1John Kennedy takes a critical look at Television New Zealand's (TVNZ) natural history programme "Garbage of Eden" which focused on the minutiae of the Dunedin rubbish dump.
2The editor of The Truth newspaper, Alan Hitchens and Anglican clergyman Michael Elliot are both defying the Race Relations Conciliator Hiwi Tauroa, albeit for different reasons. The Truth has been condemned for its portrayal of Polynesians and Elliot for an article representing an alternative to the Pakeha view of New Zealand history.