The Week In Review

A review of the week's news including... the Associate Health Minister promises a more tolerant approach towards minor drug offences in the coming years, Housing New Zealand is stepping up its testing… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including... the country votes to keep its current flag, New Zealand's largest company doubles its profit while dairy farmers are squeezed, eight years in prison for the… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including... a top laboratory that says Steel and Tube's test results for critical quake strengthening steel mesh cannot be trusted, Britain has announced a new tax on… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including... Four police officers are shot and injured in the Bay of Plenty, after seven hours of deliberation a jury finds Russell John Tully guilty of murder and… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including... Tributes flow to two distinguished New Zealanders who died this week, cricket legend Martin Crowe and noted Maori academic, writer and activist Dr Ranginui… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including... an update from our reporter in Fiji covering the aftermath of Cyclone Winston, a petition about to be presented on the steps of Parliament will call for a new… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including... Seventy thousand commuters find their own way to work in Auckland on Friday, the shaking in Christchurch isn't over yet, the Salvation Army says some… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister says his failure to appear at Waitangi this year is not a sign that the Government's relationship with Maori is failing, the philanthropist and businessman Gareth Morgan says he's… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including... The Prime Minister says he's not going to TeTii marae this Waitangi weekend because marae trustees wanted to gag him and some were effectively advocating… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including... An investigative journalist says Scott Watson is guilty of murdering Ben Smart and Olivia Hope but he didn't act alone, the Prime Minister goes on the front… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including... The owner of a tour boat that caught fire with 60 people on board off the Whakatane coast says his company isn't fully insured, Te Atatu residents welcome the… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including... Auckland University researchers hit back at a study which downplays alcohol's link to violence, the Property Council is shocked by a new global housing report… Read more Audio