11 February 2012 - 5:08 pm NZ time
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Wayne Kiely is the Senior investigator at Paragon and a former head of security for New Zealand Post and Kiwibank. (12′01″)
Viv Maidaborn, CCS Disability Action chief executive; Barrie Wickens, principal of Kaka Street Special School, and a member on the Executive of the NZ Special Schools Association; and Heather Roy, Associate Education Minister. (30′33″)
Laura Fogg, founder of the CeleBRation Choir - NZ's first choir offering music therapy for people with neurological conditions - set up by the Centre for Brain Research at Auckland University; and Iris Matheson, who has Parkinson's disease and is a member of the CeleBRation Choir. (7′19″)
Phil O'Sullivan talks on Asia. (11′07″)
Dr Thanh Nguyen, a former Auckland PhD student, picked himself up out of poverty in 1960s Vietnam through education, and came to NZ to study engineering. On the fall of Saigon to Communists he went with his family to the United States where he founded a successful engineering company. (25′52″)
The book is 'Solar' by Ian McEwan, published by Jonathan Cape. (6′14″)
He is featuring 'Some Kind of Nature' by the Gorillaz,'Winterkill' by The Eastern and 'Rocket' by Goldfrapp. (13′20″)
With our commentator Joseph Romanos. (9′41″)
With Radar and Michele A'Court. (10′37″)
09:05 Why did ASB not discover NZ's largest case of employee theft itself?
Wayne Kiely, senior investigator at Paragon and a former head of security for New Zealand Post and Kiwibank.
09:15 Government review of special education sector
Viv Maidaborn, CCS Disability Action chief executive; Barrie Wickens, principal of Kaka Street Special School, and a member on the Executive of the NZ Special Schools Association; and Heather Roy, Associate Education Minister.
09:30 CeleBRation Choir - NZ's first choir offering music therapy for people with neurological conditions
Laura Fogg, founder of the CeleBRation Choir - NZ's first choir offering music therapy for people with neurological conditions - set up by the Centre for Brain Research at Auckland University; and Iris Matheson, who has Parkinson's disease and is a member of the CeleBRation Choir.
09:45 Asia correspondent Phil O'Sullivan
10:05 Dr Thanh Nguyen - Alumni
Dr Thanh Nguyen, a former Auckland PhD student, picked himself up out of poverty in 1960s Vietnam through education, and came to NZ to study engineering. On the fall of Saigon to Communists he went with his family to the United States where he founded a successful engineering company.
Dr Nguyen was recently awarded one of Auckland University's Distinguished Alumni Awards.
10:30 Book Review with John King
Solar by Ian McEwan
Published by Jonathan Cape
10:45 Reading: The Windmill by Alice Miller
The challenges of musical composition chart the twists and turns of a relationship. (Part 2 of 2, RNZ)
11:05 New Music with Sean McKenna
Artist: Gorillaz
Album: Plastic Beach
Song: Some Kind of Nature
Video: Stylo (Feat. Mos Def and Bobby Womack)
Artist: The Eastern (www.myspace.com/theeasternfamily)
Album: Arrows
Song: Winterkill
Video: Oh Mystery
Artist: Goldfrapp (www.myspace.com/goldfrapp)
Album: Head First
Song: Rocket
Video: Rocket
11:30 Sports commentator Joseph Romanos looks at the decision for Auckland not to bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, plus the cricket, and the return of Tiger Woods
11:45 Week That Was with Radar and Michele A'Court
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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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