The Week In Review

A review of the week's news including: Chaos in Auckland on the opening say of the Rugby World Cup, the Royal Commission investigating the Pike River Mine tragedy continues in Greymouth, the Reserve… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including: Prosecutions against thirteen of the seventeen people arrested in police raids in the Ureweras and elsewhere are dropped, the Christchurch earthquake one year… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including: Accusations in a new book that the defence force misled Ministers about what it's been doing in Afganistan, the EQC more than doubles it's estimate of how much… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including: the first New Zealand SAS soldier to be killed in Afghanistan, Labour struggles in opinion polls three months out from the election, IRD to continue to pursue… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including: a blast of cold straight from the Antarctic brings snow to Wellington's CBD, Sir Paul Reeves is farewelled,the Social Development Minister refuses to rule out… Read more Audio

The Week In Review for week ending 12 August 2011... featuring a new rebuild plan for Christchurch's earthquake ravaged CBD, problems at the Waikato-Tainui Tribal Parliament, a pricing fiasco… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including: the Commerce Commission balks on holding an inquiry into the price of milk, a very bad week for the Defence Force, synthetic cannabis products off the shelves… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including: a controversial idea to combat child abuse resurfaces, the Kiwi dollar hits a new high as a possible US debt default looms, the Salvation Army says basic food… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including: Labour struggling to put a dent in the National Party's lead in the polls, questions over Israelis caught up in the Christchurch earthquake, the latest from the… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including: The Labour Party's capital gains tax policy announcement, Act's creative director resigns over newspaper ad, day two and three reports from the Pike River Mine… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news, including: the Government's new demand for the sale of the Pike River mine as some contractors say they won't give evidence to the Royal Commission into the disaster which… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including: Councils left with no earthquake insurance cover, two SAS soldiers injured in Kabul firefight, cuts to defence force may leave up to a quarter of defence force… Read more Audio