1The cost of child poverty and other poor outcomes on the country. Infometrics David Grimmond wrote the report "1000 days to get it right for every child. The effectiveness of public investment in New Zealand children" for Every Child Counts. The report calculates the cost of child poverty and other poor outcomes at $6 billion a year - at least 3 percent of GDP. Every Child Counts is a group comprised of Barnados, Plunket, Save the Children, UNICEF NZ and the Institute of Public Policy at AUT.

2National's youth welfare policy proposal dealing with unemployed youth in practice. Dale Williams Mayor of Otorohanga and is head of the Mayors' Taskforce for Jobs, which has been assisting Social Development Minister. Otarohanga has had no under 25year old registered unemployed since 2006. They talk about employment being the key and discuss the independent youth benefits.

3News from South America, including; the constant state of elections in Argentina and people getting fed up with going to polling stations every Sunday; student protests in Chile which are serious, as it is a stable country in the region, but the students are saying the education system is unfair and neglected; a top Judge, Judge Patricia Acioli, who was campaigning against corruption has been executed by two masked men on motorbikes in Brazil.

4Politics from the left and from the right, including; National party welfare policy from the conference; vouchers for beneficiaries!; teenage unemployment is the most critical problem to deal with but what will make a difference in this policy; John Key describes the problems but doesn't have the solutions.

5Off the Beaten Track, including; Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic whisky and New Zealand's allocation of 100-botttles of the replica whisky. Protection for Tasmanian old growth forests where an agreement was signed between the Federal and State governments to stop cutting down these forests.

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