Will The Middle East Melt Down?

The situation today has been built, and is still building, on centuries of animosity, complicated by western meddling -- and muddling -- that started a century or so ago.

Why does Israel disregard UN resolutions? Why is the governance of Palestine fractured? Will there ever be a "two-state solution" with guaranteed borders for Palestine? Will there be a pre-emptive strike against Iran's nuclear capability?

To give us something of a fix on all that, the guest this week In Conversation with Noel Cheer on Triangle Television is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Massey University, Dr Nigel Parsons.

Triangle Television, Wednesday 14th of November at 7:00pm. It will be repeated on Thursday 15th of November at 12 noon.

Triangle Television, the home of original public broadcasting, can be received in the Auckland region on UHF Channels 41, 42 and 52.

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In Conversation with Noel Cheer receives funding from New Zealand on Air. This has enabled Triangle Television to introduce viewers to over 200 New Zealanders on Air during nearly 6 years of unbroken weekly broadcasting.

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Gordon Campbell: On Failures Of Care For Those With Mental Disabilities

Hard to imagine a more disturbing insight into the treatment of the vulnerable than the Health Ministry report on Te Roopu Taurima o Manukau. The Ministry has found that the country’s only kaupapa Maori intellectual disability residential care provider has been “seriously dysfunctional.”

The ministry says the business has failed to recruit and retain quality staff – and says the kaimahi (caregivers) that have been employed are seriously unsuitable for the job, lacking basic knowledge. But Te Roopu Taurima o Manukau doesn’t get all the blame. The report says there’s a significant gap under disability laws to ensure there’s oversight by qualified clinical professionals. More>>