1A row has erupted over a 22ha parcel of land in Christchurch. The owner wants to build housing, but the local Councils won't let it. Why did Labour MP Clayton Cosgrove propose legislation that would overturn the Council's decision and allow developers to bypass restrictions? Should he have accepted donations from one of the landowners?
2Australia has introduced its deeply resented carbon tax, but the NZ Government has stepped back from the Emissions Trading Scheme, giving agriculture and industry a reprieve, by delaying higher ETS costs. But in the future, will NZ and Australia impose the same tax on carbon? Interview with the Climate Change Minister, Tim Groser.
3The Auckland Council has voted to bring the V8 Supercars back to Pukekohe at a cost of $10 million. Should ratepayers be paying to bring events such as this to the city?
4Media Panel: including; court suppression orders, with special reference to the Ewen MacDonald murder trial; fifty years of Radio New Zealand.