1Call for a law change after a mentally ill man was sent to prison for damaging his room at a residential centre.
2Shortage of Auckland primary school teachers - Minister hopes to solve it by offering shorter training programmes for teacher trainees. Other initiatives, growing number of children at kindergartens with poor English language competency.
3One Tree Hill's pine tree is recovering well from last year's chainsaw attack.
4Sports betting at the TAB given political approval. Reaction.