Q+A - Q+A SERIES 5 PROGRAMME 26

Greg Boyed hosts a weekly programme of political commentary and interviews. Today Mana Party leader Hone Harawira, ACT deputy leader John Boscawen and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters debate whether Government should delay its partial asset sales programme in the wake of the Waitangi Tribunal report on Maori water rights, Jessica Mutch reports on the Pacific Islands Forum and the growing interest of China and the United States in the region, Food Safety Minister Kate Wilkinson explains the Government's decision not to make folic acid fortification of bread mandatory, Jack Tame reports from the Republican Convention in Florida where Mitt Romney has accepted the Republican nomination for President of United States, and Matt McCarten and Fran O'Sullivan join political scientist Bryce Edwards on the discussion panel.