Monday August 7

Published: 10:37AM Monday August 07, 2006

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This morning on Breakfast Paul Henry spoke to World Vision employee Kevin Cook about Israel's continuing bombardment of Lebanon, and the people killed, injured or displaced by the conflict. Then Paul spoke to Professor Dowv Bing about the coverage of the conflict by the world's media.

Reporter Melissa Davies went into the classroom to look at a new technology that tracks the attendance of students. Roll track lets teachers do their role call on their mobile phone, which gets texted back to the office.

Paul Henry spoke to Prime Minister Helen Clark about the crisis in the Middle East, and the opposition's ongoing criticism of Labour MP Taito Phillip-Field.

Breakfast spoke to author Stephanie Johnson about her latest novel 'John Tomb's Head'. The book is about discovery of the dried head, or mokomokai, of a white man with a full moko. Two hundred years after John Tomb's death he wryly observes those who would lay claim to his relic. Book in stores now.

Paul Brislen is an IT commentator who regularly appears on the Breakfast programme. This morning he and Paul Henry discussed the extent to which houses can - and can't - be automated, and what might be possible in the future.

Paul Henry talked to sports journalist Gregor Paul about his new book, Hard Men Fight Back. Motivated by his own brush with testicular cancer, Gregor Paul compiled the inspirational stories of 17 New Zealand sportsmen who beat the odds to reach the top of their fields. One of these men, soccer star Michael Utting, joined Gregor on the show to talk about the double blows he overcame to become a successful All White.

Breakfast spoke to John McGuiness from Flight Centre about the delights of exploring Los Angeles. Website: www.flightcentre.co.nz

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