1Thousands of leaky home owners will miss out on half of the financial assistance package because their homes were signed off by private certifiers. The recently announced package involves the government and local authorities each paying 25 per cent of the repair costs, with homeowners picking up the remaining 50 per cent of the bill. But only those whose homes were certified by a council building inspector are eligible for the 25 per cent from their local authority.

2Jon Rubin is one of the artists who set up Conflict Kitchen, the Pittsburgh restaurant that only serves foods from nations that the United States has conflict with. Its founders intend that food should be used as a way to get customers to think about alternative ways to engage with countries they are more used to seeing referred to as George W. Bush's 'axis of evil'.

3European leaders are responding to the currency crisis as the scale of Greece's government debt becomes apparent and investors fret that other vulnerable countries like Portugal and Spain could default on their debts. Last week, they finalised a 750 billion euro package to provide emergency loans to debt-laden states. Charles Wyplosz, Director of the International Centre for Monetary and Banking Studies in Geneva, and a member of the Group of Independent Economic Advisors to the President of the European Commission, talks to Kathryn Ryan about the situation.

4Olly Ohlson is a household name for New Zealanders growing up in the 1980s. He talks about his life on 'After School' and his rehabilitation work with prisoners.

5Political Commentary with Andrew Campbell and Matthew Hooton, including: how the Maori Party should approach the 'take it or leave it' deal on the foreshore and seabed deal being offered by National; how Phil Goff can use the expenses scandal to his advantage.