1Frustration is growing over the plight of the 29 miners who remain unaccounted for in the Pike River coalmine . Live from the West Coast 48 hours after the explosion.
Speakers
- Trevor Watts (NZ Mines Rescue General Manager)
- Tony Kokshoorn (Grey District Mayor)
- Supt Gary Knowles (Tasman Police District Commander)
- Peter Whittall (Pike River Coal Chief Executive)
- Garth Elliott (EPMU)
- Monsignor Gerry O'Connor (St Patrick's Church)
- Lawrie Drew (Missing Miner's Dad)
- Gary Fraser (Friend of Trapped Miner)
- Malcolm Campbell (Trapped Miner's Father)
- Andrew Little (Union Leader)
- David Feickert (Mine Safety Expert)
- Brian Wood (Mining Expert)
- Bill Wheatley (Fanzone Air Systems)
- Jack Tame (TVNZ Reporter - speaking from Greymouth)
2The Labour Party is celebrating its win in the Mana by-election, although National is also claiming victory to some extent because Labour's majority was vastly reduced. Analysis.
Speakers
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- Hekia Parata (National MP)
- Kris Faafoi (Labour MP-elect, Mana)
- Raymond Miller (Political Scientist, University of Auckland)
3NATO leaders have agreed a timetable to handing over control of security in Afghanistan to Afghan forces by the end of 2014.
Speakers
- Anders Fogh Rasmussen (NATO Secretary General)
- Barack Obama (US President)
- Hamid Karzai (Afghan President)
- David Cameron (British PM)
5Pope Benedict XVI has announced that condoms can be used as a means of avoiding HIV, but not as a form of birth control.