1Jail Birds Justice Minister Geoffrey Palmer has championed women's equality by announcing that women wardens will soon be working in men's prisons. However, critics believe that for their own safety, women should not be working with male prisoners.

2Hacked Off? In the East, deer velvet is regarded as the elixir of life and often fetches astonishing prices. New Zealand have been cashing in on deer velvet since the early 1970s. Europeans, however, regard deer farming as a brutal and cruel practice.

3Good Sport Despite being totally blind since the age of two, twenty-two year old Craig MacFarlane has an impressive list of athletic accomplishments. He has succeeded in wrestling, track and field, snow skiing, water skiing, water ski jumping and golf. He has won more than 100 gold medals, the majority against sighted competition.