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As you've heard in the news - after six years of negotiations the government has this afternoon handed over its final offer of settlement to the leaders of the Ngai Tahu tribe. The document runs to 18 hundred pages and will be voted on by 12 thousand members of the Ngai Tahu tribe. LIVE Q&A WITH CHRIS WIKAIRA & LIVER WITH SIR TIPENE O'REGAN
1715 BUSINESS NEWS
A former ACC chief executive has made a brief appearance in the Auckland District Court on the first of 22 fraud charges involving 1-point-4 million dollars of ACC money. Gavin Robins entered no plea after returning from Australia for today's hearing. LIVE Q&A WITH KENT CADDICK
The former associate health minister Neil Kirton has released confidential documents showing the extent of closures and cuts planned by CHEs around the [illegible]. The document released by Mr Kirton was prepared by the Crown Company Monitoring Advisory Unit - it lists 20 hospitals or homes to be downgraded or closed. LIVER WITH NEIL KIRTON
1730 NEWS
Returning to our top story now, and the Government's offer to Ngai Tahu. The Minister of Treaty Negotiations Doug Graham has this afternoon handed the final offer of settlement to the tribe's leaders. LIVER WITH DOUG GRAHAM
The Minister During the process of negotiating the Ngai Tahu settlement, some conservation groups have expressed reservations about its implications for the environment, and public access. But today the Maruia Society, Fish and Game and the World Wide Fund For Nature have welcomed the settlement proposal. LIVER WITH GUY SALMON
Figures released today show a drastic shortage of experienced staff at the Auckland CYPs office which deals with abused children. The figures have emerged after a Children's Commission report critical of the service, saying its failures contributed to the death of an Auckland child. Eight-month old Victoria Watson died of suffocation at her mother's Auckland home last year [illegible] under social welfare care. Labour MP Steve Maharey released the figures he says the lack of experience may have exacerbated the failures. EX GREGORY HUNT
1745 SPORTS
As more small communities face cuts to health services, some groups are banding together to set up their own initiatives. A number of smaller centers have had cuts or closures announced in the last two weeks, including Gore, Balclutha, Dunstan, and Greytown. EX SZIRANYI
1750 MANA NEWS
The smog emergency in Soputh East Asia continues, with a health-threatening cloud of smoke covering Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Borneo. The smog [illegible] being caused by smoke from forest fires in Indonesia spreading and mixing with pollutants from factories and traffic. EX MATTERSON