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12:00 bNews, Weather and Surf

12:15 Swine flu outbreak
First it was birds, now this – the latest global flu outbreak, transferred to humans from Mexican pigs. So what should we do? Panic? Run for the hills? Start digging into the Tamiflu stockpiles left over from last time?

12:40 Dick Bellamy
A virologist and formerly Dean of Science at Auckland University, Dean will talk to Kim about what we know thus far about the nature of this current virus.

1:00 South Africa votes – Dr Piet Croucamp, University of Johannesburg
South Africa held elections last week, its fourth democratic vote since the end of apartheid. The Jacob Zuma-led African National Congress didn’t quite get the 2/3 share of the vote it was hoping for, but it still has a clear majority. What kind of democracy will the ANC run, especially now that the opposition Democratic Alliance has control of the west?

1:20 The Green Desk
In the first of two interviews looking at NZ's endangered animals, Sustainable Simon talks to Andrew Nelson, NZ Fauna team leader at Auckland Zoo. They will discuss the recent death of a number of the Zoo's Archey's frog population, other endangered NZ species - fairy tern, brown teal, tuatara, blue duck, kiwi, short-tailed bats - and what steps the Zoo and other organisations are taking to protect and encourage these species in the wild.

1:40 The Dragon & the Taniwha – Manying Ip, Auckland University Associate Professor of Asian Studies
The important historical relationship between Chinese immigrants and Maori is examined in this new book by Manying Ip, being launched tonight. It looks at how the two groups have interacted over the last 150 years, and explores the relationship between the tangata whenua and the country’s earliest and largest non-European migrant group.

This rundown is subject to change.

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