1Resources and Wealth in Papua New Guinea. PNG is rich in resources, from natural gas, to gold, nickel and tuna. But as development begins to boom, are the people getting the benefits of growth or just suffering the side effects as outsiders get rich? RNZI�s Jonny Blades has visited the Highlands and Madang to find out firsthand what is going on. Exxon Mobil are building a Liquefied Natural Gas plant to supply Japan and China for the next 30-years near Tari in Hela province, but what is the effect of the local communities?
1Tea Party Talk as Paul Street analyses the Tea Party phenomenon which is promoted as a bottom up, grass roots revolt against big government, socialism and anything to do with President Obama; the nature of its relationship with the GOP; how the media has responded, and its likely impact on next year�s presidential election.
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1Mediawatch looks at whether the media saw the seriousness of the disaster in the Bay of Plenty before it became obvious; and where in the biotins did the Rena Story appear, compared with overseas media sources.
2and the online anguish sparked when RNZ dropped a blogger called Bomber (Martin Bradbury) after reading out a rant on Afternoons with Jim Mora.
3Mediawatch also discovers that while we get more rugby on TV than our semi-final opponents across the ditch, they get much more small-screen satire.��
1South Africa, since the end of apartheid in 1994 and what were the peoples' expectations such as for housing and health and education? S'bu Zikode is president of the Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement which campaigns for housing, water and electricity supplies for the poorest South Africans. He talks to Chris about the struggles of the poor for decent housing under ANC government policies.
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1How much overseas aid should a developed country give? How do you decide which countries to give to? And what works? Ideas explores these and other questions with Jane Silloway Smith, author of the Maxim Institute�s recent report: Being Better Neighbours; economist Geoff Bertram; and former aid worker and lecturer in development studies Gerard Prinsen.