectorate next month. He was chair of the OECD Round Table on Sustainable Development for six years, and before that spent 19 years in parliament. In 1999 he was named as the Environment Minister in the World Economic Forum's "Dream Cabinet".
10:30 Book Review with Anne Buchanan
The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak
Published by Viking
10:45 Reading: As It Happens by Stephen Higginson
On the run from the law, Jimmy Van stumbles into more than he was counting on when he goes into a deserted house. (Part 2 of 2, RNZ)
11:05 Business and economic commentator Rod Oram looks at the business and economics issues in trans-Tasman relations
11:30 DNA profiling - 20 years of DNA profiling in New Zealand
Sally-Ann Harbison, an ESR Scientist, has worked in the field for the past two decades, and has seen first hand the huge advances in DNA profiling.
11:45 Media commentator Denis Welch discusses what the future holds for public television in New Zealand
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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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