1Insight looks at the role of trade unions, and what�s ahead for organised labour. The Prime Minister, John Key, says he wants more flexibility in the labour market, but unions say this means more employer power and declining worker conditions. Six-months after changes to employment law Insight looks at the role of unions today and the likely future. It covers the changes in the union movement, especially those since 1981 and the abolishment of compulsory unionism.
1Retired US Judge, Assistant Professor David Admire, says failure to spot and deal with ADD and other learning disorders in children means they are at high risk of ending up in prison as adults. The father of two sons with ADHD, he talks to Chris about a course he founded, run by the Washington Learning Disabilities Association, to build anger management skills, decision making and problem solving among offenders on probation identified as learning disabled.
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1Mediawatch looks at the fallout from the Rugby World Cup�s opening night problems after Murray McCully's micromanagement of the event! and including how sex workers will fare;
2The search for the so-called �Minister of Bad Manners�, and all three ministers at the match deny all
3How spotting a reporting error in a TVNZ story on an 11-year old girl discovering a Supernova was not acted on by the company or the BSA.
4Mediawatch also asks New Zealander of the Year�Sir Paul Callaghan what he thinks of the media, after his comments about them in a major speech this week went unreported.
3Professor Steven Chown talks to Chris about invasion biology, and the consequences of rising CO2 emissions for life on land and in the oceans.
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1Recycling � a stock-take, and when it comes to recycling is New Zealand ahead of the pack? There was a time when recycling was something of a fringe activity � a practice restricted to a few hardcore greenies. Times have changed and recycling bins are now standard in homes from Kiata to Bluff. Three people knee-deep in the business of recycling discuss the progress.