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Auckland heart surgeon Xiao-Zhong Chen has been acquitted of all charges of supplying sinus medication for the manufacture of meta-amphetamines and is asking for his job back. Xiao-Zhong Chen (Acquitted Heart Surgeon); Alan Kerr (Medical Colleague).
There are claims that nearly a million dollars that could have gone towards much needed surgery has been wasted maintaining a derelict hospital in Hawkes Bay. However now the Government is being accused of rushing through a deal to sell the old building in an effort to avoid embarrassment. Kevin Atkinson (Hawkes Bay District Health Board Chair); Tony Ryall (National MP); Michael Cullen (Finance Minister).
A Cook Islands family claims their lives have been ruined because of British nuclear testing in the Pacific and they are now calling on NZ's help to get justice. Tau Meyer (Alleged Victim); Wayne Meyer (Husband); Phil Goff (Pacific Affairs Minister).
A new tomb has been discovered in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, containing five mummies. Zahi Hawass (Egyptian Archaeologist).
Whanganui residents have voted in a referendum today on whether to change the spelling of their town to Whanganui. Voxpop; John Maihi (Local Iwi); Michael Laws (Whanganui Mayor).
A visiting expert says New Zealanders undergoing fertility treatment should be able to choose the sex of their baby. Pete Hodgson (Health Minister); Sheila McLean (Glasgow University Law Professor); voxpop; Ken Orr (Right to Life).
Muslim anger is continuing to boil over cartoons of the prophet Mohammed. Suzy El-Geneidi (Al-Ahram Al-Arabi Magazine); Peter Riddell (London School of Theology); Tarik Ramadan (Islamic Scholar).
Paihia residents are concerned that the building of a 15 storey apartment block will set a precedent and turn the Northland town into another Gold Coast. Val Cadell (Paihia Residents' Association); Chris Minty (Platypus Group); Laurie Byers (Far North District Council).