1Pharmac Medical Director Dr Peter Moodie, Executive Director of NZ Organisation for Rare Disorders John Foreman and Pompe Disease sufferer Allyson Lock all join the programme to discuss the funding agency's decisions and decision making processes . Pharmac had bee reviewing it's processes for funding drugs for people with rare diseases but people who have these diseases do not expect the rules to change.

2News from Australia, including: The leader of the Australian Green Party, Senator Bob Brown, has been a guest of this country's Green political party at their annual conference this weekend past and joins the programme to share some insights. The Greens will have the balance of power in the Senate next month. So what difference will these powers make to the Labor Party and its ability to pass legislation.

3News from Europe, including: The latest news from France over the Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal and its impact on French politics as Strauss-Kahn had been mooted to replace Nicholas Sarkozy as Preident of France.

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5Biologist and conservationist who, with his wife Anne Saunders, owns two lodges on the West Coast (Lake Moeraki and Arthurs Pass) where guests do more than just look at the scenery - they actively experience it. He's an advocate of diversification - combining farming, tourism and ecology/conservation in his endeavours. Dr McSweeney is a former director of the Forest and Bird Society and spearheaded the creation of the South West New Zealand Te Wahi Pounamu World Heritage Site. He discusses his views on the Coast's future - relating to mining and tourism.

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7Political commentary, including: comment from the left and right on the government's borrowing of $100-million more than it needs; The Green Party conference and it's position on alliances with other parties; the report on early intervention for adolescent problems from the government's science advisor; and the difference between the unemployed and job seekers.

8Kennedy continues his Middle Eastern Odyssey, this week he's in Qatar and says that most of the building in the area seems to be centred on this area. Electricity is free and the opulence is incredible. Oman is slower and more connected to its past.