1Ali Ahmida, Libyan-born analyst and historian who has written several books about Libya, where Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule appears to be at an end. About 80%-of the Capital Tripoli is under rebel control. They hold two of Gadaffi's sons but the whereabouts of Gadaffi is not known.

2Food Security and sustainability. Global food prices are at a near three-year high and three years ago there were food riots with officials warning this would get worse. There needs to be a way of linking sustainable food consumption and production. David Barling is and a former member of the UK Prime Minister's Food Policy Strategy Group from 2007-2008

3News from the United States, including: the thriving dollar store economy in the retail sector - that which is below Wal-Mart - which have expanded to include food products and milk; this is a harbinger of a deterioration in the economy; The case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Khan will probably be thrown out tomorrow;

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5Southern right whales are making a comeback in the Auckland Islands, which means we could see them return to NZ coastal waters after being hunted to near-extinction... but are we ready for their return?

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7Business news, including: Pacific Fibre, the ambitious investment to vastly expand NZ's overseas telecommunications link and Vodafone's commitment to use the fibre for ten-years;

8Media commentary, including: Newspaper circulation figures are out and for most papers it is down; the Sunday News and Sunday Star Times dropping readership; the silliness of the leaked Telecom All Black campaign and the media distaste for it; the silliness of the words 'we can now reveal' and 'exclusive' being used in the media, when all the reporters are doing is doing their jobs as journalists; the provocative role of the columnists.