1How will the government pay its estimated $5-billion share of the rebuild of Christchurch? Will cuts to programmes such as interest-free student loans and aspects of Working For Families be part of the mix or not. Minister of Finance Bill English has declared that all spending is now under review and has refused to rule out changes to those policies or further privitisation as the government looks for ways to pay for the rebuild.

2Nine To Noon speaks with Rachel Fonotia, Chair of the Aranui Community Trust, about how the quake affected one of Christchurch's poorest communities.

3WikiLeaks grabbed the world's attention and angered a number of governments by publishing 250-thousand seceret diplomatic cables and classified files from the Afghan and Iraq wars. David Leigh is the investigations executive editor at Britain's Guardian newspaper, and worked more closely than anyone else with Julian Assange.

4Richard Ballantyne is the Executive Director of Ballantynes department store and a member of the Central City Business Association, which represents retailers and property owners in the CBD. Richard is also on the board of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce.

5The Minister of Justice, Commerce and State Owned Enterprises Simon Power, who is the fourth-ranked minister in the National-led Government, is to retire from politics at November's election.

6Law issues, including: the recent decision of the Court of Appeal in Idea Services, the IHC sleepover case;