The Government has rushed through Parliament new legislation giving victims of crime greater powers to seek and secure financial compensation from criminals. Phil Goff (Minister of Justice); Tony Ellis (lawyer).
Hundreds of forestry workers on the East Coast are threatening industrial action if they are made redundant by the Malaysian-owned forestry company Ernslaw One. Api Mahuika (Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou Chairman); Rinata Tawhai (truck driver); Jim Anderton (Minister of Economic Development); Thomas Song (Ernslaw One).
A recent survey by the Restaurant Association says the rate of drug and alcohol abuse by workers in the hospitality industry has reached crisis point. Neville Waldren (Restaurant Association); Chris Rupe (bar and restaurant owner); Judith Tabron (bar and restaurant owner).
The Office of the Chief of Defence says it has launched a formal investigation into historical claims that teenagers were physically and sexually abused at the Waiouru Army Base. Mark Burton (Minister of Defence).
The Deputy Principal of beleaguered Cambridge High School, Martin Blackburn, has resigned.
Update on the trial of seven Pitcairn Island men accused of sexual abuse.
Raids by French police have netted two suspected members of the Spanish ETA terrorist group. Jose Alonson (Spanish Interior Minister).
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on Israel to halt its incursion into the Gaza Strip. Moshe Yaalon (Israeli Army Chief of Staff).
The Fiji Labour Party is boycotting the country's Truth and Reconciliation Week over the failed 2000 coup, labeling it a 'sham'.
Allegations of 'vote buying' have been leveled at Labour MP Nanaia Mahuta over the Government's controversial Seabed and Foreshore Bill. Nanaia Mahuta (Labour MP for Tainui); Russell Fairbrother (Foreshore and Seabed Committee Chair); Gareth Seymour (Tainui voter and campaigner against the Seabed and Foreshore Bill).
Update on the Coroner's Inquest into the crash last year of a plane carrying 7 senior staff of government agency Crop and Field Research. Richard McElrea (Christchurch Coroner).
Update on the New Plymouth District Council's plan to sell off its stake in New Plymouth-based powerlines company Powerco to an Australian firm.