An off-duty police officer who assisted at a crash scene was charged with drink driving, but his local community is rallying around him. Beth Roche (One News); Voxpop; Greg O'Connor (Police Association).
Auckland Mayor Dick Hubbard has paid out of his own pocket for a newspaper advertisement arguing for a rates rise that is proving unpopular. Sacha McNeil (One News); Voxpop; Dick Hubbard (Auckland City Mayor); David Thornton (Rates Campaigner).
Hizbollah has reacted to the push of the Israeli military into Lebanon with an increased series of missile attacks on Israel. Melissa Stokes (Foreign Correspondent); Martin Fletcher (NBC); Ehud Olmert (Israeli Prime Minister); Andrew Potter (Reporter, Beirut).
There are accusations that the Government is trawling through the Immigration files relating to National MPs in an effort to distract attention away from Taito Philip Field. Francesca Mold (Deputy Political Editor); David Cunliffe (Minister of Immigration); Gerry Brownlee (National Deputy Leader).
The repair bill for vandalisation of State Housing has risen dramatically. Donna-Marie Lever (One News); Andrew King (Property Investors Federation).
A plan to allow employers to sack new employees within 90 days with no redress from the employment court have been attacked by Unions, but the Business Roundtable claims that the new legislation would actually be work friendly. Hannah Hodson (Political Reporter); Roger Kerr (Business Roundtable).
The new coins that have only been in circulation for four days are already causing pain, especially in relation to parking meters. Billie Jo Hohepa (One News); Voxpop; Russell Anderson (Parking Warden); Alastair Thompson (Napier City Council); Brian Lang (Reserve Bank).
Cigarette packaging in New Zealand could soon feature graphic and disturbing images designed to prevent people from smoking. Kate Baylis (Reporter); Voxpop; Dani Ocbiea (Tobacconist); Anne Jones (Ash Australia).
The former Prime Minister of the Cook Islands has shocked the nation by resigning after forty years in Politics.