1Why hasn't the Commerce Commission moved to regulate the prices that mobile phone companies charge customers? The Commission has cut mobile termination rates, the fees that telcos charge each other for calls and text messages that come in from other networks.

2Are New Zealand mothers getting the right messages about drinking and drug use during pregnancy? Dr. Trecia Wouldes, a senior lecturer in psychological medicine at the University of Auckland's Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, is leading a longitudinal study in Auckland looking at mothers and methamphetamine use during pregnancy.

3What does the body representing the interests of nearly a quarter of the Maori population living in this country on the new Auckland Council intend to do? The Independent Maori Statutory Board was created as part of the Auckland Council legislation to promote issues of significance for Maori in the region.

4News from Asia, including: reaction throughout the Asian region to the killing of Osama bin Laden?;

5Sam Martin is a New Zealand landscape designer, known as an exterior architect in the United Kingdom, where he's currently living and working. He has just scored a major contract; a regeneration project for the exterior of one of London's truly iconic buildings, the Battersea Powerstation. Born in Canterbury, he also has ideas for the regeneration of Christchurch post-earthquake.

6The week that was, including: mobile termination rates; parking fees in Auckland to rise; chemical toilets in Christchurch; foot spas with fish;