1Should the Department of Conservation allow heli-hunting for sport on public land? Joining the debate is Shaun Moloney a recreational hunter who is opposed to heli-hunting and Adrian Moody president of the New Zealand Professional Hunting Guides Association.

2From next year some school leavers and older students are likely to be denied first year undergraduate university places for the first time in this country's history as Massey university and the universities of Victoria, Otago and Auckland move to tighten admission standards. This issue is discussed by Rod Carr, Canterbury University Vice Chancellor, and David Skegg, Otago University Vice Chancellor.

3News from the Pacific, including: Tonga's nuclear power ambitions; the upcoming Solomon Islands elections; the BP oil spill.

4The week that was, including: Gardies pub closure; the FIFA World Cup; popular baby names; the New Zealand First party; the media scrum which pursued Chris Carter; the underground parliamentary carpark; Fair Go; MP mini-bar spending; John Palmer; Don Brash; MPs' per diem petty cash spending; shoplifting in a Cambridge antique store; Gary Faulkner's hunt for Osama bin Laden.