09:05 Zoo keeper killed in tiger attack at Zion Wildlife Gardens in Northland

Bob Bennett, former keeper at Wellington Zoo who was mauled by lions Malik and Zulu in January 2006; Mauritz Basson, general manager of Operations at Wellington Zoo, and big cat specialist.

09:20 Maternity services

Dr Roger Tuck, head of Paediatric and Maternity Services, Northland DHB; Karen Guilliland, CEO College of Midwives; and Dr Tana Fishman, co-chair College of GPs Education and Assessment Advisory Committee

09:30 Man search

Marilynna Burton, Whangaparaoa grandmother who is bringing British men to meet divorced and widowed Kiwi women for companionship (aged 48-68).

09:45 UK correspondent Michael White

10:05 Growing Vegetables on The Moon

Jane Poynter, president and Taber MacCallum, CEO of Paragon SDC which develops products and services for space travel and other projects.

10:30 Book Review with Laura Kroetsch

American Rust by Philipp Meyer
Published by Allen & Unwin
ISBN 9781741756838

10:45 Reading: On An Island With Consequences Dire by Kelly-Ana Morey

Episode 9 of 10

On a summer island, one bloody fit of jealousy and rage changes the lives of three teenage schoolgirl friends forever.

11:05 New Technology with Colin Jackson

Links:

The Telecom XT network - pricing and speed.

Lancaster - not a bomber, but yet another Google-powered telephone. Hope it gets here.

According to Sony, nothing good has come out of the Internet. Really?

Meet Irving John Good of Bletchley Park and 2001 A Space Odyssey. He invented the concept of technological singularity.

A paper by Vernor Vinge who named and popularized the singularity.

Ray Kurzweil, futurist, and his book The Singularity is Near.

Accelerando, a novel by Charles Stross about life in the singularity - available online

The Singularity University

Computer nerds make better lovers. Is anyone surprised?

11:30 Dowry abuse on the rise in New Zealand

Dowry abuse on the rise in NZ, leaving women emotionally abused and with no place to turn - so what's being done to help them?

Farida Sultana, founder of Shakti Community Council, which runs four refuges for Asian, African and Middle Eastern women.

11:45 Television review with Simon Wilson

Simon looks at series finals - House, Bro Town, Life on Mars and Hells Kitchen USA.