Breakfast: Wednesday, February 17

Published: 12:10AM Wednesday February 17, 2010

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Step Change education system
Step Change is an inter-party proposal looking at better ways to help the top 5% and bottom 20% of students in the education system. Breakfast speaks to the head of the Step Change panel about the proposals, ACT MP Heather Roy.
                       
MMP questions
The government has released the questions it will use on the referendum on MMP. Dunedin author Philip Temple gives Breakfast his thoughts on how the question is being posed.

Helen Clark back in NZ
Former PM and now head of the UN Development programme, Helen Clark, has arrived back in NZ to receive the Order of NZ, an honorary doctorate of Law from Auckland University and to celebrate her 60th birthday.

Young girls and sexual maturity
What's really going on in our young girls' worlds? Dannielle Miller is one of Australia's foremost educators, authors and media commentators on teenagers and is currently doing workshops in Christchurch schools. She shares with Breakfast the messages she is trying to get across.          

John Key's doodle
The Trade Me Auction for the Prime Minister's doodle of the New Zealand national flag closed on Tuesday night. Breakfast looks at how much it went for.

North vs South debate
Breakfast is starting the great North vs South debate, so Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast takes on Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker on which city is better.

Gadgets
Inspector Gadget John Buckley looked at wireless gadgets for the home.

Mao's Last Dancer
Famed ballet dancer and author Li Cunxin joins the Breakfast team to discuss his incredible life as seen in the new biopic Mao's Last Dancer.

Travellers
Kiwi Couple Linda and Craig Martin join Breakfast to talk about their three years of fulltime travelling while blogging and podcasting on their own website along the way.

 

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