1The Government has ordered the IRD and ACC to pay compensation to a couple who told a Select Committee yesterday that IRD had ruined their lives. Will this set a precedent?

2Helen Clark has announced NZ will remove tariffs from all imports from developing countries and challenged other Western States in APEC to follow suit.

3The PM has discussed East Timor with the Indonesian President and is hopeful that there may soon be progress.

4MPs are to receive a pay-rise of more than 3%. What will this mean for ordinary NZ workers?

5An industrial dispute is brewing at Bluff wharves over the use of North Island labour.

6Tipene O'Regan says conservation groups are breaching Treaty rights by rescuing stranded and beached whales.

7There have been more twists in the Florida election re-count fiasco.

8Other news.

9In 2002 School Certificate; 6th Form Certificate and Bursary will be obsolete and replaced by a new, 3-tier qualification called the National Certificate of Educational Achievement. Is this going to improve education standards or lower them?

10Other news.