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1Law-making and Urgency; Insight considers the government�s use of urgency as concerns are raised about decreasing opportunities for public input into legislation. Is this National Government using urgency to rush bills through? Is it being used to avoid Select Committee Scrutiny. Victoria University has a project running looking at the use of urgency in this parliament.
1The Dadaadb refugee Camp; Oxfam NZ's executive director Barry Coates has been visiting the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. Dadaadb is the largest refugee camp in the world, with a population of 450,000-people, mostly from nearby Somalia, who have fled war, drought and famine in their homeland.
1Mediawatch looks at how one man's groin strain (All Black Dan Carter) gutted a nation; And with the quarter-finals looming, what happens if we loose, and if we win?
2Mike Tindal (England Rugby Captain) and his he was perused by the media;
3How the New Zealand Herald Press Gallery was suspended from parliament for publishing an unauthorised picture from parliament on their website, a breach of Standing orders. This they thought was �outrageous� �� according to its editor;
4There's further fallout from the day the PM became DJ when Martin Bradbury read out his own blogs on Afternoons with Jim Mora in a rant against the Prime Minister.
1Steve Walsh talks about the World Economic Forum�s Global Risks Report 2011, how the world is increasingly unable to deal with risks such as food supply and financial insecurity, and the need for long-term thinking.
1Sir Brian Lochore, the only All Black coach to have successfully guided the team to victory at a Rugby World Cup, talks to Chris Laidlaw about his formative experiences, farming, some of those who influenced him, and, of course, rugby.