The V8 Supercar race has been tentatively given a green light to be held in Auckland City, but resource consent is necessary before it is confirmed. What effect will this have on Auckland's congestion?Donna Marie-Lever (TVNZ Reporter - live from Auckland); Scott Milne (Auckland Regional Councillor); Wayne McDonald (Transit NZ); voxpop.
A massive military operation by Israel in the Rafah refugee camp in Gaza has been condemned across the world. Moshe Yaalon (Israeli Army Chief of Staff).
A report on airport security has called for even more screening of passengers regardless of where they are travelling to. But how much will this extra security cost? Voxpop; Rowan McGregor (Wanganui Airport Manager); Stewart Milne (Board of Airline Representatives); Harry Duynhoven (Associate Transport Minister).
Northland Health has launched an incentive programme offering holidays to Fiji if nurses take only two sick days off work each year. But should sick nurses be working? Jane Holden (Surgical Services General Manager); Mark Furey (PSA Northland); Peter Cullen (Employment Lawyer); Andrew Little (Engineers' Union).
India is still without a PM tonight after the leader of the Congress Party, Sonia Gandhi, turned down the post. Sonia Gandhi (Congress Patry Leader).
A NZ business delegation is hoping to cash in on a booming Russian economy. Jim Sutton (Agriculture Minister); Bill Gallagher (Gallagher Group); Richard Kensington (Academic Colleges Group).
A Christchurch Polytech course called CoolIT, which has no teachers and no exams has been heavily criticised. Dean Snelling (Christchurch Polytechnic School of Technology); Winston Peters (NZ First Leader); Gerry Brownlee (Deputy National Leader); Steve Maharey (Tertiary Education Minister).
The PM is in Italy for the 60th anniversary of the battle of Monte Cassino, where she has visited with the Polish President. John White (NZ Cassino Veteran); Wladyslaw Banas (Polish Cassino Veteran; Helen Clark (PM - Labour).
A new survey finds most exporters are confident about the future, but economists are predicting higher interest rates for everyone. Stephen Baugh (Queensberry and Company); Phil Rountree (DHL Express NZ); Anthony Byett (ASB Bank Chief Economist).