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There are strong hints that the Government will not buy into a large scale bail out of South Canterbury Finance.
Guyon Espiner (TVNZ Political Editor - live from Parliament); John Key (PM - National); Lisa Davies (TVNZ Reporter - live from Timaru); Don Nicolson (Federated Farmers); Sandy Maier (South Canterbury Finance CEO - speaking from Auckland); Brian Gaynor (Milford Asset Management); Janie Annear (Timaru District Mayor); Rod Oram (Financial Commentator).
16,000 secondary school teachers will go on strike in the next couple of weeks and say this is only the beginning of industrial action.
Kate Gainsford (Post-Primary Teachers' Association); Fiona McTavish (Ministry of Education); John Key (PM - National); voxpop.
Escalating industrial action by lab technicians and radiographers is set to double delays for patients at Auckland Hospital.
The US President has spent the day in new Orleans to mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
Mary Lodge Evans (Hurricane Katrina Survivor); Barack Obama (US President).
The PM's trip to Britain next week will include an audience with the Queen at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
John Key (PM - National);
Aucklanders are being warned not to get too excited over a promise of cheaper water under a Supercity.
Rodney Hide (Local Government Minister); David Thornton (NoMoreRates).
Special Report: Should the NZ Police carry firearms?
Supt John Rivers (Police National HQ); voxpop; Michael Bott (Council for Civil Liberties).