1Analysis of today's budget. Reaction from the health; education; social services and business sectors.
Speakers
- Michael Cullen (Finance Minister)
- Jenny Shipley (National Leader)
- Helen Clark (PM - Labour)
- Richard Prebble (ACT Leader)
- Jim Anderton (Deputy PM - Alliance)
- Chancellor Morva Coxsam (Victoria University)
- Vivian Turner (Graduating Student)
- Barbara Turner (Mother)
- Allan Turner (Father)
- Bruce Cutfield (Father of Student)
- Alison Palmer (Concerned Parent)
- Rob Masters (Service Print)
- Paul Brown (VCU Technology)
- Adrian Orr (WestpacTrust Economist)
- Bill English (National Finance Spokesman)
- Michael Barnett (Auckland Chamber of Commerce)
- Andrew Little (EPMU)
- James McWha (Chair Vice Chancellors' Committee)
- Stephen Ruth (Wellington People's Resource Centre)
2Staff at the NZ Herald have chosen Budget day to walk off the job in protest at proposed banning of collective employment contracts.
Speakers
- Andrew Little (Engineers and Printers' Union)
- James Gardiner (Herald Journalist)
- Gavin Ellis (Editor-in-Chief, NZ Herald)
3The Department of Conservation are monitoring the effects of a huge rat poison spill on the Kaikoura Coast.
Speakers
- Adrian Meredith (Environment Canterbury)
- Tom O'Connor (DOC - speaking from Canterbury)