12 February 2012 - 11:55 pm NZ time
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We talk to some of the key people involved in managing the Canterbury quake, including Kelvin Berryman from GNS and civil defence manager John Mitchell. (13′28″)
Should doctors be prescribing exercise more often? (14′47″)
Professor Kate Burridge, linguist at Monash University, explains why New Zealanders are good at it. (9′16″)
Discussing the elections. (8′28″)
Alison Thompson is an Australian filmmaker and volunteer relief-worker who's been working in Haiti with Sean Penn. She began volunteering in New York in 2001 after the September 11 attacks. She worked in Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the Boxing Day tsunami, and made a documentary called 'The Third Wave' from her footage. (28′15″)
Written by Craig Russell, published by Allen and Unwin. Reviewed by Emma Hart. (3′10″)
Minister of Education Anne Tolley with updates on when Canterbury schools will open. www.minedu.govt.nz (7′17″)
Today Marty's playing tracks from Warren Zevon. (6′17″)
Michele takes a look at the defence of provocation. (13′32″)
Science correspondent Simon Pollard tells us about the creature from the deep lagoon. (11′02″)
09:05 Canterbury quake aftershocks
Kelvin Berryman, Natural Hazards manager at GNS
09:15 Canterbury quake aftershocks
Jon Mitchell, Canterbury Civil Defence Manager
09:20 Canterbury quake aftershocks
Bob Parker, Christchurch Mayor
09:25 Schools in quake-hit Canterbury
Anne Tolley, Minister of Education. Civil Defence says all schools in Christchurch city, Selwyn and Waimakariki districts will remain closed today. The Director of Civil Defence, John Hamilton, says some schools might reopen tomorrow, but that is a decision for each board of trustees to make.
09:35 Exercise as medicine
Dr Hamish Osborne, Academic Convenor for Sport & Exercise Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine.
09:35 Swearing - why NZers are good at it
Professor Kate Burridge is a linguist who's an expert in swearing and the linguistic taboos of the English language - she says swearing is a "particularly rich area of creativity" engaged in by ordinary New Zealand and Australian English speakers. Kate is Chair of Linguistics in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University, Melbourne.
09:45 Australia correspondent Dennis Atkins
10:05 Alison Thompson - aid worker and filmmaker
Australian filmmaker and volunteer relief-worker who's been working in Haiti with Sean Penn. Alison began volunteering in New York in 2001 after the September 11 attacks. She worked in Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the Boxing Day tsunami, and made a documentary called The Third Wave from her footage.
J/P Haitian Relief Organisation.
10:30 Book Review with Emma Hart
The Long Glasgow Kiss by Craig Russell
Published by Allen & Unwin
10:45 Reading
Slings & Arrows by Sarah Boddy
In the first weeks of September 2001, Ana, a pregnant young Kiwi and Isabella her Mexican friend share a down and out existence in New York.
(Part 3 of 5, RNZ)
11:05 Minister of Education Anne Tolley on when schools in Canterbury might open again
11:10 Music review with Marty Duda
Feature Artist : Warren Zevon
1. Follow Me (2:30) - Lyme & Cybelle taken from 1966 single (White Whale)
2. Excitable Boy (2:40) - Warren Zevon taken from 1978 album "Excitable Boy" (Asylum)
3. Sentimental Hygiene (5:06) - Warren Zevon taken from 1987 album "Sentimental Hygiene" (Virgin)
4. Keep Me In Your Heart (3:28) - Warren Zevon taken from 2003 album "The Wind" (Artemis)
11:20 Legal commentator Michele Wilkinson-Smith
The defence of provocation.
11:45 Science correspondent Simon Pollard tells us about the creature from the deep lagoon
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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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