1The Commissioner for the Enviroment Dr. Jan Wright had written a report calling for wider use of 1080 poison to protect native plants and animals, saying without it kiwi could vanish from native habitats within a generation. She is asking for the laws on its use to be simplified and the removal of all bans on its use. Professor Charles Eason is professor of Wildlife Management from Lincoln University's Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences - he's researching alternatives to 1080. We also hear from Dr Quinn Whiting-O'Keefe; retired, from the University of California who is against any increased use of 1080.

2Irena Madjar and Elizabeth McKinley are education researchers who were so concerned by the lack of understanding among parents of how NCEA works that they have written their own guide for students and parents.it shows how to plan for a particular career path within this system. The book is "Understanding NCEA"

3News from Austraila including; An ABC, Four Corners, documentary which uncovered terrible cruelty towards live cattle exports in Indonesia, and the Labor government suffers due to its wafer thin majority

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6Legal Commentary including; The issue of name suppression for the CYF caregivers charged with abuse and the name suppression provisions in the Criminal Procedure Reform and Modernisation Bill. As the media always have an interest in this issue it is always in the news. Also Twitter and other social media are new influences on on the issue.