1Lucking Out Pokie Machine gambling in South Auckland is cutting a swathe through the community. The relationship between gambling and poverty.

2Jesus Versus Buddha In Mongolia Christian Missionaries compete with local Buddhists for the hearts and minds of young Mongolians. Buddhist leaders, including the Dalai Lama are accusing the Christians of dispensing cash for converts.

3The Mighty Quinn A kiwi, Maz Quinn has broken into the lucrative world professional surfing circuit.

4This week Samoa celebrates forty years of independence from New Zealand. NZ Prime Minister, Helen Clark is expected to apologise for two incidents under NZ Colonial rule - for a NZ ship carrying Spanish Flu that entered Apia in 1918 (8,000 people were killed as a result); secondly, for the killing of eleven Samoans taking part in a peaceful process against NZ rule in 1929. Leader of the Opposition, Bill English, says there was never an expectation of an apology.