BREAKFAST. 17/10/2007

Morning news and current affairs.

“Urewera training camps
Breakfast looks deeper into the suspected terror style operations in the Ureweras with Waiariki MP Te Ururoa Flavell and talks to international terrorism expert Paul Buchanan.

Truck safety
Chris Carr from the Road Transport Forum spoke with Breakfast in light of a recent accident and police blitz where trucks were taken off the road because of faulty brakes or failed fitness standards.

Foreign students
Youth affairs commentator Jehan Casinader explains why the number of foreign students here has dropped by a third in the last five years.

IT news
Technology test driver Gary Steel spoke to Breakfast about the new iTouch that enables you to browse the web and view both photos and videos.

Hollie Smith
Reporter Rachel Macgregor spoke to singer Hollie Smith, famous for her extraordinary vocals on Don McGlashan's Bathe in the River.

Silverchair and Powderfinger
Christchurch reporter Jack Tame was there as two of Australia's most successful rock bands kicked off their New Zealand leg of their tour.

Where's Tamatti?
Roving reporter Tamati Coffey spins the Grab-a-Seat wheel in Hokitika and eats a bug." TVNZ; tvnz.co.nz; 23/10/2007