1Should New Zealand follow Britain's lead and change the right of silence in child abuse cases? In view of the recommendations for law changes in Britain he is disappointed that law changes here do not go far enough. They would see family and close friends face up to 10-years in prison if found guilty of neglecting to report child abuse.
2Environmental degradation in the Hauraki Gulf One of the country's most popular fishing and recreational marine spots, the Hauraki Gulf is in a state of serious environmental degradation that is continuing to worsen, according to a new report, Hauraki Gulf State of the Environment Report 2011, by Shane Kelly.
3News from Australia including; the good and bad news for the Australian Government this week with the good news that the deal with Telstra is signed for countrywide broadband; Julia Gillard is polling badly; farmers still unhappy about the ban on live cattle exports; the Green party take control of the Senate next week.
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5Business Roundtable executive director Roger Kerr was recently made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit - the country's second highest honour. He has headed the roundtable since 1986. He talks about his long career, his views on the New Zealand economy and where it is headed, and his own personal health battle.
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7Law issues, including: the recent Court of Appeal judgment in the Clayton Weatherston appeal, which raised issues of when a conviction can be overturned because of statements made in the media during trial, especially about the defence case on provocation.
8Science commentator Simon Pollard About half of all female primates conceal ovulation to make it unlikely that males will know when they are fertile. Among the apes, humans and orangutans conceal ovulation while our closest living relative, the chimpanzee, advertise it loudly and proudly. Simon talks about some current ideas about why concealed ovulation evolved and what old school anthropologists could have learned from gibbons